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Lic. FarrukhSahar An experienced and passionate ICT industry professional specialized in user experience (UX) area. A professional
with a unique combination of research, leadership, project management and business development competencies
strengthened with UX professional skills at specialist and managerial roles from innovation to end products. Exhibit
excellence at setting goals for products and services in comply with ICT business challenges and needs.
Professional Experience
April 2015 - Present Post-graduate Student University of Oviedo, Spain
The University of Oviedo was established in 1574 and listed in the World's top 200 universities. As a post-graduate student the role is to conduct the research with the companies on E-Commerce and Mobile-Commerce based projects and deliver the UX findings and future recommendations. Publish research articles based on the research findings and finalize the project.
Planned and managed the research on E-Commerce and Mobile-Commerce based projects.
Evaluated E-Commerce websites and Mobile-Commerce Apps.
Performed performance testing using in app analytics.
Analyzed qualitative and quantitative data using statistical tools such as SPSS.
Delivered and presented the UX findings and future recommendations to the HCI research group on the studied product.
July 2011 – Sept 2014 Licentiate Degree Student Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Tampere University of Technology is listed in the World's top 100 universities under 50. As a Licentiate degree student the role was to conduct the research projects with the companies and deliver the UX findings and future recommendations on the studied product. Publish research articles based on the research findings and finalize the project.
Planned and managed the research projects with Finnish company Suunto on their sports product.
Performed systematic literature review and identified the suitable methods for the research case.
Collected and analyzed (Quantitative + Qualitative) data using statistical tools such as SPSS.
Delivered and presented the UX findings and future recommendations to the company on the studied product.
Managed presentation seminars and published two research articles based on the findings.
Jan 2010 - Sept 2010 Research and Development Executive Combnet Broadband Communications, Pakistan
Combine Broadband Communications deliver advanced products and ICT services such as high speed internet access, cable television, video-on-demand, data services, business services, advertising and media services to residential and business customers. As a research and development executive the role was to deliver the innovative ICT solutions on projects and coordinate with the project services and research team. Successfully manage the research and project management process.
Collected information on futuristic ICT solutions (e.g. articles / industry reports) to share with team for further analysis.
Worked with senior researchers on customers´ data analysis and identified research insights.
Successfully executed all elements of the research and project management process.
Sept 2009 - Nov 2009 Project Assistant Blekinge Tekniska Högskola - Ronneby, Sweden
Blekinge Institute of Technology, BTH, is one of the most distinctly profiled universities in Sweden, where applied IT and innovation for sustainable growth are the focus. As a project assistant the role was to fulfill the Integrated Mobile Information System (IMIS) project requirements and perform evaluation after redesigning the overall system architecture.
Planned, controlled and monitored the overall research of the IMIS project.
Identified the UX of elderly with web applications and mobile phones.
Developed the web based intelligent decision support system for type 2 diabetes patients.
Prepared periodical technical reports and written research paper on the IMIS project.
Assisted the supervision of M.Sc thesis students at the dept. of computer science.
Address: C / VAZQUEZ DE MELLA 22, 2 IZDA. 33012- OVIEDO, SPAIN
http://fi.linkedin.com/in/saharfarrukh E-mail: [email protected] Skype: farrukh.sahar1 Phone: +34 632 555 439
March 2009 - June 2009 Project Assistant Blekinge Tekniska Högskola - Ronneby, Sweden
Blekinge Institute of Technology was founded in 1989 and has over 5,000 registered students and about 500 employees. As a project assistant the role was to participate in the designing, execution, analysis, and evaluation of research project. Provide strategic leadership regarding the use and implementation of IT.
Investigated the mobile communication technologies and their effects on elderly.
Planned, monitored, and evaluated the framework of IMIS project.
Managed presentation seminars on projects for project manager and published research articles based on the findings.
Successfully planned and provided training to the project partners and Master thesis students.
Assisted the supervision of M.Sc thesis students at the dept. of computer science.
(For details on professional experience please read the “Work portfolio” or visit https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/45137600/Black%20CV%20with%20post-graduate%20edition/Portfolio.pdf
Education
April 2015 - Present University of Oviedo, Spain
(Doctoral Degree) Post-graduate student at Dept. of Computing
Majors: User Experience
2011 - 2014 Tampere University of Technology, Finland
(Licentiate Degree) Post-graduate student at Dept. of Pervasive Computing
Majors: User Experience
2007- 2009 Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sweden
M.S. in Computer Science
Majors: Usability
GPA 3.8/5
Thesis Grade: 4.0/5
2004 - 2006 University of Balochistan, Pakistan
Master´s in Computer Science
Majors: Computer Sciences
GPA 3.53/4
2002-2004 PIMSAT, Pakistan
BS in Information technology
Majors: Information Technology
GPA 3.9/4
Publications
Research papers accepted to the conferences as a first - author and co-author. 1) Sahar F, Varsaluoma J, Kujala S, Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila K (2014) Identifying the User Experience Factors of a Multi-Component Sports Product. MindTrek Conference 2014, 4th November 2014 - 6th November 2014 Tampere, Finland. 2) Sahar F, Varsaluoma J, Kujala S (2014) Comparing the Effectiveness of Electronic Diary and UX Curve Methods in Multi-Component Product Study. MindTrek Conference 2014, 4th November 2014 - 6th November 2014 Tampere, Finland. 3) Varsaluoma J and Sahar F (2014) Usefulness of Longitudinal Research to Product Development: Practitioners’ Views from Three Case Studies. NordiCHI 2014 Helsinki, Finland.
4) Varsaluoma J, Sahar F (2014) Measuring Retrospective User Experience of Non-Powered Hand Tools: An Exploratory Remote Study. MindTrek Conference 2014, 4th November 2014 - 6th November 2014 Tampere, Finland. 5) Jamil S, Lugmayr A, Sahar F (2014) Life Cycle Costs (LCC) as a Sales Tool When a Company is Entering a Market with a New Product. MindTrek Conference 2014 as POSTER/DEMONSTRATION.
Refereed proceedings 1) Sahar F (2013) Web Based Intelligent Decision Support System for Type 2 Diabetes Patients. IACSIT International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 5, October 2013. 2) Raza S T and Sahar F (2013) An Investigation on Perspective of Usability and Functionality of Mobile Phones for Elderly. IACSIT International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 3, June 2013. 3) Sahar F, Raza S T, Nasir M N (2013) Communication Tools in Offshore Development with Scrum. IACSIT International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 5, No. 4, August 2013.
4) Sahar F, Khan A, Asim M (2010) An investigation on citizen Access to eHealth Services in County of Blekinge, Sweden.
2nd International Conference on Business, Technology and Engineering (ICBTE-2010). Ref: IUIC/ICBTE10/FPAL116.
Published short book 1) Sahar F, and Asim M An investigation on Blekinge County Council eHealth services requirements of citizens and Blekinge County Council eHealth services Strategy for citizens. With LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG Dudweiler Landstraße 99 66123 Saarbrücken Germany.
Workshop paper 1) Kymäläinen T, Sahar F, Palvianen J (2014) White knights of the smart city. Creative-Science 2014 (Shanghai, 30th June -
1st July 2014).
Teaching Roles Sept 11 - Oct 11 Teaching Assistant Tampere University of Technology, Finland
My role was to assist the course IHTE-7106 introduction to human behaviour. Sept 09 - Nov 09 Project Assistant Blekinge Tekniska Högskola - Ronneby, Sweden
My role was to assist the supervision of M.Sc thesis students. March 09 - June 09 Project Assistant Blekinge Tekniska Högskola - Ronneby, Sweden
My role was to assist the supervision of M.Sc thesis students.
Peer Review roles I acted as a reviewer for “Elsevier, Journal of Network and Computer Applications” United States of America. I acted as a reviewer for “Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences”, United States of America
Communication language skills Mother tongue: Urdu English
Finnish
Hindi
Skills and Expertise Soft skills: Project management, seminar management, technical report writing, and event management.
Software and programming skills: C++ (basics), and HTML (basics).
Quantitative data analysis skills: Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
Software skills: Windows, Microsoft Office (word, excel, visio, power point, access, and outlook), Webropol and
SurveyMonkey (Web-based survey tools).
UX evaluation skills: Structured/semi-structured interviews, paper-based questionnaires, online questionnaires, usability
tests, paper-based surveys, web-based surveys, remote UX evaluation, repetitive UX evaluation, retrospective UX evaluation, long-term UX evaluation, electronic diary study, UX Curve method, multi-component products UX evaluation, multi-platform products UX evaluation, cross-platform products UX evaluation, multi-device products UX evaluation, use case testing, task analysis, usability and UX research methods, UX evaluation and design methods, contextual inquiries, personas, user scenarios, storyboards, wireframes, low-fidelity prototyping, user experience design, PLEX cards, user-centeredness in design, experience driven design, focus groups, participant observation, human-centered design, and cognitive walkthrough method.
Extracurricular For the last two years I have been acting and modeling as a hobby. Recently, I performed as an actor in an advertisement video for NordiCHI 2014 conference Helsinki, Finland.
NordiCHI2014 videos: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRc23n5K5OdPVHVO_D14Zkw A video presentation on an innovative idea for Finnish winter presented during “Experience driven design”
course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQm9UcMsEok
Modeling portfolio: http://500px.com/farrukhsahar
References
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Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila
Dr.-Ing. Professor of usability and UX Tampere University of technology, Finland Email: [email protected]
Sari Kujala,
Adjunct Professor Aalto University, Finland Email: [email protected]
Jari Varsaluoma
Project Manager (CCD MobiLe) Tampere University of Technology, Finland Email: [email protected]