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Paul J. Sherman

Director of User-Centered Design, at Sage Software

Paul is currently Director of User-Centered Design, at Sage Software in Atlanta, Georgia. In the 1990s, he was a Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies in New Jersey. As a consultant, he has conducted usability testing and interface design for accounting and tax preparation applications, Web-based financial planning and portfolio management applications, and eCommerce Web sites. Paul is Vice President of the Usability Professionals’ Association, was the founding President of the UPA’s Dallas/Fort Worth chapter, and is a Full Member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He is also the editor of Usability Success Stories: How Organizations Improve by Making Easier-to-Use Software and Web Sites, published by Gower in October 2006. Paul received his Ph.D. in Human Factors Psychology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin.

Column on UXmatters: “Envision the Future—The role UX professionals play”