CV

General Information

Full Name Justin Geeslin
Date of Birth July 12th, 1986
Languages English
Email justin@geesl.in

Education

  • 2023 - Now
    PhD Human Factors & Ergonomics
    University of Minnesota
    • Wearable Technology, Usability and Human-computer Interaction
  • 2021 - 2023
    M.S. Human Factors & Ergonomics
    University of Minnesota
    • Usability Engineering, Human-centered Design, and Wearable Technology
  • 2010
    B.S. Computer Science
    Mississippi State University
    • Coursework in Human-Computer Interaction, Programming Languages, and Data Structures.

Teaching

  • DES 5902 - Principles of Wearable Technology (Lab) - Spring 2023

Experience

  • 2023 - now
    Product Owner
    FedEx Services, Operational Technical Innovations
  • 2015 - 2023
    Interaction Designer
    FedEx Services, Sensor-based Logistics
    • Proven ability to translate user needs into design requirements.
    • Expert knowledge of human-centered design techniques including heuristic evaluations and human performance modeling.
    • Expertise in planning all aspects of rapid user testing methods and quickly providing data-driven recommendations.
    • Performed user research using user testing, interviews, surveys, web analytics, and collecting human performance metrics.
    • Contributed to user manuals for hardware and software system components.
    • Advocated for the enterprise-wide design system.
  • 2012 - 2015
    Front-end Web Developer
    FedEx Services, Sensor-based Logistics
    • Built reusable object-oriented web components.
    • Managed continuous deployments via GitHub & Heroku.
    • Developed tested and covered JavaScript components with Jasmine and Karma runner frameworks
    • Leveraged web metrics via Adobe Analytics to inform design decisions and shape the product roadmap.
  • 2011 - 2012
    Drupal Web Developer
    FedEx Innovation
    • Instrumental in launching the SenseAware Help Center quickly with open source software.
    • Created custom Drupal 6 modules and themes supporting the SenseAware product.
    • Applied internationalization best practices.
    • Worked within an Agile/Scrum environment.
  • 2006 - 2008
    Network Administrator
    Tate County School District
    • Led the effort to deploy identity services using Microsoft Active Directory.
    • Maintained critical educational computing resources, including web filtering and network services.

Certifications

  • 2020
    UX Certificate, Interaction Design specialty
    Nielsen Norman Group
    • Coursework in Interaction & Emotional Design

Open Source Projects

  • 2020
    CogTool
    • A tool for UI designers for making human performance predictions in a graphical user interface. Created a modernized version of the original CMU project.