New Beginnings
For the past four-and-a-half years I have been deeply entrenched in corporate life - working for American Express several different roles. When I joined the company I started as a programmer developing intranet dashboards and web applications with J2EE, before moving on to focus on the front-end user experience of users on the companies website. This led to my involvement in usability testing, front-end design and build which saw excellent improvements in both satisfaction and conversion rates of various online processes and applications. Over the past year, I have also had the opportunity to really focus on the design and creative strategy for American Express's online presence, as well as working to optimize what we have.
The corporate life has been fun, giving me the opportunity to make an impact and learn a variety of skills which I'm sure will continue to be useful; however I've decided to actually take the leap and http://startup.partnerup.com/2007/11/01/leaving-corporate-america-for-a-startup/
