Adam J. Jolicoeur
Lead Program Manager & UX Designer
Component Assembly Systems, Inc. (Pelham, NY)
January 2024 - Present
As the Lead Program Manager and UX Designer at Component Assembly Systems, Inc., I am responsible for the product roadmap, deliverables, and cohesive software suite for CAS offerings.
- Lead Program Manager, CAS Strategic Technology Group
- Lead UX Designer, StructureCloud
Senior UX Designer
Amazon.com, Inc
Amazon Software Builder Experience (Boston, MA)
August 2021 - September 2023
As a Senior UX Designer on the Amazon Software Builder Experience team, I was responsible for the task management solutions for Amazon Issue Management. As part of this responsibility, I oversaw the design, implementation, and feedback of Amazon's next-generation task management software. As the lead designer, it was my responsibility to provide a cohesive experience for all Amazon employees, regardless of role, for them to perform their duties with minimal churn and friction.
- Lead Designer, Task Management
- Led user testing and interview sessions
- Created prototypes (Figma and React-based) for internal testing and validation using organization design system
- Contributor, Amazon Software Builder Experience - User Experience Design
Senior Software Engineer, UXD
Red Hat, Inc (Westford, MA)
December 2016 - August 2021
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Interaction Designer
- July 2016 - December 2018
As a Senior Software Engineer on the User Experience Design team, my responsibilities included creating user flows, wireframes, mockups, and proof-of-concepts for products and websites across Red Hat. In addition to my daily work, I was a core contributor to the PatternFly design system and lead the designer of the Red Hat Developer Design Manual.
- UX Designer, OpenShift
- designer/developer: Red Hat Developer Design Manual, developers.redhat.com
- designer/developer, kubevirt.io
- interaction designer, Red Hat Managed Integration
- Core Contributor to PatternFly Design System
User Experience Designer
Saylent Technologies (Franklin, MA)
November 2014 - July 2016
As the User Experience Designer, I led the design and user research for the Account360 and Card360 platforms. Working with a team of developers to improve product usability, I focused primarily on easy to use and manageable interfaces for the financial industry, utilizing standards from across the industry.
- Lead designer, Account360 and Card360 platforms
- Lead designer, product refreshes/corporate presentations and sales demonstrations
- Created system for UX prototyping and usability testing
- Developer, HTML/CSS for use in ASP.net applications
- Created style guide/css framework for corporate products
Vice President, Design
Switchback, Inc. (Holden, MA)
November 2010 - August 2021
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Visual Designer & Developer
- November 2010 - December 2013
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Web Designer
- January 2003 - June 2008
As a contractor, I was responsible for redesigning various internal software interfaces, focusing on customer requests and usability improvements.
- Worked on mobile-first web applications and data input tools for personal inventory systems and portfolios
- Product designer from initial conception to finished product – creation of wireframes, Photoshop designs, test sites, and integration of data
- PHP Development
- Joomla and Drupal development and design
UI Software Engineer
Black Duck Software (Burlington, MA)
February 2013 - October 2014
As a UI Software Engineer, I worked with the development and design teams to turn the visual designs into working applications through best-practice usability techniques and user acceptance testing.
- Developer - software inventory and management system
- Created and implemented wireframes/templates/mockups with UX Designer and UI Architect
- Developed/tested initial phases of mobile/tablet design framework
- Participated in daily Agile Scrum development practices
Help Desk Analyst
Conservation Services Group (Westborough, MA)
June 2008 - November 2010
As a Help Desk Analyst, I managed and administered the internal IT Help Desk system while maintaining and active system for automated email responses and user-focused ticketing system.
- Managed and administered IT Help Desk System (Spiceworks)
- Managed and administered Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0
- Administered FTP Server and FTP account using SuSE 9 and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Created and managed POP3 mail servers on Ubuntu for JIRA
- Implemented SFTP Server using RHEL 5.4
- Populated applications through Citrix; managed access to applications through AD security groups and settings
- Assisted with VMware 4.0 configurations on Linux Servers
- Assisted Senior Systems Engineer and Senior Network Engineer with daily administrative tasks in Active Directory and Exchange 2007
Education
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - North Adams, MA
Bachelor of Arts
Fine and Performing Arts, Music
2003 - 2008
Bachelor of Arts
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
2003 - 2008
Alpha Chi - National Scholars Honor Society - Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities
Skills
If a project does not have a component library or design manual, I will often create one to assist in cross-team communications.
UX / UI Design
HTML / CSS
Iconography
Prototyping
Wireframes
User testing
Figma / FigJam
Sketch
Design systems
Product management
Roadmapping
Agile methodologies
Organizations
Various organizations that I have belonged to, past and present.
UXPA Boston
2017 - Present
W3C CSS Working Group
April 2020 - August 2021