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George Kalmpourtzis

UX Strategy | Product Manager

€1,200/day
Cologne, DE
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About George

Having worked from early-stage start-ups to international corporations, George has worked as Lead UX Strategist, User Researcher, Product Manager, Instructional Designer and Gamification expert for a variety of projects, including banking, insurance, health, education, gaming, public governance, gaming, consumer electronics and travel. He has worked both as a consultant, manager and C-level stakeholder in the various projects he joined.

George has been a leading figure in Learning Experience Design as well as the use of Play in Product and Service Design. He is also the author of the American published books: Educational Game Design Fundamentals and Don’t Force it, Solve it!
  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • BH2 Innovations
    UX Designer & Gamification Expert
    HEALTH AND WELLNESS
    June 2022 - August 2022 (3 months)
    San Diego, United States
    + Designed a gamification & positive habit-forming strategy on improving maintenance of medical equipment by hospital professionals for an AI-powered maintenance software tool, called WatchDog.
    + Conducted user research, tasks analysis, learning gaps analysis and the application of an iterative design process for the proposal of engagement, learning and game mechanisms that would address the audience’s needs & motives, as well as the tool’s objectives.
    + Designed WatchDog’s MVP, both wireframes and mockups.
    Gamification User Experience Design User Research Usability Testing Design Thinking
  • Healthcare.com
    Lead User Researcher
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    March 2022 - June 2022 (3 months)
    New York, United States
    Running user research for the American healthcare insurance aggregator Healthcare.com
    User Research Usability Testing Design Thinking
  • BNP PARIBAS SA
    Lead UX Strategist & Learning Expert (consultant)
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    January 2021 - March 2022 (1 year and 3 months)
    Paris, France
    Lead User Researcher & Strategist for BNP Paribas. Work includes UX Strategy consulting, User Research, facilitation of ideation workshops and Design Sprints. Work also focuses on providing consulting on instructional design and L&D initiatives across the group.

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Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction & Game Studies
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
    2017
    Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction & Game Studies
  • Master of Engineering - MEng, Advanced Information Systems: Multimedia in Education and Production
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
    2011
    Master of Engineering - MEng, Advanced Information Systems: Multimedia in Education and Production

Certifications

  • Impleneting SAFe - SPC
    Scaled Agile
    2021
    Agile Methode SAFe
  • Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
    ICAgile
    2021
    Scrum

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