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Paul May

Location: Brooklyn, New York.
Email: webmail at paulmay.org
Twitter: @paulmmay

Paul May works in the exciting seams between design, technology and business. His portfolio of work includes user experience strategy, interaction design, data representation, speaking and teaching.

Paul is currently a graduate student at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).

Professional Experience

2007-2010, Business Development, User Experience Consultant, Front

Worked for of the UK and Ireland's best web agencies Front, and was initially responsible for business development and then user experience research and strategy.

2005-2007, Business Analyst, Accenture

Worked for the Communications and High Technology division of consulting firm Accenture. Key projects included work with Microsoft on business process outsourcing, process improvement and business intelligence.

2004-2005, President, Dublin City University Students' Union

Elected president of Dublin City University Students' Union, the representative body of students at DCU. Oversaw the organisations campaigns, operations and sat on the University's governing authority.

2003, Developer/Designer, Gamedevelopers.ie, Dublin City University

Worked with Aphra Kerr and John Lynch create the site GameDevelopers.ie which has gone on to be a central resource for Irish computer game developers.

1999-2002, Web Programmer, Fever Interactive

Web programmer for Dublin web agency Fever Interactive.

Education

2010-2012, MPS Candidate, Interactive Telecommunications Program, NYU

Attending NYU's groundbreaking Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) as a Fulbright award winner in Science, Technology and Innovation.

2009, Prince2 Project Management Certification

Completed the Prince2 project management qualification. Search for candidate number P2R/356425 at APMG site for accreditation details.

2000-2004, B.Sc in Multimedia, Dublin City University

Multidisciplinary media degree including work on software engineering, media theory, digital audio and video, 3D graphics. Research topics included physical, vision-based human computer interaction and robotics.

Press

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Paul May is a designer and UX consultant from Dublin, Ireland; he is currently a student at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). Feel free to directly (or you can use the contact form). You can also get him on twitter or flickr. Paul enjoys writing in the third person.