“Sandra is a dedicated and passionate usability researcher and user advocate. Her tenacious pursuit of missing information or evasive data is unparalleled. Sandra's hard work and firm commitment to increasing project quality through following user centric methodologies is a real asset.”
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I am a Sparkplug, doer and User Experience Researcher making technology useful and…
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This morning was the Health Canada | Santé Canada 's Pest Management Regulatory Agency's annual awards ceremony. I left the PMRA a year ago, but…
This morning was the Health Canada | Santé Canada 's Pest Management Regulatory Agency's annual awards ceremony. I left the PMRA a year ago, but…
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Today is a big day for me and Forge Harmonic – we’re celebrating our 5-year anniversary! We could not have made it this far without the amazing…
Today is a big day for me and Forge Harmonic – we’re celebrating our 5-year anniversary! We could not have made it this far without the amazing…
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Saw this short video yesterday. Holocaust survivor sees hate as reason for chaos in the world. Fears nothing was learned from Second World…
Saw this short video yesterday. Holocaust survivor sees hate as reason for chaos in the world. Fears nothing was learned from Second World…
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Experience & Education
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Sandra Thwaites Cognitive Systems Engineering Inc.
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Volunteer Experience
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Candy Striper
Riverside Hospital
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Call volunteer
Ottawa Distress Cen
- 1 year 9 months
Health
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Honors & Awards
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Nortel Award of Excellence
Nortel
Part of a 3-person team tasked with developing and piloting a CD ROM document retrieval system. This system contained the hundreds of volumes of information relevant to DMS-100. Users of this system included the Nortel top tier technical team, and the Telco`s (telephone clients) in need of resolving any issues with DMS-100 switches.
The prototype system was developed in 6 months and underwent rapid usability testing with users. Results indicated that the CD ROM system was valuable to…Part of a 3-person team tasked with developing and piloting a CD ROM document retrieval system. This system contained the hundreds of volumes of information relevant to DMS-100. Users of this system included the Nortel top tier technical team, and the Telco`s (telephone clients) in need of resolving any issues with DMS-100 switches.
The prototype system was developed in 6 months and underwent rapid usability testing with users. Results indicated that the CD ROM system was valuable to all users, saved Telco`s time and space resources, and saved Nortel printing and mailing costs and facilitated the delivery of DMS 100 information.
Organizations
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Usability Professionals Association
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