Brian Oppenlander
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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German Professional working proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Jonathan Sharlow
Brian is a very poised individual. Throughout the process of working with him he was very professional in his attitude and approach to every position that was set before him. His follow up was impeccable and his attitude was exemplary. I'm very impressed with this young man and excited to see what the future holds for him.
Brendon Attebury
I have worked with Brian on numerous projects. Brian kept me informed every step of the way as we worked together in a team setting. Brian is excellent at providing novel ideas and can develop concepts quickly while keeping business objectives in mind. Brian is very diligent and hard working. I can recall countless occasions when everyone had left for the day and Brian would still be working on a project or finishing one final detail before the deliverable was due. For any role related to design and leadership I wouldn't hesitate to use him on any of my projects both personally and professionally.
Jonathan Sharlow
Brian is a very poised individual. Throughout the process of working with him he was very professional in his attitude and approach to every position that was set before him. His follow up was impeccable and his attitude was exemplary. I'm very impressed with this young man and excited to see what the future holds for him.
Brendon Attebury
I have worked with Brian on numerous projects. Brian kept me informed every step of the way as we worked together in a team setting. Brian is excellent at providing novel ideas and can develop concepts quickly while keeping business objectives in mind. Brian is very diligent and hard working. I can recall countless occasions when everyone had left for the day and Brian would still be working on a project or finishing one final detail before the deliverable was due. For any role related to design and leadership I wouldn't hesitate to use him on any of my projects both personally and professionally.
Jonathan Sharlow
Brian is a very poised individual. Throughout the process of working with him he was very professional in his attitude and approach to every position that was set before him. His follow up was impeccable and his attitude was exemplary. I'm very impressed with this young man and excited to see what the future holds for him.
Brendon Attebury
I have worked with Brian on numerous projects. Brian kept me informed every step of the way as we worked together in a team setting. Brian is excellent at providing novel ideas and can develop concepts quickly while keeping business objectives in mind. Brian is very diligent and hard working. I can recall countless occasions when everyone had left for the day and Brian would still be working on a project or finishing one final detail before the deliverable was due. For any role related to design and leadership I wouldn't hesitate to use him on any of my projects both personally and professionally.
Jonathan Sharlow
Brian is a very poised individual. Throughout the process of working with him he was very professional in his attitude and approach to every position that was set before him. His follow up was impeccable and his attitude was exemplary. I'm very impressed with this young man and excited to see what the future holds for him.
Brendon Attebury
I have worked with Brian on numerous projects. Brian kept me informed every step of the way as we worked together in a team setting. Brian is excellent at providing novel ideas and can develop concepts quickly while keeping business objectives in mind. Brian is very diligent and hard working. I can recall countless occasions when everyone had left for the day and Brian would still be working on a project or finishing one final detail before the deliverable was due. For any role related to design and leadership I wouldn't hesitate to use him on any of my projects both personally and professionally.
Experience
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RareSloth
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder, Designer
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Feb 2013 - Present
Co-founded indie game studio and shipped 5 titles over 9 years. Experienced in setting a vision and executing with persistence and integrity. The most notable game we built is the King Rabbit series. King Rabbit is a Game as a Service (GaaS) with robust features including a level builder, in-game marketplace and player-driven economy, collectible skins, leaderboards, social features, and more.Our games were featured many times on the AppStore and have been nominated for the IndieFunPlus award and the International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) for best in gameplay.Owned the end-to-end product experience from many different angles: strategy and business management, UI/UX design, usability testing, art, animation, level design, and marketing.* Designed cross-platform UI/UX for mobile and PC. * Prototyped and frequently tested gameplay and UI.* Used Unity game engine to test, build, and manage many aspects of the game.* Built a component library for King Rabbit in Sketch.* Created all art using Sketch, which was featured on the Sketch Blog and in Wireframe Magazine.* Animated all characters and items using Spine.* Hired and managed art and marketing contractors.* Created and sold out an NFT project on Ethereum.
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UX Designer
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Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
Applied user-centered design processes to new and existing healthcare software. Collaborated daily with medical and technical professionals to identify and improve usability problems. Required problem discovery to understand context and user goals. Balancing tradeoffs and working with tight constraints was the norm. Applied user-centered design processes to new and existing healthcare software. Collaborated daily with medical and technical professionals to identify and improve usability problems. Required problem discovery to understand context and user goals. Balancing tradeoffs and working with tight constraints was the norm.
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Indiana University Bloomington
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Instructor, Indiana University
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Aug 2010 - May 2012
Spring 2012 - Associate Instructor for I400, "What does technology want?". Fall 2011 - Associate Instructor for I453, "Computer & Information Ethics". Spring 2011 - Associate Instructor for I308, "Information Representation". Fall 2010 - Associate Instructor for I101, "Introduction to Informatics". Spring 2012 - Associate Instructor for I400, "What does technology want?". Fall 2011 - Associate Instructor for I453, "Computer & Information Ethics". Spring 2011 - Associate Instructor for I308, "Information Representation". Fall 2010 - Associate Instructor for I101, "Introduction to Informatics".
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SAP AG
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United States
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User Experience Design Intern
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May 2011 - Sep 2011
This was a great way for me to expand my horizons culturally and as a user experience designer.* Initiated and designed a new navigation approach for the SAP Business ByDesign product * Designed navigation prototypes to be A/B tested and created forms for the tests* Built and presented hi/low-fidelity prototypes and wireframes for navigation alternatives * Participated in confirming or denying design pattern library exceptions with senior UX* Translated design documents and video scripts from German into English* Assisted with usability evaluations on future releases
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Raidious
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United States
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Advertising Services
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User Experience Design Intern
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Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
Created, tested and updated content for new and existing websites including marsh.net. Worked on mailing lists and newsletters. Dabbled in HTML/CSS files and content management systems. Created, tested and updated content for new and existing websites including marsh.net. Worked on mailing lists and newsletters. Dabbled in HTML/CSS files and content management systems.
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Education
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2010 - 2012
M.S. Indiana University
M.S., Human-Computer Interaction & Design -
2007 - 2010
Indiana University
B.S., Informatics and Computing and a minor in Cyber Security
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