About Me

I’m Giovanni Calabro. A fishy out of water, I’m finally acclimated to the Washington D.C. metro area. (Quite a loooong transitional time coming from the tristate area).  I’m Vice President of User Experience at Siteworx and toy around with photography as a way to keep sane now and then. I love movies almost to an addictive fault and on rare occasion, toy around with standup comedy. Lastly, I’d give anything for my family.

My bio (as stolen from Siteworx)

“Giovanni Calabro has over 13 years of experience leading interactive research and design efforts for a wide range of business sectors. At Siteworx, Giovanni leads the design team responsible for user experience strategy, brand analysis, search engine optimization (SEO), search and analytics integration and social media strategy.

With clients as diverse as MTV Networks, USATODAY.com, NPR, and JPMorgan Chase, Giovanni’s team provides expert strategy and advice in the areas of stakeholder and staff alignment and new publishing models for emerging platforms such as social media and mobile channels.

Prior to Siteworx, Giovanni worked for washingtopost.com, where he organized coverage and coordinated design strategy for special projects such as Sitewide Redesign, Iraqi War, Elections 2004, and D.C. Sniper Coverage. His team’s unique approach to covering the D.C. Sniper story was covered as a case study in the use of multimedia and interactivity in the book, “Flash Journalism: How to Create Multimedia News Packages”.

Giovanni is a member of Usability Professionals’ Association International, The American Society for Information Science & Technology and graduated from George Mason University with a B.A. in Communications. He is an avid blogger and regular speaker, participating in events such as the Web Experience Forum and Content Management Professionals Summit.”

Lastly, a shortlist of clients I worked with at Siteworx.

• AIG
• American Diabetes Association
• AOL
• Coldwell Banker Commercial
• JPMorgan Chase
• Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
• Massachusetts Medical Society
• MTV Networks
• National Geographic
• Nuclear Energy Institute
• NPR
• PayPal
• US News Ventures
• US News & World Report
• USA TODAY

If you want to have good material to use on me, feel free to visit my Facebook profile.