Ritu Chawla

Summary

– Seasoned UI/UX engineering leader with 13+ years of experience in designing, developing and managing web sites, defining product requirements, conducting user experience (A/B) tests, creating wireframes and leading front-end engineering teams.

– Designed and developed cross-browser compliant, accessible, responsive websites and single-page applications accessed by millions of users.

– Experienced in interfacing with UX designers, backend developers and Product Managers to seamlessly integrate and deliver compelling user experiences for online and enterprise on-premises applications.

– Experienced in creating wireframes and developing prototypes.

Skills
– Object Oriented JavaScript, JQuery, JSON, JSP, HTML5, CSS3, and AJAX

– Experienced in JAWS, FireEyes and Chrome accessibility plugin

– Design and wireframe/mock-ups development using Adobe Creative Suite

– Intermediate level knowledge of Angular 4.0

– Certified Scrum Master with 5+ years in practicing Agile Scrum methodology

Professional Experience
PegaSystems (Software Engineering Manager)
– Managed a team of 25 UI engineers and delivered core UI framework Pega 7 PRPC Platform

– Designed and delivered auto-generated PRPC UI controls

– Implemented capabilities in PRPC UI framework that allowed auto-generated UI controls to be accessibility compliant

– Conducted accessibility compliance validation using JAWS, FireEyes and Chrome plugin

– Implemented long-polling using Bayeux protocol for client/server messaging in JSON

United Online (Web Development Lead)
– Designed and developed the user interface for email on the web product with 5+ million users

– Delivered Classmates Message Board that allows to hold conversations in the form of posted messages that are archivable

– Conceptualized and conducted A/B testing scenarios to validate the user interface options that would attract more traffic and increase registered members

– Designed and implemented registration experience based on A/B experimentation outcomes

– Implemented Virtual Gifts Widget, display and animation of gifts carousel

Education
– Masters in Computer Applications (MCA)