Joyojeet Pal SIMS

Professional Experience

Joyojeet Pal
University of California at Berkeley
joyojeet@berkeley

Industrial Internships
Microsoft (06/2006 - 09/2006)
Ethnographic user research and design recommendations for a computing product for children

Hewlett Packard (06/2003 - 05/2004)
Conducted research for a shared-access computing product for the HP Emerging Markets Division
International Business Incubator, City of San Jose (01/2001 - 06/2002)
Conducted Market research for International technology firms opening offices in California

Academic Internships
Microsoft Research India (2005, 2006, 2007)
1. Socio-economic and usability study of Computer-Aided Learning Programs in several Indian states.
2. Kiosk and public telecenter research in rural India
3. User experience in multi-user computing environments

University of California, Berkeley / International Computer Science Institute (09/2004 - present)
1. Survey-based and qualitative studies of computer usage in community telecenters in India and Brazil
2. Policy analysis of e-literacy spending
3. Research and design on online collaboration for social workers in California's Central Valley.

Professional Experience
Times of India, Mumbai (01/1999 - 07/1999)
Content Planner and Online News Editor. Responsibilities included editing internet edition, compiling news from wire feeds

Internet Resources Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai (06/1996 - 12/1998)
Copywriting and planning web strategy for corporate and government clients, specialized in tourism industry

Patents
US Patent Filing Serial no. 11/786,833 (Learner Profile for Learning Application Programs) with Microsoft Corp., Filed July 2007

Consulting
Sun Microsystems: Conducted one-day executive training camps on "Conducting Business in India" (2004)
Ricoh Innovations: Advised Ricoh Innovations on design of information systems for coffee production in Brazil and Rwanda (2006)
Microsoft: Consulted for the Emerging Markets division at Microsoft Corp on technology projects for the education market in India (2005)
Microsoft: Consulted for the Corporate Social Responsibility division on identifying partner organizations in South and South East Asia (2007)

Languages: English, Bengali, Hindi (all fluent), French, Spanish, Tamil, Marathi (all functional)