CV

My name is Adrian Liem, and I help people research, plan, and execute on web strategies that support their business goals.

With deep experience working for large public sector organizations combined with hands-on experience in entrepreneurial web projects, I’m as comfortable hand coding as I am in brainstorming business ideas, conceptualizing user experiences, scoping technical development, and managing a project.

Since 2002, I have provided:

consultation on web strategy (recently adding social media to the mix),
guidance on user-centered design and web standards,
implementation and support of content management systems and open source software,
integration of lightweight web applications and emerging web technologies

Education

B.Ed. (Education), University of British Columbia (2003)
Areas of Concentration: English and Integrating technology into language arts
B.A. Psychology, University of British Columbia (2000)
Areas of Concentration: organizational behaviour / industrial psychology, social psychology, cognitive psychology, learning

Professional Development + Conferences

Social Software, Higher Ed Experts Webinar Series (2007)
Excel – Level II, UBC Continuing Studies (2007)
Advanced Web Programming with PHP, UBC Continuing Studies (2006)
HighEdWebDev, Conference for higher education professionals (2006)
Integrated Marketing Communications, UBC Continuing Studies (2005)
User Interface Design & Evaluation – Level II (Usability for the Web), UBC Continuing Studies (2005)
User Interface Design & Evaluation – Level I, UBC Continuing Studies (2004)
Entrepreneurship, Langara Continuing Studies (2004)

Strengths

My strengths include the ability to:

Empathize and adopt different user perspectives
Identify and communicate user needs, goals, and motivations
Foster team-building and group communication
Communicate with technical developers, designers, and business stakeholders
Think analytically and strategically and provide leadership while also offering direct hands-on support

In a typical project, I bring:

Expert knowledge in usability and user-centered design processes
Strategy in web communications
Experience in selecting, designing, developing, and implementing open source software
Project management skills, with the experience to balance business and technology requirements with end-user needs and expectations