About me

Dear Hiring Manager:

Hi my name is Ben Sykes. I'm a dev/design hybrid with 14 years experience designing / dev'ing positive human experiences for rich internet applications, desktop / soft clients and web sites.

I've worked as a user experience designer for Microsoft (Visual Studio, MSN Live), User Experience Design Manager for Cisco Systems, Ireland (WebEx, Enterprise IM), Associate Creative Director for American Idol Underground, and even created the search engine Information.com.

My career started around designing edible interfaces for the plate, coupled with the desire to tell stories. Well actually I started as a Chef to subsidize my work on motion pictures such as "American Beauty", "Murder in the First", and others. This experience ultimately helped shape my ability to serve users needs, create positive experiences, and design around story and biological neural processes.

I'm fascinated by interactive video, the psychology of choice, and enjoy team building.

Please let me know if you have any questions, or if I can provide you with any additional information.

Thank You.

Ben Sykes

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