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Ariel Albornoz

User Interface Designer & Developer

Experience

  • 2019 - Current

    Thales Group

    Multi-national aerospace, defense and digital security corporation

    UX Engineer / Product Owner

    Working within the government biometrics unit to bring a legacy Perl based fingerprinting application system into the modern age. Upgraded user-flows and product design with Material UI. Modernized the product design and development life-cycle using agile methodologies as product owner. Created a content management system for the product support group which reduced customer
    incident tickets by more than 50%.

  • 2018

    Brand Knew

    Marketing, design and development agency working with established and emerging brands to create immersive online experiences.

    Front-end Engineer

    Worked on existing and new sites for various brands including Stand Up To Cancer and Morgan Creek Entertainment Group. Created custom CMS solutions for clients using Advanced Custom Fields and modular javascript and PHP. Used Webpack to bundle custom WordPress themes and deploy to Automattic’s WordPress VIP Go cloud solution. Custom-built email newsletters for emerging brands using vanilla html and css as well as using Constant Contact and Mail Chimp templates. Helped create a structured design development model for future projects.

  • 2001 - 2017

    Investment Technology Group

    Investment Technology Group (Now Virtu Financial) is a leading global financial technology company.

    Senior UX Engineer

    Instrumental in developing a financial crossing SPA that allows execution of thousands of shares and millions of dollars a day. Developed UI components using React for a desktop like trading experience using web technologies. Built various chart and grid components using Highcharts and Infragistics controls with a
    Node/ React based framework. Designed and styled components driven by Material UI to create a professional and polished look.