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Education

M.Sc. Human-Computer Interaction

Simon Fraser University - 2014

B.Sc. Computer Science

University of Iceland - 2007

Work History

20202022

Product Designer

Polarama
  • Lead UX/UI designer of a new software platform for the film industry.
20182020

Chief Product Officer

RóRó
  • Responsible for technical product aspects in a small company dedicated to helping babies and their caregivers sleep better.
  • Tasks included analysis of marketing and sales data, optimization of shipping and warehouse logistics, website design and maintenance, customer service automation, etc.
20162018

Head of Product

Vortexa
  • Lead UX, UI, QA and Product Manager for an energy analytics product that tracks and aggregates all seaborne movements of oil in real-time using machine learning models.
  • Conceptualized the founders' idea, ran in-depth user studies, designed the UI and ran development of Vortexa Analytics.
  • Other tasks included: Designing a geospatial polygon classification graph, designing and developing the company website, designing print brochures for multiple conferences, designing conference stands, maintaining database of polygons and running sales demos.
20152016

Interaction designer - Innovation lab

Meniga
  • Interaction designer and product manager in Meniga's innovation lab, defining future fintech products within a 12-18 month scope.
  • Responsibilities included gathering requirements, interviewing stakeholders, organizing information, sketching, wireframing, prototyping and developing proofs of concept.
20132015

Product manager - Mobile app

Já
  • Product manager, lead developer and lead UI designer for the company's flagship mobile product, launched in March 2014.
  • In the first year, the Já.is app reached 90,000 downloads. Its 40,000 daily users have made over 4 million phone calls using the app.
20122013

Scrum product owner - Banking B2B service

Arion Bank
  • Product manager for the bank's B2B and Sign-On services.
20102012

Research Assistant - Virtual Reality

Simon Fraser University
  • Designed, conducted and reported research on virtual environments in collaboration with Dr. Bernhard Riecke at the iSpace Virtual Reality lab.
20082010

Software Developer - Air traffic control

Isavia
  • Designed and implemented interface improvements to safety-critical air traffic control systems used to direct over 300 commercial flights daily. Junior developer in a four-person team.