Whitney Quesenbery
Principal Consultant, at Whitney Interactive Design, LLC
Whitney is a user interface designer and usability specialist with a passion for clear communication. As the principal consultant for Whitney Interactive Design, she works with companies around the world to develop usable Web sites and applications. Formerly a principal at Cognetics Corporation, she was the design leader for many design and usability projects. Her project credits include work with companies such as Novartis, Deloitte Consulting, Lucent, McGraw-Hill, Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, and Dow Jones. While at Cognetics, she was one of the developers of LUCID (Logical User-Centered Interaction Design), which promotes the importance of a user-centered approach and usability in design. Whitney is a frequent presenter at industry conferences, including UPA, ACM SIGCHI, STC, tekom, and the IA Summit Winwriters. She is the President of UPA (Usability Professionals’ Association), Past-Manager and Web Manager for the STC Usability SIG, and a member of the Executive Committee for UXnet. Whitney is also the Director of the UPA Voting and Usability Project and is on the US Elections Assistance Commission’s guidelines development committee, where she works to ensure the usability of voting systems.
Column on UXmatters: “Universal Usability—Putting people at the center of design”
Whitney Quesenbery’s Specialties: Consulting | Usability | User Interface Design
