Tina M Adams

Tina M Adams

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Enterprise Sr UX UI Practitioner, Strategist, Manager, Director, and professional Mentor…

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Experience

  • Bluehost Graphic

    Bluehost

    Florida, United States

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    California, United States

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    California, United States

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    Greater London

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    NYC

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    San Jose CA

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    Berlin Area, Germany

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    San Jose CA

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    Sunnyvale CA

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    San Jose: IBM Silicon Valley Research & Development Lab

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    Greater Boston Area

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    Greater Boston Area

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    Greater Boston Area

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    Greater Boston Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    Greater New York City Area

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    New Paltz NY

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    Kingston NY

Education

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Corporate Advisor

    Athaneum

    - Present 6 years 5 months

    Science and Technology

    Employing Research as a Service (RaaS), I engage with businesses to help them bridge the user gap for their industry and services. (hourly engagements)

  • Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Graphic

    Mentor

    Cherie Blair Foundation for Women

    Science and Technology

  • adplist.org Graphic

    Mentor

    adplist.org

    Science and Technology

  • CareerFoundry Graphic

    Mentor

    CareerFoundry

    Science and Technology

  • IBM Graphic

    Diversity Speaker

    IBM

    - Present 23 years

    Human Rights

    Was a volunteer speaker leading education of IBM classes on the value of diversity in the workforce and LGBTO in technology.

  • Cleanup crew

    Naglee Park Creek Cleanup

    - Present 20 years

    Environment

    Part of a crew to clean up creeks in order to allow free flow of water, wildlife access, and general environmental concerns of garbage runoff into our reservoirs.

  • Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center Graphic

    Member Board Of Directors

    Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center

    - 1 year 1 month

    Civil Rights and Social Action

Publications

  • (Visualization/Device) Method for Tracing & Aanalyzing Objects in Walls, in a Non-Invasive Manner, Using a Mobile Device

    ip.com

    ABSTRACT: Disclosed are a method and process for generating a live visualization of all manner of wiring, pipes, ducts, and studs contained within walls that are closed and/or inaccessible, and providing an analysis for failure/issue remediation. The associated application is installed on a mobile device.

    Other authors
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  • visualizations Method for Online Commands in a Message Field

    ip.cpm

    ABSTRACT: This proposal allows for a method for a user to both route and alert documents and users (respectively) inline in nearly natural language.

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  • Method for Representing List Iconography

    ip,com

    ABSTRACT: This proposal represents a method for reducing the icon redundancy in list items while still maintaining item visual identification.

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  • Method For Hanging/Spacing By The Use Of Adjustable Sliders

    ip.com

    ABSTRACT: Disclosed are a device and method that allow a user to easily hang an item on a wall with accurate spacing between it and existing pieces. The novel contribution of this invention is a method that allows accountability of the distance from the hanger to the end of the item, and then allows the addition of the empty space in the tool calculation in order to maintain an exact spacing schema.

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  • Method for Breakpoint Debugging/Validation as it Relates to User-Exposed Sequential Visual Initialization Strings in a GUI

    ip.com

    ABSTRACT: Disclosed is a simple method for users to run, test, and validate all or part of a sequential initialization visual action string as they create it, in order to address possible logic flaws and to live-tweak the data and quickly re-init without needing further assistance from a system administrator or reading pages of logs.

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  • (Visualization) Method For Representing/Editing/Restructuring Data Strings Visually

    ip.com

    ABSTRACT: Dealing with data representation in big data screens, we are challenged with making data more usable as well as consumable. This is always challenging in order to deliver the pertinent data to the user without overwhelming them with potentially thousands of solid textual screens. The core idea of this method is to allow the user to immediately, visually, understand the collection of components they had previously defined, in a visual string instead of a textual string, and the ability…

    ABSTRACT: Dealing with data representation in big data screens, we are challenged with making data more usable as well as consumable. This is always challenging in order to deliver the pertinent data to the user without overwhelming them with potentially thousands of solid textual screens. The core idea of this method is to allow the user to immediately, visually, understand the collection of components they had previously defined, in a visual string instead of a textual string, and the ability to edit and restructure inline (keeping the user resident), and on the fly.

  • (Visualization) Sequential/Non-Sequential List Items

    ip.com

    ABSTRACT: Disclosed is a method to determine whether or not a set of list items is sequential through the use of a visual queue.

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  • (Application) Interactive Bio-Feedback Sports Utility / Training Application

    ip.com

    ABSTRACT: This proposal is multi-part, combining a number of technologies. This is basically a personal biofeedback suit with aggregating software for both hand-held devices and personal pc sync with asynchronous linking to the user's vetted healthcare specialists. The inference engine is a complicated set of algorithms and a back-end database storing all biofeedback and comparing it against user capabilities, benchmark goals and ultimate health goals.

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  • (Visualization) Overt & Oblique Data Relationship GUI

    ip.com

    ABSTRACT: The present invention shows a visual base solution on the issues of detecting data relationships by visually representing data and their interconnected relationships, either overt or oblique, that would be difficult to do in any standard tabled data model to date.

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Patents

  • (IBM) Heuristic Evaluating User Interface Usability for Task Completion

    Issued US to come

    ABSTRACT: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for tracking and presenting states of a user interface includes at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to track the visibility and usage of each of a plurality of areas of a user interface. The processor may be further configured to determine the navigation sequence through the plurality of areas of the user interface when utilized to complete a task. The processor may be configured to…

    ABSTRACT: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for tracking and presenting states of a user interface includes at least one processor. The at least one processor may be configured to track the visibility and usage of each of a plurality of areas of a user interface. The processor may be further configured to determine the navigation sequence through the plurality of areas of the user interface when utilized to complete a task. The processor may be configured to graphically present the visibility, usage, and determined navigation sequences on a display that includes a layout of the user interface, where the graphical presentation of the visibility, usage, and determined navigation sequences may be displayed within their corresponding areas of the layout of the use interface.

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  • (IBM) Smart Outlet

    Issued US SVL920120049US1

    ABSTRACT: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system comprises: one or more configurable electrical outlet interfaces, wherein each given configurable electrical outlet interface comprises a switch configured in one of a plurality of positions corresponding to one of a plurality of energy usage modes; and a control panel displaying, for each given energy usage mode, configurable parameters to control energy usage of a device coupled to each configurable electrical outlet…

    ABSTRACT: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system comprises: one or more configurable electrical outlet interfaces, wherein each given configurable electrical outlet interface comprises a switch configured in one of a plurality of positions corresponding to one of a plurality of energy usage modes; and a control panel displaying, for each given energy usage mode, configurable parameters to control energy usage of a device coupled to each configurable electrical outlet interface configured with the given energy usage mode.

  • [IBM] Event Processing Visualization Application

    Issued US [to come]

    ABSTRACT: The task of presenting processes in a visual style has been daunting, especially with multiple applications running various tasks in the background that, once initiated, cannot be monitored. My proposed method provides a way to monitor, reorder, and modify running tasks that, in the past, were not accessible once the initial command has been given. This application could be used to visually monitor/reorg any running task, from system (non-user-initiated) tasks to any user initiated…

    ABSTRACT: The task of presenting processes in a visual style has been daunting, especially with multiple applications running various tasks in the background that, once initiated, cannot be monitored. My proposed method provides a way to monitor, reorder, and modify running tasks that, in the past, were not accessible once the initial command has been given. This application could be used to visually monitor/reorg any running task, from system (non-user-initiated) tasks to any user initiated task or event, from a single product or all products and system events.

  • [IBM] Data Filtering Using Filter Icons

    Issued US [to come]

    ABSTRACT: In enterprise software, frequently the user is inundated with data not relevant to their task or role. This greatly increases their search and filter time in order to find the data they need. This user control allows immediate tree sorting to only show those objects relevant to the task at hand.

  • (IBM) Free Form User-Designed SIngle-Handed Touchscreen Keyboard

    Filed US RSW920140091US1

    ABSTRACT: A user thumb-operated touchscreen keyboard design interface is provided by a processor on a touchscreen display of a handheld device that allows a user to create a user-designed thumb-operated touchscreen keyboard. A set of user inputs to the user thumb-operated touchscreen keyboard design interface is detected in response to user thumb gestures on the touchscreen display. The set of user inputs include a user-specified outline on the touchscreen display of the user-designed…

    ABSTRACT: A user thumb-operated touchscreen keyboard design interface is provided by a processor on a touchscreen display of a handheld device that allows a user to create a user-designed thumb-operated touchscreen keyboard. A set of user inputs to the user thumb-operated touchscreen keyboard design interface is detected in response to user thumb gestures on the touchscreen display. The set of user inputs include a user-specified outline on the touchscreen display of the user-designed thumb-operated touchscreen keyboard with boundaries within a range of motion of a thumb of the user, a group of different user-specified touchscreen input key locations and input key shapes of a group of user-specified touchscreen input keys within the user-specified outline, and user-specified touchscreen input key processor-input function assignments of the group of user-specified touchscreen input keys. The user-designed thumb-operated touchscreen keyboard is implemented as a touchscreen display user input interface to the processor.

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Projects

  • IBM Counter Fraud Management

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    IBM® Counter Fraud Management provides an enterprise-wide solution of capabilities to help counter the fraud lifecycle:

    -Detect, in real time, if a transaction, request, application or document is potentially fraudulent by applying models and rules to help determine the propensity for fraud.
    -Respond by applying the results of detection to more confidently expedite legitimate transactions or delay the processing of high-risk transactions for investigation.
    -Discover fraud that may…

    IBM® Counter Fraud Management provides an enterprise-wide solution of capabilities to help counter the fraud lifecycle:

    -Detect, in real time, if a transaction, request, application or document is potentially fraudulent by applying models and rules to help determine the propensity for fraud.
    -Respond by applying the results of detection to more confidently expedite legitimate transactions or delay the processing of high-risk transactions for investigation.
    -Discover fraud that may exist in a business or public organization by retrospectively reviewing historical data accumulated by the business or organization and identifying individuals or organizations that may be conducting fraudulent activities.
    -Investigate to gather data about fraudsters and schemes.

    Counter Fraud Management may help improve profitability, strengthen fraud response, and support compliance objectives while it maintains a positive experience for genuine customers. It delivers a complete, integrated solution that can be further integrated with existing systems to provide or improve specific line-of-business counter-fraud capabilities.

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  • IBM Case Manager

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    Visual Designer to Aaron's UX Lead for this enterprise level software application that handles all types of cases and litigation objects.

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  • IBM Datacap Portfolio (scan/capture, ocr, verify)

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    UX Co-Lead for this big data, data capture and analysis portfolio.
    IBM Datacap enables organizations to streamline the capture, recognition, and classification of business documents and to quickly and accurately extract important information from those documents for use by business users and in applications.

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  • IBM ECM: Mobile

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    UX Co-Lead of the Enterprise Content Management Mobile initiative. We work on iOS and Android platforms for both smartphones and tablets.
    ECM (Enterprise Content Management) puts business content to work and allows organizations to realize new value. Collaborating in the cloud, managing records, mitigating risk, capturing documents, improving employee productivity—turning your content into Smarter Content Now.

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  • IBM Watson Curator

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    IBM Watson Curator is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that increases user confidence of responses from Watson Engagement Advisor by simplifying the process for subject matter experts to locate, review and track higher quality information.

    As data is located and copied from multiple sources, your team is presented with a guided process where subject matter experts can easily be assigned the role of classifying, reviewing and approving the information being used to form the…

    IBM Watson Curator is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that increases user confidence of responses from Watson Engagement Advisor by simplifying the process for subject matter experts to locate, review and track higher quality information.

    As data is located and copied from multiple sources, your team is presented with a guided process where subject matter experts can easily be assigned the role of classifying, reviewing and approving the information being used to form the collection that will train Watson. From a single interface, you can manage multiple collections and use the integrated governance - "audit trails" - for transparency to better understand and defend responses generated by Watson.

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Honors & Awards

  • Manager's Choice Award

    Uwe Zimmermann

    Significant Visual Design Lead contributions to software products.

  • Manager's Choice Award

    Uwe Zimmermann

    Significant Visual Design Lead contributions to software products.

  • Everyday Hero

    IBM

    Leading division acquisitions through the IBM One UI and IP Legal standards along with processes and Bluewash consulting.

  • Bravo Award

    IBM

    Significant contribution in packaging usability.

  • General Manager's Award for Simplicity

    IBM

    I co-led a cross-functional world-wide team of Usability Engineers making a significant contribution in packaging redesign addressing internal cost savings, and an 80% increase in usability, and saving 3-5mil over 3-5 years in manufacturing costs.

  • Leadership Excellence

    IBM

    Manager-nominated series to foster exceptional employees that demonstrate high leadership qualities.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

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