Current CV
Education:
[ 11/2010 – 11/ 2013 ] International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
PhD in Information Technology (Title: User-Centered Design Practices in Malaysia: User Experience) Concentration field: User-Experience, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Usability design
[ 09/2001 – 09/ 2003 ] University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) currently known as The University of Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM
MSc in Multimedia Technology
Master’s dissertation “Multimedia Design Assistant Tool” supervisor Alistair Sutcliffe, Computation Department, UMIST, 2003.
Modules taken–Computer Vision and Image Understanding (Tim Morris) 2. CT 351 Speech and Language Processing (Gareth Evans) 3. Research and Professional Development (Peter Green) 4. Design of Embedded Systems 5. Multimedia Systems (Tim Morris) 6. Multimedia and Virtual Reality (Alistair Sutcliffe) 7. Geographical Information Systems 8. Computer Graphics (Paul Blenkhorn)
[ 03/1997 – 03/ 2000 ] Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Bangi, Selangor Selangor, MALAYSIA
Bachelor of Information Technology (Hons.) major in Science and System Management.
Work Experience:
[ 4/2011 - 8/2011 ] International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Lecturer: INFO 3401 Human-Computer Interaction
[ 03/2001 - present ] Universiti Malaysia Sabah Sabah, MALAYSIA
Lecturer [Position Held: Head of Multimedia (2006-2008)]
Subjects Teach: Distributed Multimedia Systems, Multimedia (Photoshop, Flash, Macromedia), E Commerce for International Business School students, Internet/WebProgramming (HTML,XHTML,PHP), Human-Computer Interaction (usability, interaction design, evaluation techniques, mobile interaction), Object-Oriented Programming (Java,C++)
[ 09/2000 – 02/2001 ] Technology Park Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
IT Executive
Part of development team for weather forecast system in Malaysia 2000-2001 (IT Department, Technology Park Malaysia).
Research, Consultation & Social Contribution:
i. Self-funded. “Investigation of Usability Maturity in Malaysia”. (April – May 2009). Completed.
ii. Fundamental Research Grant (FRGS) MYR 8149.00 from Universiti Malaysia Sabah for research titled “Perceptions on Interaction Design in Malaysia”, code SMS0065-SSK-2008. Project Leader (Jan -December 2008). Completed.
iii. Self-funded. “Pre-liminary Study on Cultural Perceptions of Software Developers towards Multimedia Design”, PhD pilot study (Jan – Feb 2008). Completed.
iv. FRGS MYR 50,000. “Creating Wealth through ICT usage in Entrepreneurship”. Project leader Mohd Yuszren bin Yusak (Dec 2008 – 2010). Completed.
v. Conference grant MYR 3,000 (Centre for Research and Innovation, UMS) to enable paper presentation “Cognitive Approach towards Designing Islamic Multimedia Websites” at the International Conference on Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M’07), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Nov 2006). Completed.
Invited speaker for IT-hour at local radio station LabuanFM (contact person: DJ Harjay).
Website Consultation with PT Media Visual Interaktif, Bandung, Indonesia (contact person: Mr. Andrigusmen) – http://www.blanjablanja.com/ http://www.moviesonspaces.com/, http://www.ipac.com.sg/, http://www.explorelenovo.com/sg
Head of Consulting Team, IT Arabia (4Cast Media House), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2007 – 2008)
Head of Consulting Team, Heuristic Evaluation of HotelTravel.com. H.T.N Co. Ltd, Chalong, Muang, Phuket, Thailand (2006)
Student volunteer in IEEE seminars and conferences organized by UMIST, 2003.
