Kristi Kitz
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João Sousa
Kristi has the unique skill of transforming business requirements into brilliant user experience journeys fully aligned with business wishes and user needs. Asking why is intrinsic to her way of working and it's the "secret" key to understanding the value of the concepts Kristi is working on without ever forgetting the bigger picture and the moment the project and/or customer is on every step of the way. Her skills are not scoped only to UX Design. She has a fantastic analytic capability and in combination with her OutSystems development knowledge creates the perfect conditions for her delivery to be accepted by customers and the delivery team. It has been a wonderful journey going through all the different projects, in different businesses and customer realities and I really hope to continue to be part of Kristi's journey as a Professional.
Dominic Camba
Kristi is top-notch in designing things in Figma and still keeping them in the realm of Outsystems. She entered the project mid-way but was still able to adjust in just a day or two and get familiarized with the basics of the project. Her designs are great and she made sure they are in line with the design patterns that were used in the previous designs and she always has alternative designs to cater to different cases. Her knowledge in Outsystem is also excellent because the design solutions were developer-friendly. To summarize: an excellent personality, great design skills, vast technical knowledge in both Figma and Outsystems, and an almost mind-reading ability (she already created a solution to a question that was just brought up) is what she's all about. She is highly recommended if you need someone to Design with Outsystems, Developer, User, and Business needs in mind. It was a pleasure working with her and I would love to work with her again in the future.
João Sousa
Kristi has the unique skill of transforming business requirements into brilliant user experience journeys fully aligned with business wishes and user needs. Asking why is intrinsic to her way of working and it's the "secret" key to understanding the value of the concepts Kristi is working on without ever forgetting the bigger picture and the moment the project and/or customer is on every step of the way. Her skills are not scoped only to UX Design. She has a fantastic analytic capability and in combination with her OutSystems development knowledge creates the perfect conditions for her delivery to be accepted by customers and the delivery team. It has been a wonderful journey going through all the different projects, in different businesses and customer realities and I really hope to continue to be part of Kristi's journey as a Professional.
Dominic Camba
Kristi is top-notch in designing things in Figma and still keeping them in the realm of Outsystems. She entered the project mid-way but was still able to adjust in just a day or two and get familiarized with the basics of the project. Her designs are great and she made sure they are in line with the design patterns that were used in the previous designs and she always has alternative designs to cater to different cases. Her knowledge in Outsystem is also excellent because the design solutions were developer-friendly. To summarize: an excellent personality, great design skills, vast technical knowledge in both Figma and Outsystems, and an almost mind-reading ability (she already created a solution to a question that was just brought up) is what she's all about. She is highly recommended if you need someone to Design with Outsystems, Developer, User, and Business needs in mind. It was a pleasure working with her and I would love to work with her again in the future.
João Sousa
Kristi has the unique skill of transforming business requirements into brilliant user experience journeys fully aligned with business wishes and user needs. Asking why is intrinsic to her way of working and it's the "secret" key to understanding the value of the concepts Kristi is working on without ever forgetting the bigger picture and the moment the project and/or customer is on every step of the way. Her skills are not scoped only to UX Design. She has a fantastic analytic capability and in combination with her OutSystems development knowledge creates the perfect conditions for her delivery to be accepted by customers and the delivery team. It has been a wonderful journey going through all the different projects, in different businesses and customer realities and I really hope to continue to be part of Kristi's journey as a Professional.
Dominic Camba
Kristi is top-notch in designing things in Figma and still keeping them in the realm of Outsystems. She entered the project mid-way but was still able to adjust in just a day or two and get familiarized with the basics of the project. Her designs are great and she made sure they are in line with the design patterns that were used in the previous designs and she always has alternative designs to cater to different cases. Her knowledge in Outsystem is also excellent because the design solutions were developer-friendly. To summarize: an excellent personality, great design skills, vast technical knowledge in both Figma and Outsystems, and an almost mind-reading ability (she already created a solution to a question that was just brought up) is what she's all about. She is highly recommended if you need someone to Design with Outsystems, Developer, User, and Business needs in mind. It was a pleasure working with her and I would love to work with her again in the future.
João Sousa
Kristi has the unique skill of transforming business requirements into brilliant user experience journeys fully aligned with business wishes and user needs. Asking why is intrinsic to her way of working and it's the "secret" key to understanding the value of the concepts Kristi is working on without ever forgetting the bigger picture and the moment the project and/or customer is on every step of the way. Her skills are not scoped only to UX Design. She has a fantastic analytic capability and in combination with her OutSystems development knowledge creates the perfect conditions for her delivery to be accepted by customers and the delivery team. It has been a wonderful journey going through all the different projects, in different businesses and customer realities and I really hope to continue to be part of Kristi's journey as a Professional.
Dominic Camba
Kristi is top-notch in designing things in Figma and still keeping them in the realm of Outsystems. She entered the project mid-way but was still able to adjust in just a day or two and get familiarized with the basics of the project. Her designs are great and she made sure they are in line with the design patterns that were used in the previous designs and she always has alternative designs to cater to different cases. Her knowledge in Outsystem is also excellent because the design solutions were developer-friendly. To summarize: an excellent personality, great design skills, vast technical knowledge in both Figma and Outsystems, and an almost mind-reading ability (she already created a solution to a question that was just brought up) is what she's all about. She is highly recommended if you need someone to Design with Outsystems, Developer, User, and Business needs in mind. It was a pleasure working with her and I would love to work with her again in the future.
Credentials
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Associate Tech Lead
OutSystemsMar, 2021- Sep, 2024 -
Associate Reactive Developer 11
OutSystemsDec, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
UX Design Fundamentals
CourseraDec, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Visual Elements of User Interface Design
CourseraDec, 2020- Sep, 2024 -
Associate Web Developer 11
OutSystemsMay, 2020- Sep, 2024
Experience
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Accelerated Focus
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Canada
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Design
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Jan 2023 - Present
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OutSystems Developer | UX/UI Designer
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Mar 2020 - Jan 2023
I delivered on a wide range of software development lifecycle functions (with a particular emphasis on research, development & design) using the OutSystems platform to create elegant solutions that help our clients grow and succeed with technology. OutSystems areas of expertise: • General front & back end development • CSS and brand customization • Theme and template implementation • Architectural best practices • Data modeling • API development & integrations • Mobile Design areas of expertise: • Product research • User interviews • Business analysis • User personas & journey mapping • Wireframe & mockups • Web content strategy • Website design • Design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, and Adobe Illustrator
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Government of Alberta
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Canada
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Technology Analyst
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Feb 2018 - Mar 2020
As an evolution of my previous role, I focused on one important task: finding better ways of using technology to meet the ever-increasing need for good data! Specifically, that meant building or leveraging tools & processes to streamline operational work, which allowed us to spend less time collecting data, and more time providing meaningful insights.𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴: • Provided product ownership in a critical development project that promoted agile and design thinking in government development practices • Designed and built self-serve data reporting tools to increase data accessibility • Supported information management strategic planning initiatives to promote better data governance • Championed a ministry wide data catalog that improved data awareness & visibility • Provided stakeholder communication to lend support, foster relationships, and build trust • Conducted multi-day facilitation with industry stakeholders that strengthened our understanding of the post-secondary system's information needs I also chaired an internal communications working group. We spearheaded several initiatives that improved how information was shared, both top-down and laterally across the division.
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Post-Secondary Accountability Analyst
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Sep 2016 - Feb 2018
I handled a variety of technical and analytical work towards achieving my unit's objective to collect, validate, and report on post-secondary institution data to support evidence-based decision-making.𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴: • Validated data • Reported on data, internally and externally • Crafted meaningful stories and visualizations with data • Supported and communicated with industry stakeholders • Developed application test plans and conducted release testing • Facilitated training sessions • Built and maintained SharePoint sites
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Application Coordinator
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Mar 2015 - Aug 2016
I coordinated the application process for provincial land development between environmental engineers and energy industry stakeholders. I also focused on streamlining processes by developing better training materials, simplifying forms, and automating administrative tasks.
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Education
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2010 - 2015
University of Alberta
Bachelors Degree, Economics & English -
2017 - 2018
NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)
Web Developer Certificate -
Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta
Management Development Program - Project Management Fundamentals -
Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta
Management Development Program - Stakeholder Relationships -
University of Alberta
CMPUT 174 - Foundations of Computation
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