Arash Shiva

Designer, 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

Product Design Lead - Consumer Mobile, Groupon
Available for equity-based startup design consulting

Past

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
HTML5, CSS3, jQuery
Web, Brand, Print Design
MVC - Javascript, PHP, Rails Integration
git/svn Source Control
Website Performance Optimization
CMS, WordPress Themeing
Search Engine Optimization, Online Marketing
Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP Server Platforms
Professional Photography
Maya 3D Modeling and Animation
Video Editing Sony Vegas, FinalCut Pro, After Effects

Formal Education

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