It is my pleasure to announce that the usability team has a new member. Neil
Kandalgaonkar joined the team as a software developer for the Ford multi-media usability
project. Neil brings in the breadth of experience in software engineering from major
social networking web sites such as Flickr and
Upcoming.org. Neil oversaw improving
payment system and
performance of FlickrMail interface at Flickr, integrated
Upcoming.org into Yahoo
properties and helped expand the team. Prior to Yahoo!, Neil was with Google and his main
responsibility was to enable Google Checkout system for non-US markets. Neil holds
Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Concordia University, in Montreal, Canada.
Neil will work closely with Guillaume Paumier, who manages the product side of the
project, and also Michael Dale who have been developing a ton of multi-media support
software and tools already.
I just posted the work in progress of the multi-media usability project for those who are
curious about the development of the multi-media usability project.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/01/26/multimedia-usability-project-underway/
Please join me welcoming, Neil.
Naoko Komura
Program Manager
Wikimedia Usability Initiative
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