Arash Shiva

Designer, Developer, Photographer, Entrepreneur

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"Real artists ship."
- Steve Jobs

"The details are not the details. They make the design."
- Charles Eames

"No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance."
- Ramana Maharshi

Currently

ShareGrid (Co-founder / CPO)

Past

ShareGrid (Co-founder, CEO)
AirLab (Founder, Designer)
Groupon Labs (Lead Product Designer & Manager)
Groupon (Product Design Lead, Consumer Mobile)
Groupon Scheduler (Sr. Product Designer)
OpenCal (Co-founder/Designer - Acquired by Groupon)
TrainMachine (Co-founder/Designer)
Sitemasher (Sr. Designer - Acquired by Salesforce)
Insighta (Photography)

Capabilities

Startup, Web Application Strategy
Product Design & Management
User Interface & Interaction Design, Usability Testing
Mobile Design: iOS, Android, Touch
Prototyping in Framer.js, Pixate, and AfterEffects
HTML5, CSS3, CoffeeScript, jQuery, HAML, SASS
Node.js, Ruby on Rails, PHP Integration
git Source Control
Web, Brand, Print Design
Website Performance Optimization
CMS, WordPress, Ghost Themeing
Search Engine Optimization, A/B testing, Online Marketing
Linux System Administration
Professional Photography
Maya 3D Modeling and Animation
Video Editing Sony Vegas, FinalCut Pro, AfterEffects

Interests

Travel Photography
Hiking/Camping/Backpacking/Fishing
Electric Bikes/Boats/Cars/Motorcycles
Evolutionary Psychology
Geopolitics and Economic Theory
Gardening and Hydroponics
Cooking/Baking/Smoking
HiFi Audio

Formal Education

University of Washington 2003
BA Visual Arts with emphasis in Computer Animation