Dane Thomas

Dane Thomas

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Co-founder & Chief Product Officer (CPO)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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  • Ignition
    Co-Founder
    Ignition
    Feb 2014 - Current (12 years 5 months)
    Practice Ignition is a category defining platform that combines never before seen client agreement data into a world class client experience which powers automation and insights. Uniquely positioned between clients and advisors, our revenue and payments platform is changing the way accountants, bookkeepers and professional service companies do business.
  • Practice Ignition
    Advisor - Product, Design, UX
    Practice Ignition
    Jan 2013 - Current (13 years 6 months)
  • Deputy
    Creative & User Experience Lead
    Deputy
    Mar 2010 - Dec 2014 (4 years 10 months)
    Gathered requirements, conducted user research, developed process flows, interactive concepts and wireframes. Worked cross-functionally across design, product, marketing and engineering to deliver projects on time and on budget. Simplified the Information Architecture (IA) and completely redesigned the UI for a complicated and over-architected legacy product which dramatically reduced onboarding time for new users from weeks to minutes and increased the user base. Architected and coordinated the visual and interaction design of Deputy’s iOS app. Applied user-centered design processes to create an experience that increased user engagement and allowed customers to do without expensive dedicated hardware. Worked with sales, marketing, and
  • D
    UX Designer
    Deputycom
    Feb 2009 - Mar 2010 (1 year 2 months)
  • s
    Freelance Web Designer, Developer & Lecturer
    studioCRE
    Jan 2003 - Dec 2009 (7 years)
    Freelance web design and development for corporate clients across various industries; examples of past and present clients include National Australia Bank, Subaru Australia, Australian Bio-Technologies, Pretty Girl Fashion Group & Sylvania Waterways. Managed overall operations, marketed the business to attract clients, set pricing structures, and delivered on all aspects of the design and development process. Replaced an antiquated and manual process of managing properties and membership information with a custom web application that allowed the client to engage a third party to take control of the day-to-day management of their portfolio of properties. Created and delivered lectures for two terms at the Computer Graphics College on the
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    Interaction Design
    Peak Usability
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 (1 year)
  • University of Technology Sydney
    Masters, Animation
    University of Technology Sydney
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2008 (2 years)
  • University of Sydney
    Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch
    University of Sydney
    Jan 1999 - Dec 2000 (2 years)
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