Dixon Bordiano

About

I’m a design leader who’s passionate about helping enterprise employees get their work done more effectively—without all the stress. For over 10 years, I’ve guided businesses in rethinking their product strategy and design approach so the software they create works for both the marketplace and the people who actually use it. I love diving into big, messy problems and finding ways to make them simpler. Collaboration is at the heart of how I work—I’ve led cross-functional teams and partnered closely with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to build products that are genuinely usable, useful, and impactful. For me, great products come from balancing solid execution with a healthy team culture. That means meeting business needs while still making room for innovation, trust, and ownership. When we build with trust and shared purpose, we create products users can depend on.

Experience

• Director of User Experience · Cognira2023-03-01 –
• Senior User Experience Designer · Oracle2015-03-01 – 2023-03-01
• User Experience Designer · Digital River2014-06-01 – 2015-03-01

  *Conducted varying degrees of user research including: persona development, competitive analysis, heuristic analysis/review, experience mapping, ecosystem mapping, usability testing *Designed wireframes and clickable prototypes for e-commerce admin application using Axure and Balsamiq tools *Designed high-fidelity mock-ups for wireframes using Adobe Creative Suite *Conducted heuristic review and designed wireframes for iOS, iPAD, and Android POS e-commerce applications *Maintained Pattern Library

• QA Engineer · Digital River2013-04-01 – 2014-06-01
• Associate QA Engineer · Digital River2011-05-01 – 2013-04-01

  *Execute functional, integration, structure, and regression testing on eCommerce platform. *Develop test plans, test strategy, test cases, test data, test summary reports, and other related testing documents. *Host test plan reviews to kick-off the test cycle. *Perform end-to-end testing of integrations with system, validating XML schema and troubleshooting integration configuration issues in the test environment. *Worked with Quality Center to document test artifacts and develop test metrics. *Responsible for identifying, investigating and prioritizing system issues/errors and performing test control during the testing cycle. *Lead team of up to 5 testers in monthly template releases. Technologies Used: Java, Oracle 11g, SQL, UNIX, SOAP, XML, HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, AJAX, JSON, Quality Center, JIRA

• Web Designer (Contractor) · BenchmarkQA2007-01-01 – 2012-01-01

  Responsible for updating and implementing new content and design on company website.

• Teaching Artist · East Side Arts Council2010-07-01 – 2011-05-01

  *Lesson plan development *Classroom management *Event activity coordination *Implement technology curriculum into art programming *Studio Art classes *Web Design Classes *Graphic Design classes

• Web Designer · University of Minnesota-Morris2009-09-01 – 2010-05-01

  Student work-study position assisting in the implementation of content and design for the University of Minnesota-Morris website using the following: *Information Architecture *Graphic Design *HTML *CSS *PHP *Javascript *JQuery

• A & E Editor · The University Register2009-04-01 – 2010-02-01

  Responsible for organizing and managing writers, weekly content, and layout for the Arts & Entertainment section.

• Co Editor-in-Chief · Ivory Tower Art & Literary Magazine2008-09-01 – 2009-06-01

  One-year position as a part of a hands-on classroom laboratory in which students create and develop the undergraduate art & literary magazine of the University of Minnesota. *Managed design, marketing, web, finance, distribution and editorial groups comprised of 19 staff *Worked on design team to develop layout and coordinate printing *Increased readership by over 100% while cutting costs by more than 50% *Developed a network with local professionals and small presses, building magazine brand and presence at local literary events *Developed online presence and use of new technologies

Education

• University of Minnesota MorrisBA, Digital Arts
• University of Minnesota

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