# Ian Timourian > Data Visualizer, Creative Technologist, UI/UX Developer, Lead Interface Developer, Hacker, Digital Artist. Location: Great Cacapon, West Virginia, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/iantimourian My mission: to create interfaces and experiences that aim to unify, inspire and harness our collective spirits and shared knowledge. I design and develop clean, commented architectures and interfaces utilizing: JavaScript, CoffeeScript, D3, React, Figma, jQuery, Processing, HTML/CSS, Web2.0 APIs, Adobe tools. Specialties: * 20+ years design and programming experience * Background in distributed systems architecture * User interface (UI) design, architecture and prototyping * Visualizations of complex data sets * Information architecture and design * Design language development * Requirements gathering, analysis and distillation * Music production, remixing, DJing * Computer-generated art ## Work Experience ### Principal UX Designer @ DataRobot Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area • Created Figma designs for DataPrep and Machine Learning applications. • Worked with Design and Product teams to brainstorm features and solutions. Selected R&D coding/design projects: • 3D visualization of the data flowing through the DataRobot system. • Designed graph (DAG) framework ('graphkit'). • Utilized graphkit and Python to visualize DAG structure of Jupyter notebook cells. [Figma, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, yWorks, three.js, Python, React] ### Lead UI/UX Engineer, Designer and Data Visualizer @ Paxata Jan 2012 – Jan 2020 | Redwood City, California, United States • Responsible for the look-and-feel of the Paxata application. • Designed and coded the UI for the popular Filtergrams™ (filtering histograms) and the visualization-infused data grid, as well as other aspects of the system. • Developed patterns that became industry-standard concepts across dataprep offerings from subsequent vendors. • Researched and prototyped myriad features that were ultimately not integrated (data quality, etc). Paxata is the industry's first self-service Adaptive Data Preparation™ platform that lets business analysts rapidly connect, explore, transform and combine data with the same freedom they are used to in their analytic discovery. (Paxata was acquired by DataRobot in 2020.) [D3, CoffeeScript, JavaScript, AngularJS] ### Lead UI/UX Architect @ Tidemark Systems, Inc. Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Researched and developed UI and visualization techniques for advancing the state-of-the-art in BI (Business Intelligence), and business software in general. Developed the look-and-feel of the Proferi web application, developed the initial prototypes and client UI framework, created a generic visualization architecture, and co-developed a set of general patterns / Information Architecture to be reused as the platform continues to expand. [JavaScript, CoffeeScript, SproutCore] ### Flex/Flash/R&D Developer @ Sprout Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 R&D Developer on one of the most advanced Flex applications to date. Created modular components for the Sprout system, investigated and implemented 3rd-party services into the Sprout framework, and prototyped new and novel enhancements to the core platform. [Flex, ActionScript, Flash, UI, architecture, 'web-2.0' APIs] ### Django and Flash Hacker @ Groovr Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 Assisted Groovr in developing the site. [Flash, Django, Python, HTML/CSS, UI] ### Flex and Django Architect @ RIVR Media / needled.com Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 Developed and implemented an advanced site architecture and interactive design using 'Flango', a self-coined and powerful pairing of both Flex/ActionScript and Django/Python technologies. [Python, Django, Flex, ActionScript, HTML/CSS, UI, architecture] ### Lead Interface Developer @ GE Healthcare Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 The Davinci Project (contract/skunk-works). Sole technical developer of a Flex-based, next-generation clinical application prototype. Part of a select team of 4 chosen to develop a vision for clinical workflow management, true multi-modal interactivity, clinical collaboration, and workspace organization. Handled technical development of the UI and contributed highly with interactivity decisions. [Flex, ActionScript, UI, architecture, healthcare] ### Interface Developer/Consultant @ futuretrax.net Jan 2004 – Jan 2004 Implemented an advanced music player to listen to music on the futuretrax network. Created a music and metadata content management system. [Flash, ActionScript, PHP, UI, music streaming] ### Systems Engineer @ Akamai Technologies Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 Designed and implemented a perl/HTML architecture for dynamic and collaborative workflows, improving the efficiency of server deployments and monitoring. [perl, HTML/CSS, UI, architecture] ### Software Developer @ Iconomy, Inc. Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 Led technical development of a Java servlet-based web infrastructure designed to maximize UI-object reuse across multiple websites and a to provide a clean separation between style, data and design layers. [Java, servlets, HTML, UI, architecture, dot-bomb survival techniques] ### Software Developer @ Trusted Information Systems Jan 1995 – Jan 1998 Worked with various research and development groups on NSA- and DARPA-funded computer security projects. [C++, DNS, secret keeping] ## Education ### MSIN in Information Networking Carnegie Mellon University ### BSE in Electrical Engineering Duke University ### BS in Computer Science Duke University ### Glenelg High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kiddphunk - Portfolio: http://beatspixelscodelife.com/about/ - Portfolio: http://kiddphunk.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/iantimourian JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/iantimourian/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31