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	<TD width="50%" align="left" valign="center"><H1>Thomas H. Alphin III</H1></TD>
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		<CENTER><A href="mailto:tom@tomalphin.com">tom@tomalphin.com</A></CENTER>
		<CENTER>(206) 617 - 2689</CENTER>
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<TD class="label"><H2>OBJECTIVE</H2></TD>
<TD class="content"><p>Working with creative, sincere, collaborative people to deliver intuitive software and services to enrich people's lives.  This requires a disciplined approach that follows the critical steps of researching, planning, designing, refining and delivering solutions in a timely manner. </p></TD>
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      <P><strong>Human Computer Interaction:</strong> Crafting elegant, focused solutions to address real end-user needs.</P>
      <P><strong>Team Culture:</strong> Fostering a positive team culture where I am excited to work, and ensuring that the right processes are in place to deliver great products.</P>
      <P><strong>Multimedia and Photography:</strong> Content authoring and editing experiences; organizing and sharing growing media libraries.</P>
      <P><strong>Data Visualization:</strong> Elegant solutions to help the most interesting and meaningful content rise to the top of large data sets.</P>
      <P><strong>GIS / Cartography:</strong> GPS technology, Topograhy, Mapmaking, and leveraging technology to correlate digital information to physical locations.</P>
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      <H3>User-Centered Design Certificate Program, <font class="light">Graduated in 2006</font></H3>
      <h4><A href="http://www.washington.edu">University of Washington</A>, <font class="light">Seattle, WA</font></h4>

      <H3>Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering, <font class="light">Graduated in 2002</font></H3>
      <h4><A href="http://www.bucknell.edu/">Bucknell University</A>, <font class="light">Lewisburg, PA</font></h4>

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	<H3>Program Manager - Windows 8, <font class="light">2009-Present</font></H3>
	<H4>The Windows User Experience team led the effort to reimagine Windows as a modern, touch-first "Metro" experience.</h4>
    
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		<p>Delivered a modern Windows Out of Box Experience optimized for touch. This is how users will set up a new Windows 8 PC for the first time.</p> <!-- more to add later -->

		<p>Partnered with the Windows Live team to allow users to sign-in to Windows using their Email address and password.  This enables a wealth of new Windows capabilities including easy access to data stored in cloud services and roaming settings between PCs running Windows 8.</p>

		<p>Delivered features to manage user accounts in a new modern PC Settings app. This includes adding user accounts, the PIN sign-in feature, and the User Switching experience.</p>

		<p>Led a cross-team effort to improve the parental controls capabilities, and later drove a smooth transition of ownership of these features to another team.</p>
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	<H3>Program Manager - Windows 7, <font class="light">2006-2009</font></H3>
	<H4>The Windows Core UX team owned the highest visibility user-facing features of Windows 7.</h4>
    
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		<p>Redesigned the personalization features into a crafted Control Panel experience with a focus on a new theming capability.</p>

		<p>Partnered with the Windows Kernel team to implement targeted refinements to the Power Management UX.</p>

		<p>Managed the Ultimate Extras project while working on Windows 7.  This gave customers who purchased the Ultimate Edition of Windows Vista free add-ons after the product's release.</p>
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	<H3>Program Manager - Windows Media Center, <font class="light">2005-2006</font></H3>
	<h4>Worked on Windows Media Center, which shipped with Windows Vista Premium.  It allows users to enjoy their multimedia content in the living room.</h4>
  
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		<p>Revised the Media Center First Run experience to address end-user feedback and handle new display, audio and networking technologies.  This included a new "Express Setup" feature, which allows users to accept the default settings with a single click.</p>

		<p>Delivered improvements to the CD/DVD Burning capabilities of Media Center, which involved managing a delicate relationship with an external company.</p>
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	<H3>Program Manager - Microsoft Office 2007, <font class="light">2002-2005</font></H3>
	<h4>Worked on the <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/office/">Microsoft Office</A> PowerPoint Multimedia Team.</h4>
  
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		<p>Designed the PowerPoint Podium view, a simple tool that lets presenters see their notes and change slides on their laptop while giving a PowerPoint presentation.</p>

		<p>Led a cross-team effort to design a single Table Styles UI across Word/Excel/PowerPoint despite different underlying architectures.  Helped effort to rewrite the PowerPoint tables capabilites by managing bugs, scoping changes, and making difficult resource decisions.</p>

		<p>Wrote planning documents, competitive analyses and draft specifications exploring future investments for Office and PowerPoint.</p>

		<p>Accessibility champion for PowerPoint, ensuring the product works well with accessibility aids such as screen readers and magnification tools.</p>
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	<H3>Staff leader &amp; Bookkeeper - Iron City Fishing Club, <font class="light">Summer 2001</font></H3>
	<h4><A href="http://www.icfc.net/">Iron City Fishing Club</A> is a getaway for families on the Georgian Bay in Ontario, Canada.</h4>

	<H3>Internship - USinternetworking, <font class="light">Summer 1999 &amp; 2000</font></H3>
	<h4>Designed and implemented web-based document mangement solutions, and helped prepare a major update to the corporate website.</h4>

	<H3>Computer Consultant - Bucknell Information Services, <font class="light">1999-2000</font></H3>
	<h4>Designed and implemented a custom library system to check out media equipment. The initial version used Microsoft Access, and I updated it to a web-based system built with PHP/SQL which could handle multiple users at a time.</h4>

	<H3>Network Administration - Saint Anne's Day School, <font class="light">1998-1999</font></H3>
	<h4><A href="http://saintannes.org/">Saint Anne's Day School</A> is a co-educational Episcopal elementary school in Annapolis, MD.</h4>
 
	<H3>Freelance Web Design, <font class="light">1995-2002</font></H3>
	<h4>Designed and implemented websites using the latest technologies including HTML, Javascript, CSS and Graphics Suites.</h4>


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      <P><strong>Software:</strong> Experienced Windows user; familiar with Mac, Linux and Solaris systems.  Fluent in the entire Microsoft Office suite, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator &amp; more.</P>
      <P><strong>Hardware:</strong> Experienced in building, maintaining and troubleshooting computer hardware, servers and wired/wireless networks.</P>
      <P><strong>Programming:</strong> Experienced in HTML, C#, XAML, C, C++, SQL. Familiar with Javascript, Coldfusion, Java, PHP, Basic and others.</P>
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	<P><strong>Washington Alpine Club: </strong> Instructor for the <a href="http://wacclass.org">Basic Climbing Class</a>, teaching foundational skills in rock climbing, technical snow travel and mountaineering.</P>
	<P><strong>Windows Phone development:</strong> Designed, developed, maintain and sell two applications for the Windows Phone platform to plan and track your visits to America's <a href="http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/358c0575-ad86-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8">National Parks</a>, and the <a href="http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/1f1b2611-3834-e011-854c-00237de2db9e">50 States</a> in the US.</P>
	<P><strong>Boardgame design:</strong> I love "euro" styled board games which are fun and easy to teach, while having complex gameplay which blends strategic thinking and tactical analysis. I analyze games for both the emotional elements of their design and the complex interaction of gameplay elements, and am exploring game designs of my own.</P>
	<P><strong>Photo sharing service design:</strong> Designed a unique photo-sharing website that I built with a friend.  It had a unique focus on free-form browsing of photos in a large, metadata-rich library. <i>(In 2011, we took the site down since newer photo services finally have comparable capabilities.)</i></P>
	<P><strong>Photography:</strong> Passionate about capturing great photographs with a focus on landscape photography, wildlife photography and candid portraits.</P>
	<P><strong>Outdoor Sports:</strong> Enjoy hiking, backpacking, biking, camping, rock climbing, snowshoeing and snowboarding.</P>
	<P><strong>Eagle Scout:</strong> Earned in 1997 with <A href="http://www.scouting.org/">Boy Scouts of America</A> Troop 993, Severna Park, MD</P>
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	<CENTER><A href="mailto:tom@tomalphin.com">tom@tomalphin.com</A> </CENTER>
	<CENTER><A href="http://www.tomalphin.com">http://www.tomalphin.com</A> </CENTER>
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	<CENTER>(206) 617 - 2689</CENTER>
	<CENTER>1925 7th St West, Kirkland, WA</CENTER>
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