Davide Calvo
A collection of kind words written by colleagues and people I worked for.
Of course, I do not keep track of the negative feedback (and, if I did, I would probably keep it private!).
As visiting lecturer and seminar speaker..."Davide Calvo gives presentations at the University of Westminster where his talks on Search Engine Optimisation & Accessibility as well as his work on Design and Human Interaction are very well received by the students. Indeed his talks are among the most popular that take place in our department often attracting large audiences of lecturers and students alike. His insight into web development and his ability to understand the big picture and break it down into digestible chunks makes him one of the clearest and most concise experts in web development that I have ever met. It is always a pleasure and an education to hear Davide talk on such issues." As User Experience Consultant in LOVEFiLM...“Davide joined LOVEFiLM at the start of the initial planning and design stages of LOVEFiLM's TV Platform project. In my role as Project Manager I had the pleasure of working with Davide as he defined the UI architecture of the TV platform and designed the interfaces that our development team were to code. Davide is an extremely personable and capable individual and I found him very easy to work with. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him and would be very happy to work with him again in the future.” “In only three months, Davide has produced an impressive amount of work including the overall UI architecture and a detailed set of interfaces for a TV-based project, for which he even developed a few videos demoing its design and behaviour. He also produced a detailed preparatory work for the outsourcing of a complete set of style guidelines, encompassing both print and web media. Davide loves his profession and has a precise attention to detail. His attitude at work is proactive and passionate. All his work has been accurate and delivered on time. He has the ability to capture a complex scenario and turn it into a simple, logical user experience. His contribution to product development has been widely recognised by senior management.” “We worked closely at LOVEFiLM. Davide has a great flair for understanding the user and applying it to new platforms. Also importantly working within the constraints of the platform and datasets available.” “Davide is a great personality who brings experience, best practice and creative magic to any user experience project. I worked with him on a new TV service for LOVEFiLM, which created some unique user experience challenges, however this is what Davide thrives on, and it has been an absolute pleasure working with him...and hope to work with him again in the future...” “I worked closely with Davide at LOVEFiLM where he played a leading role in creating a definitive user experience for a brand new TV based service. Davide has a great insight into how users like to use products and services and would always be extremely persistence in getting the job done in the best way possible. Davide has been an outstanding person to work with and I hope to work with him again in the future.” As "User Experience Manager" at Huddle..."Davide is an excellent User Experience Manager with a great understanding of user interface design. He is also highly technically skilled and can quickly turn his Photoshop designs into elegant, browser compatible XHTML and CSS. Davide has been responsible for several key projects at Huddle including managing the user experience for two mini applications and – most notably – the redesign of the Huddle dashboard and application user interface. All his work has been delivered with speed and accuracy. He is a reliable worker who I could trust to deliver work of excellent quality on time." "Davide worked at Huddle as User Experience Manager for 5½ months in 2008. His role was to deliver a completely new dashboard interface for the existing Huddle application, tune the other core elements of the system to make them more usable and design interfaces for new tools as they were added over time. Davide designed a completely new dashboard that is due for release in November 2008 which has received very positive feedback from users who have seen it so far. Davide created the designs and wrote the accompanying user stories that were then passed to the engineering team for development. Davide’s design work during his time at Huddle was of a consistently high standard. He has transformed the look and feel of Huddle bringing it up-to-date and incorporating clever features that will hopefully make it much more usable and intuitive – not to mention significantly more elegant. Davide is extremely passionate and focused on designing well thought-out, innovative user interfaces. He worked quickly and would be an asset to any team who are serious about the design of their web application." "Davide is great person to have in team. He was working on the new version of Huddle and his work's been marvelous - it needs no more words, just check it out and you'll know. Davide is a must have if you care about user experience of your clients." "Davide always had fantastic ideas for Huddle and worked tirelessly to see them come to fruition - it was great to work with someone so focussed on building a better product and a happier customer base." "I had the pleasure of working with Davide while at Huddle. He made an immediate impact on our business, as his work helped transform our application. Davide is a talented UX/UI professional, who has a knack for understanding business requirements while still embodying the end user. In addition to his talents he has a bright and cheerful outlook which is always welcome.” As "Head of User Interface Design" at Scansafe..."Davide is a top UI design expert. In addition to experience, knowledge and attention to detail, Davide possesses the most important quality - he does the job with love." "Davide Calvo is a uniquely talented individual who boasts a thorough understanding of UI architecture, interface usability and accessibility. During his time with ScanSafe Davide has re-engineered our service portal from a typical 'developer-led' user interface into a first class application which also exhibits clear separation of content and presentation. His passion for UI architecture is clearly evident by the quality of all his work, in terms of improved usability and the positive feedback from users. Davide has a precise attention to detail and tremendous pride in his work. He has the ability to capture complex configuration problems and transform these into a logical user experience. He communicates very well with the implementation team and manages the delivery of changes extremely well. His contribution to product development is recognised by senior management, and all the staff holds him in very high esteem." "Davide is an absolute joy to work with. His constant enthusiasm and innovative approaches to new user interfaces constantly leave me amazed. He always delivers 1st class work on time." "I cannot recommend Davide highly enough. His knowledge of, and skill with, the intricacies of web development are some of the best I have witnessed - he makes my job ten times easier. Not only that, but he is a pleasure to work with. His disposition in the office is cheerful and friendly and he never has too little time to help someone out." "Besides his excellent technical skills, Davide is a great team mate. His knowledge in building extremely professional user interfaces is matched only by the ease with which he integrates his work with that of the software programmers. He does his job with great passion and responsibility. He's one of the most sociable persons I have met and he has the full appreciation of all the colleagues in the company. Always a pleasure to work with him!" "Davide consistently produces work to a very high standard (and on time) - he is a pleasure to work with and significantly enhances the value of our service." "Davide has the unique quality of having an excellent appreciation of aesthetic principles and technical details. In fact, he is an evangelist of good UI design and he is a purist when it comes to the separation of presentation and logic. UI's he's been responsible for just look and feel right. On a personal level Davide is the most affable person I've met." |
