Hi! I'm Niquee, Global IT Program Manager at Avanade
B.S. Computer Science, Gordon College
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I help organizations research, design, and create human-centered digital experiences & end-user centered UX
IT Program Management Leader
I oversee critical efforts for broader and cross-functional projects, programs, and product development cycle. Leading the operationalization of data-driven process to product UX metrics that are integrated into PDLC. I contribute to enablement efforts that empower teams to understand Microsoft technologies and helps valuate the impact of user experience on product success.
UX Design Expert
I'm a leader in UX Design. I am an expert in developing and leading user experience research, strategy, and design. I serve as a champion for end-user empathy and human-centered/user-centered design and passionate in mentoring and guiding junior designers with smart and usable design decisions.
UX Architect & Researcher
I am experienced in planning, conducting, and analyzing usability studies and user research with different UX methodologies such as User Testing, Usability Testing, User Interviews, defining Persona, Storyboarding, defining Information Architecture, and group facilitation with design thinking practices.
Certifications / Continuing Education
Selected Work
Template Lab
My role: Product Owner, Design Lead
Delivering a self-help hub to create brand templates
Help Center Portal
My role: Design Lead, Prototyping, UI Design
Employee Skills App
My role: Design Lead, User Research, Project Management, Prototyping, UI Design
Performance Management App
My role: Design Lead, User Research, HTML Prototyping, UI Design, UI Development
ECommerce Shopping Experience
My role: Design Lead, User Research, Prototyping, UI Design and Development, and Site Maintenance
Other Projects
Web Design & Development
I help Game and Hobby Retailers define, visualize, and create online experiences designed for web and mobile.
Brand Identity
I help shape SMBs Game and Hobby retailers brand identity by designing their brand logos and assets used in their eCommerce websites, social media, and blogs.
Creative Design
I'm an Illustrator and use my imagination to draw creative characters that are scaleable and available to use for web and mobile.
My story
When I received my full scholarship to study Computer Science, I grabbed it like nobody could take it away from me; I was 15 years old. How did I get the scholarship? I graduated from High School as the Class Salutatorian, competing with 5,000 other students. Philippines Senator Richard J. Gordon gave every top student in my city a chance to go to college and learn more about technology. I designed and developed UI and Visual assets for nine years for web, mobile, and intranet pages. I'm a design producer turned Head of Design and managed a team of passionate designers for SaaS platforms.
On May 2013, I continued my Digital Design career with Crystal Commerce. I stepped up as the Head of Design on January 2017 and as I approach my 6th year anniversary at the company, I was offered a great opportunity at Avanade and I took it! It was a couple of months away from my 30th birthday.
Today, I am a Global IT Manager at Avanade. I help shape the overall Global IT Experience vision and roadmap for Avanade. I use the Design Thinking approach and UX Design skills to create art that leads to possible solutions and a better approach to WX Workplace Experience.
My attention to detail, hard work, passion, and meticulous creative thinking process have led me to deliver high-quality code and design for web pages and applications. This path led me through many disciplines for customer service, visual design, web design, and development. I collaborated with my team with low ego and was always ready to consume constructive feedback and turn them into better results. Exposure to different areas of the company— engineering, design, and brand & marketing has put me in a position to be a hybrid contributor.
I found success in life, but I never stopped learning. I continue educating myself by reading, training and getting certified in areas that I am passionate with. I have been recognized as a creative thinker with a broad view of technology, a leader, and a team player. Integrity is my best friend, and I always believe that doing the right thing leads to better results, empathy, and strong customer service and relationships. Courage is deeply embedded in my core, and I am not afraid to tackle challenges in life and my profession.
Proud woman in tech,
P.S. Here's what people say about me
Excellent work!
“Excellent work ramping up as a Delivery Lead! Niquee - I'm always impressed by your openness to stretch your capabilities and take on challenges. Since you've joined as Delivery Lead you've needed to learn a new discipline and leverage those new skills on a daily basis. Your execution mindset really helps drive the team forward. Keep up the good work!”
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Paul Essene / Opportunity International / Sr. Director
Workplace Experience XD Wizard
“You’ve been engaged since the first days and you helped really light up what was possible in SumTotal working with Dana. We appreciate the work you and Kimberly did to work with users throughout to ensure we had something that looked good and consistent with hub/skills, was usable and accessible (with the help of others on the XD team), and overall made it feel like a well thought out product. We feel like we got to see some of what you are capable of and look forward to working on even more stuff with you in the future. You always have the user in mind and aren’t afraid to let us know when we might be taking things in a different direction. At the same time you are agile as evidenced in the final hours when asked to come up with an icon for fwd_Story and you start with “well… what are 3 words you’d use to describe fwd_Story” and 30 minutes later you give 6 options to choose from.”
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Marci Jenkins / Avanade / Executive
Strong Leadership
“You have strong leadership skills. You led the developers to build the platform and using your creativity you created a sleek Sharepoint to engage with all users of the Platform. You took ownership of planning, managing and driving the development team to bring the vision of the Pay-it-Fwd Platform to life.”
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Magdalene Amegashitsi / Avanade / Group Manager