User Interface Design
Calvin Chun-yu Chan
Calvin focuses primarily on user experience and mobile and Web user-interface design, but also enjoys doing illustration and graphic design work. Before becoming a designer, Calvin was a software engineer, building database-driven Web sites.
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Specialties: UX Design | User Interface Design | Visual Design
Carissa Demetris
Principal User Experience Designer at ProQuest, Ann Arbor MI USA
Carissa has over eight years of professional experience in user experience design and four years of experience working in agile development environments. Working with companies in the healthcare, transportation, Web design, and software industries, she has successfully collaborated with clients to improve product design and increase user adoption in the marketplace. Carissa’s broad experience working with agile UX design has enabled her to mentor her fellow colleagues on adapting their methods to effectively produce agile deliverables.
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Specialties: Consulting | Interaction Design | Usability | User Interface Design
Catalina Naranjo-Bock
A UX designer and researcher, Catalina specializes in the development of ideal experiences for children and young audiences for both tangible products and interactive applications. She has collaborated on children’s media and toy design with creative departments in numerous firms, in the US, Europe, and South America. In a variety of design-related contexts. Catalina has served as adjunct faculty, guest speaker, invited author, and international juror. Catalina holds a BFA in Industrial and Digital Design and an MFA in User Experience Design and Research from The Ohio State University.
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Specialties: UX Design | User Interface Design | User Research | Visual Design
Dorian Peters
Learning Experience Designer at the Centre for Research on Computer Supported Learning & Cognition, University of Sydney, Sydney New South Wales Australia
A learning experience design evangelist, Dorian Peters has spent the last 10 years specializing in design for learning. She currently directs online strategy for the Faculty of Education at the University of Sydney. She is also a member of CoCo
(the Centre for Research on Computer Supported Learning & Cognition). Her award-winning work in learning experience design includes corporate eLearning and user interfaces for educational technology. She also coauthors the information hub on Positive Computing. She has designed for Carnegie Mellon, Cambridge University, ABC, Channel 10, and BMG music and publishes articles on design in journals and trade magazines, as well as presenting at conferences.
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Graham Rhind
Owner of GRC Database Information, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
An acknowledged expert in the field of data quality, Graham runs his own consultancy, GRC Database Information, where he researches postal code and addressing systems, collates international data, writes data-management software, and since 1995, has run the busy postal code and address Web site GRC Data Intelligence. Graham is the author of four books about international data management and speaks regularly on this topic.
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Specialties: Consulting | Information Design | User Interface Design
Greg Nudelman
Principal at DesignCaffeine Inc.
Pleasanton CA USA
Founder of the San Francisco Bay Area UX design consultancy DesignCaffeine, Greg is widely recognized as an experience design and user research expert, specializing in search, social networking, business dashboards, and process redesign for mobile and Web platforms. Greg has published over 30 articles and speaks regularly to audiences around the world about how to design intuitive and elegant systems that improve the quality of people’s lives while creating abundant ROI. He has led design projects for Fortune 500 companies and creative startups.
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Specialties: Consulting | Interaction Design | UX Design | UX Strategy | User Interface Design | User Research
Heather Nam
Since the early 1990s, Heather has been testing Web sites and software for children throughout her career. She has a special ability to look at a situation through the eyes of her target audience, and her in-depth interviews and ability to skillfully ask the right questions help to uncover insights that otherwise might go unnoticed. Heather is passionate about understanding why users make decisions and has traveled nationally and internationally to moderate over 3,000 research interviews, focus groups, and ideation sessions, with groups that have included parents, teachers, teens, tweens, and young children.
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James Kelway
James worked for Reed Business Information, a part of Reed Elsevier, for over 8 years, in a variety of roles. While working as a digital art director, he studied for a Masters degree in Design Practice, specializing in UCD techniques. After qualifying, he became an information architect and is responsible for the formulation of the business’s information architecture strategy, its implementation among several teams, and the redesign of several major industry Web sites.
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Specialties: Information Architecture | Interaction Design | UX Strategy | User Interface Design
Jeff Johnson
Principal Consultant at UI Wizards Inc., San Francisco CA USA
Jeff has worked in the field of human-computer interaction since 1978, as a user interface designer and implementer, engineering manager, usability tester, and researcher at companies such as Cromemco, Xerox, US West, Hewlett-Packard Labs, and Sun Microsystems. His product usability consulting firm, UI Wizards, offers user interface design, usability reviews, usability testing, and training services. After graduating from Yale University with a BA in Experimental Psychology, Jeff earned a PhD
in Developmental and Experimental Psychology at Stanford University. He has taught in the Computer Science Departments at Stanford University and Mills College. In 2006, he was an Erskine Teaching Fellow at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. Jeff has published numerous articles and book chapters on various topics relating to human-computer interaction, as well as on the impact of technology on society. He frequently gives talks and tutorials on usability and user interface design at conferences and at companies. Jeff is the author of Designing with the Mind in Mind: Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules (2010), GUI Bloopers 2.0: Common User Interface Design Don’ts and Dos (2007), Web Bloopers: 60 Common Design Mistakes and How to Avoid Them (2003), and GUI Bloopers: Don’ts and Dos for Software Developers and Web Designers (2000).
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Specialties: Consulting | UX Education & Training | Usability | User Interface Design
Jeff Larson
As an Interaction Designer at Plantronics, Jeff participates in all phases of the user interface development process—from ideation and opportunity identification to the design and implementation of both hardware and software. He excels in communicating concepts to stakeholders and has a fervent desire to expand and refine his UX skillset. To continue his professional growth, Jeff will be pursuing a master’s degree in UX design.
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Specialties: Human Factors | Information Design | Usability | User Interface Design | User Research
Johanna Kollmann
Johanna started her career in user experience at Siemens in 2004 and has since gained experience in both in-house and agency roles. In London, she previously worked at Flow Interactive and Vodafone. Passionate about building better things through collaboration, Johanna cofounded Design Jam, organizes the Agile UX Meetup London, and is a member of the Balanced Team community. She has presented at the IA Summit, Euro IA, Agile, and several barcamps. She earned a degree in Information Design at FH Joanneum, then her Master’s in Human-Computer Interaction with Ergonomics at University College London.
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Joi L. Roberts
During the past 13 years, Joi has worked in a variety of roles within the telecommunications industry, ranging from requirements gathering to software development/validation to user interface design—voice, telephony, and Web—to user-centered process development and institutionalization. Currently, as the Design Ambassador for the Motorola Consumer Experience Design (CXD) team, Joi is responsible for driving strategic initiatives internally and externally around design education, design culture, talent growth and development, and industry contribution. And, in her spare time, Joi is quite active in the UX design community—often organizing or presenting at local and international industry events and conferences. Joi firmly believes that, in order for the UX community to make a real difference in the world, industry and academia must work together to develop design leadership. In her current role and through her industry participation, she seeks to spread this message.
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Jonathan Follett
Founding Partner and Creative Director at Hot Knife Design
Principal at Involution Studios, Boston MA USA
At Hot Knife, Jon designs Web sites and applications for a variety of private- and public-sector clients, approaching each project with a strong focus on the use of language and clear communication of the client’s message. He has a passion for typography, its history, and its proper use in design. While Jon’s first design job was for Saul Bellow’s literary magazine, “News from the Republic of Letters,” he has also worked for various Web and multimedia firms in Boston. He was, most recently, lead designer for the Massachusetts Pension Plans Regulatory Agency. Jon co-authored two humorous non-fiction books, “Gray Highway: An American UFO Journey” and “Suburbageddon.” In another life, he plays jazz piano. Jon is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), and the Usability Professionals Association (UPA), Boston Chapter.
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Specialties: Brand Strategy | Consulting | Information Design | User Interface Design | Visual Design
Joshua Kaufman
As a consultant, Joshua focuses on cross-platform interaction design and UX strategy for Web and mobile applications. Previously at Tiny Pictures, Joshua created user-centered designs for Radar, a social media service that lets people engage in visual conversations using camera phone pictures and videos. He holds an M.S. in Human Computer Interaction from University College London, University of London, and has over 8 years of experience in both the United States and Europe. An active member of the UX design community, Joshua is the IxDA SF Community Manager, is a member of BayCHI, and was formerly the London Local Ambassador for UXnet.
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Specialties: Consulting | Interaction Design | UX Design | UX Management | UX Strategy | User Interface Design | User Research
Kevin Silver
Kevin is an empathetic champion of users and a strong proponent of user-centered design. He strives to design digital products that are simple, elegant, and easy to use. Involved in desktop application design and development since 1995, he started tinkering with HTML in the late 90s—just in time for the flurry of growth on the Web before the big .com bust. Kevin has worked on a diverse range of projects, including designing applications for Indian Health Services (a federal agency), Envision Utility Software, University of New Mexico, Anchor Computer, the United States Air Force, and Web sites for Norwegian Cruise Lines, Dr. Martens, Buck Knives, Museum of the African Diaspora, and Adobe, to name a few. One thing Kevin has learned through all of these engagements is that satisfying the needs and goals of users is central to a successful experience. He is a member of IXDA, IAI, and ASIS&T and has presented at the IA Summit.
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Specialties: Interaction Design | UX Design | User Interface Design | User Research
Kyle Soucy
Founding Principal at Usable Interface, Rochester NH USA
As the founding principal of Usable Interface, a consulting company specializing in product usability and user-centered design, Kyle Soucy has created intuitive user interfaces for a variety of products and Web sites. Her clients range from pharmaceutical giants like Pfizer to publishing powerhouses like McGraw-Hill. Kyle is the Founder and Past President of the New Hampshire Chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association (NH UPA); has served as the Chair of PhillyCHI, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI), and is the local UXnet Ambassador for New Hampshire. She is passionate about the continued growth of the usability and user experience design community.
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Specialties: Consulting | Human Factors | Usability | User Interface Design | User Research
Luca Mascaro
Owner and Lead User Experience Architect at SketchIn, Ticino Switzerland
Luca has more than 10 years of experience in information design, user interface design, interaction design, and accessibility for Web sites and Web applications. He is founder of SketchIn—a user experience design and strategy consultancy located in Lugano, Switzerland—and co-founder and UX manager at Phiware Engineering—a Swiss firm specializing in enterprise applications. Luca’s work focuses on agile UX design, applying user-centered design principles to projects for clients such as Generali Assurance, Swiss-Italian Television, the Swiss Post, and Italy’s Innovation Department. Luca is president of IOSHI (International Organization for Standards in Human/Computer Interfaces)—an association that promotes standards in Human/Computer interfaces—is a member of many international organizations—such as IWA/HWG (International Webmasters Association/HTML Writers Guild) and UPA (Usability Professionals’ Association)—and participates in the W3C HTML, Web Content Accessibility, and Web Application working groups as well as that for ISO software ergonomics.
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Specialties: Brand Strategy | Consulting | Information Design | Interaction Design | UX Design | User Interface Design
Lucinio Santos
For the last eighteen years, Lucinio has been a user experience architect, working on IBM software offerings. During his tenure, he has led, managed, and contributed to usability and design initiatives for systems management, application development, middleware, and portfolio management software. He holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive and Experimental Psychology from the University of New Mexico.
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Luke Wroblewski
Chief Design Officer and Cofounder of Bagcheck
Speaker and Author at LukeW Ideation & Design, Silicon Valley CA USA
An internationally recognized digital product design leader who has designed or contributed to software more than 700 million people use worldwide, Luke is currently Chief Design Officer for the newly launched startup Bagcheck. He is also an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at Benchmark Capital and speaker and author at LukeW Ideation & Design. Before embarking on his entrepreneurial career, he was Chief Design Architect (VP) at Yahoo!, where he was responsible for product alignment and forward-looking, integrated customer experiences on the Web, mobile, and TV. Formerly Lead User Interface Designer on the platform team at eBay, Luke led the strategic design of new consumer products and internal tools and processes. He got his start at the University of Illinois, where he taught graduate interface design courses and worked as a Senior Interface Designer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, birthplace of NCSA Mosaic. Luke is the author of two popular design books: Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks and Site-Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability, as well many articles about digital product strategy and design. He is a top-rated speaker at conferences and companies around the world and a cofounder and former Board member of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA).
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Michael Zuschlag
Working in transportation human factors for modes of transport spanning land, sea, and air, Michael’s projects range from airliner flight decks to public transit Web sites. His work encompasses applied experimental research, usability testing and evaluation, statistical analysis, computational modeling of human performance, user interface design, human-computer interface and human factors standards development, and program evaluation. Michael has a doctorate in psychology and a masters in industrial engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Specialties: Human Factors | User Interface Design | User Research
Mike Myles
A software designer since the mid-90s, Mike has worked with teams who were responsible for creating a wide range of Web and rich-client applications serving many varied industries. Before joining Continuum Managed Services, he was a key contributor to design efforts at Autodesk, Oracle, Unica (IBM), Chordiant (PegaSystems), and Bowstreet (IBM). Mike studied electrical engineering and computer science prior to cultivating a career in software design. He is an active member of IxDA, ACM, and the local New Hampshire and Boston chapters of UPA. When not busy improving product user experiences, Mike is an avid performing musician and songwriter.
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Specialties: Information Architecture | Interaction Design | UX Strategy | Usability | User Interface Design | User Research
Nicola Rovetta
After starting out in classic advertising, Nicola Rovetta moved on to design for Web marketing projects in 1996. For more than a decade, he’s been directing digital creative departments in international networks, often taking charge of interaction design, information architecture, and experience design. At present, Nicola is leading creative in TBWA\’s digital firm, Agency.com, in Italy. He’s been avidly following the rise of the Web from version 1.0 to 3.0, and he actively evangelizes the power of digital culture in Italy.
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Peter Hornsby
Peter has been actively involved in Web design and development since 1993, working in the defense and telecommunications industries; designing a number of interactive, Web-based systems; and advising on usability. He has also worked in education, in both industry and academia, designing and delivering both classroom-based and online training. In his role as Senior Information Architect at Friends Provident, Peter works with a multidisciplinary team, including information architects, analysts, and accessibility specialists, setting standards for user experience and promoting a user-centered design process within the business. Peter has a PhD in software component reuse and a Bachelors degree in human factors, both from Loughborough University, in Leicestershire, UK. He has presented at international conferences and written about reuse, eLearning, and organizational design.
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Specialties: Human Factors | Information Architecture | Interaction Design | UX Education & Training | Usability | User Interface Design | User Research
Richard F. Cecil
Rick has nearly a decade of experience envisioning and designing innovative solutions for a variety of companies, including startups, non-profits, universities, and Fortune 100 companies. During his tenure at Motricity, he worked with Cingular, BET, Ask, Alltel, and other clients and was the Design Lead for their core product offering. Rick was a co-founder of both the Interaction Design Group—now the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)—and the Triangle Usability Professionals Association (UPA). Active in the UPA, he also serves on the organizing committee for World Usability Day. Rick is also the UXnet Local Ambassador for Research Triangle Park.
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Specialties: Interaction Design | UX Design | UX Strategy | User Interface Design
Robert Reimann
Robert has spent the past 20 years pushing the boundaries of digital products as a designer, writer, and consultant and has led dozens of Web, desktop, and device-based interaction design projects, for startups and Fortune 500 companies alike. Robert was a Founding Director of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) and became its first President in 2006. He has also held advisory board positions for AIGA Experience Design, the Information Architecture Institute, and UC Berkeley's Institute of Design (BiD) and is currently a board member of Design Museum Boston. With Alan Cooper, Robert is co-author of two bestselling editions of About Face: The Essentials of Interaction Design. Robert’s past positions include Associate Creative Director at frog design, Manager of User Experience at Bose Corporation, and Director of Design R&D at Cooper, where he played a key role in the development and refinement of their goal-directed design methods, including personas and scenario-based design. He has lectured on interaction design and UX methods and principles at major universities and to international industry audiences.
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Steven Hoober
President of 4ourth Mobile, Mission Kansas USA
For all of his 15-year design career, Steven has been documenting design process. He started designing for mobile full time in 2007 when he joined Little Springs Design. Steven’s work includes Designing by Drawing: A Practical Guide to Creating Usable Interactive Design, the O’Reilly book Designing Mobile Interfaces, and an extensive Web site providing mobile design resources to support his book. Steven has led projects on security, account management, content distribution, and communications services for numerous products, in domains ranging from construction supplies to hospital record-keeping. His mobile work has included the design of browsers, ereaders, search, Near Field Communication (NFC), mobile banking, data communications, location services, and operating system overlays. Steven spent eight years with the US mobile operator Sprint and has also worked with AT&T, Qualcomm, Samsung, Skyfire, Bitstream, VivoTech, The Weather Channel, Bank Midwest, IGLTA, Lowe’s, and Hallmark Cards. He is currently User Experience Architect with diesel engine maker Cummins, in addition to running his own interactive design studio at 4ourth Mobile
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Tobias Komischke
Tobias has been working in the area of user experience for over 10 years. Currently, he is responsible for the user experience on the inside—development—and outside—training and consulting—at Infragistics. At Siemens, he held senior R&D positions at Corporate Technology, Corporate Research, and Medical Solutions, in both Germany and the U.S. Tobias earned a PhD in Economics and Social Sciences, from Universität Kassel, in Germany. He has reviewed papers for several international technical journals and conferences and has published more than 30 articles. He is a member of ACM, HFES, and UPA.
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Specialties: Consulting | Human Factors | Usability | User Interface Design
Tyler Tate
Cofounder of TwigKit, London UK
Tyler leads user experience at TwigKit where he helps government, not-for-profit, and blue-chip organizations build superb search experiences. Tyler organizes the Enterprise Search London Meetup, is the creator of the Semantic Grid System, and has led the design of big Web applications, including Nutshell CRM.
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Whitney Hess
Based in New York City, Whitney is an independent UX design consultant. She helps make stuff easy and pleasurable to use. Whitney is a strategic partner with Happy Cog and UX consultant for boxee, among other startups, agencies, and major corporations. Prior to going independent, she was on the design team at Liquidnet. Previously, she was an interaction designer at the marketing agencies Digitas and Tribal DDB, where her clients included American Express, The New York Times, Allstate, Claritin, Tropicana, and EarthLink. Though she began her higher education in computer science, Whitney received a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Writing and a Master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Specialties: Consulting | Interaction Design | UX Design | UX Strategy | Usability | User Interface Design | User Research
Yohan Creemers
Trained as an industrial design engineer at TU Delft, Yohan has worked as a designer of digital products since 1995. In 2001, he founded Ylab, a design studio based in Utrecht. As Chair of IxDA Nederland and the Design by Fire conferences, Yohan is one of the driving forces behind the interaction design community in the Netherlands.
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