Lorin Halpert

Multidisciplinary background in user experience, design, business and web development.
Technical experience: XD, UX, JS, HTML, CSS, PHP, SPAs, PWAs, Tableau, Power BI, Adobe Suite, O365 Suite/Admin, GSuite Suite/Admin.
Co-founded the BarCraft esports movement.
Volunteers time to QA projects of interest. Currently: Star Citizen. Previously: Antumbra, BlackBerry 10, Dota 2, MediaMonkey, Winamp.
Enjoys tea, pinball, raw minerals and art with a heavy dose of texture. Blogs infrequently.

You should contact me via email, twitter, or linkedin.

“@KjSawka Thanks for responding! I still remember the basement clip... "My name is Kevin Sawka, and I play jungle an… https://t.co/7kDppaRNRf”@Lorin posted at 4:50PM 28/05/2020

album cover I last listened to …
Show Yourself by Cristina Vee at 02 Jun 2020, 21:51
215,575 songs logged since April 2004

Articles & Achivements

August 8th, 2014 Interviewed by GosuGamers
April 9, 2012 Quoted by VegasINC
August 22, 2011 Quoted by BlogTO (WSJ scooped)
2014 Paypal BattleHack Toronto participant
2012 NYSE opening bell ceremony participant, Startup Weekend
2010 Lead the 'Changing the World' category winning team, Startup Weekend Toronto

UX Philosophy

Streamlined, data driven, intuitive.

The greatest user experience is invisible, it's innate. An intuitive experience is best when driven by research data; personal intuition may not reflect that of the project's primary personas. Iterate, iterate, iterate.

2014 Valve Software, Dota 2

Collecting, digitizing and creating over 165 game-ready assets of player, production and workshop contributor autographs during The International tournament. Collaborated with multiple on-site translators and staff.

Released as in-game update as well as redeemable cards given out by professional players to personalize virtual cosmetic items.

Example of digitized autographs within game

Animated Emoticons - Dota 2 Workshop, Valve Software

Bounty Rune
Exploding Gold
Being Salty
Hooked Em'
Give Diretide!
Sprout
Too Cool
4x Multicast
The Cheese

In-game branding for Chinese eSports teams Invictus Gaming and NewBee

2010 Estate of David Gahr, Getty Images

Technical planning, purchasing, oversight and documentation of digitization efforts; leading to a smooth and successful acquisition by Getty Images.

Personally processed and restored high value negatives, color slides, and contact prints featuring: Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, Arethra Franklin, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Elton John & Bernie Taupin, Eric Clapton, Georgia O'Keefe, Herbie Hancock, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Miles Davis, Phil Collins, Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Ted Nugent, and many others.

Imagery later used in USPS "forever" stamp designs (Miles Davis, Janis Joplin).

Work samples © David Gahr Estate, Getty Images