Paul J. Bruemmer has provided search engine marketing expertise and In-house consulting services to prominent American businesses since 1995. As Director of Search Marketing at Red Door Interactive, he is responsible for the strategic implementation of search engine marketing activities within Red Door's Internet Presence Management (IPM) services.

I am a founding principal of Fit Associates. We conduct research for product and service companies, employing ethnographic / behavioral methods to help them understand how products fit into people's lives. We also help our clients translate research insights into strategy and design. I have done such work for years, as well as interaction and interface design. Clients include Whirlpool, BBC, Crate and Barrel, Cisco, and Microsoft, as well as startups. I have held influential roles in . . .

redhead working on a degree in architectural history and theory. left my heart in san francisco but hail from st. paul, minnesota. used to live in italy, where i was a professor at the interaction design institute ivrea. i drink black coffee, espresso and red wine. i've lived in too many places -- 12 cities in five countries (germany, italy, holland, france, the US). one day, i think i might slow down but that keeps getting delayed. i know someone you know.

Christian Rohrer , eBay Christian Rohrer is the Director of User Experience Research at eBay, where he leads a team of researchers and analysts focused on delivering user insights to inspire, inform, and assess user experience and product designs, utilizing methods such as ethnography, usability, data mining, and survey research.

Janice James, Director, User Experience, Perficient, Inc. Janice joined Perficient in 2006 with more than 18 years of experience in the field of human factors, usability and user-centered design and development for software, hardware, travel, Internet, financial services, education, health care and retail products and services.

Carol Righi , Director of User Experience, Perficient, Inc. Carol Righi is the Director of User Experience for Perficient's St. Louis Business Unit. Carol has worked in the area of user experience and User-Centered Design for more than 20 years. Carol is widely considered a UCD thought leader, is published extensively, and has presented at numerous professional meetings worldwide.

Nick is a 12-year veteran of the web and considered a web craftsman by trade. His skills traverse web design, web development, user research, web analysis, information architecture, and web publishing. Nick founded his first web consultancy in 1994 in Portland, Oregon, and has since created web experiences for various Fortune 50 and 500 companies including Adobe, Boeing, Blue Cross / Blue Shield, Cisco, CitiGroup, FDIC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, PBS, Peet’s Coffee, and others.

Jodi Slater Director of User Experience Jodi Slater joined Marketspace in 2004 and has worked with several clients in the pharmaceutical, hospitality and financial services industries.

Yu Guo Yu Guo Yu Guo joined Baidu as Chief Designer and Director of User Experience Design in 2004. Before Baidu, Yu worked for companies including AOL/Netscape, eBay and PayPal as senior designer and consultant. Yu received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Industrial Design from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and received his masters degree in Design Planning from the Institute of Design, IIT.

Natalie Buda - User Experience Director "I have fun every day managing the User Experience team. We are a very creative and experienced group, which we leverage for our client work." Natalie Buda has 17 years of experience developing user experiences and strategies for Fortune 200 companies. She is adept at user-centered design, including strategy, user research, interaction design, and enterprise information architecture.

Genevieve is particularly interested in issues of cultural difference as they are expressed around technology adoption and use; she has conducted fieldwork around the world and is currently working on a book based on her recent ethnographic research in Asia. Her work has been widely published and cited and she is active in the fields of anthropology, computer-human interaction and ubiquitous computing.

Chuck is now the Director of User Experience , Flash Platform at Ribbit and I will have the pleasure of working alongside him as we build and design Ribbit’s products and technologies. We are both very excited about the opportunity we have to work together. Chuck and I originally met at Fidelity Investments in Boston, MA and he was very instrumental in convincing me to leave Fidelity.com and join eBay.com.

Kyrie Robinson Partner - User Experience Design Kyrie’s passion is to create world-class user experience and product design for consumers. She’s developed and led several successful User Experience teams at leading Silicon Valley companies, but she is best known for her pioneering work building and leading the user experience team at TiVo.

Liam Friedland is the User Experience Architect at Westbridge Technology; where for the past 3 years, he and his team have worked exclusively with offshore UI developers. Prior to Westbridge, Liam was a founding manager in Siebel's User Experience group, where he grew and led an interdisciplinary team. He has over fourteen years of experience introducing and managing user-centered design programs at some of the world's top software companies, including Microsoft, Oracle, and Borland.

Dennis Gonzales - Director of Technology Services Paul Bruemmer - Director of Search Marketing Amy Carr - Director of Operations Jeannie Metz-Fratoni - Creative Director Erika Werner - Director of Sales & Marketing Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience Dennis Gonzales - Director of Technology Services

Reid Carr - President Dennis Gonzales - Director of Technology Services Paul Bruemmer - Director of Search Marketing Amy Carr - Director of Operations Jeannie Metz-Fratoni - Creative Director Erika Werner - Director of Sales & Marketing Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience Reid Carr - President As Red Door�s President, there is nothing Reid loves more than sitting down at a table, rolling up his sleeves and matching wits with clients.

Michael Somoza Director of User Experience Tumbleweed Communications Corporation

Dennis Gonzales - Director of Technology Services Paul Bruemmer - Director of Search Marketing Amy Carr - Director of Operations Jeannie Metz-Fratoni - Creative Director Erika Werner - Director of Business Development Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience Dennis Gonzales - Director of Technology Services

Dylan has been involved with the application of computer technologies for more than 8 years. He has a wide range of experience in account management, software development, usability testing and user interface design. Prior to joining SolutionSet, he served Avenue A/Razorfish as User Experience Manager and an Account Director to their largest West Coast client.

Amy Carr - Director of Operations Jeannie Metz-Fratoni - Creative Director Erika Werner - Director of Sales & Marketing Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience Amy Carr - Director of Operations In her past life, Amy was a brilliant account supervisor. But today, she has an even more challenging job � managing the ins and outs at Red Door. Simply put, she�s the glue that holds this place together.

Jeannie Metz -Fratoni - Creative Director Erika Werner - Director of Business Development Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience Jeannie Metz -Fratoni - Creative Director Jeannie has always been passionate about art. Today, she still begins every project sketching in her pad (or on the proverbial napkin.) Only when she has a strong concept does she move to her computer. She combines an innate aesthetic sense with compelling strategic insight.

Jeannie Metz-Fratoni - Creative Director Erika Werner - Director of Sales & Marketing Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience Jeannie Metz-Fratoni - Creative Director Jeannie Metz-Fratoni - Creative Director Jeannie has always been passionate about art. Today, she still begins every project sketching in her pad (or on the proverbial napkin.) Only when she has a strong concept does she move to her computer.

Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience At the start of his career in the Internet industry, Charles attended numerous Web site usability testing sessions where he witnessed first-hand the frustration that poorly designed user interfaces and functionality caused users. Recognizing the need to improve the effectiveness of site design processes, Charles became a forerunner of user-centered design methods.

Sue B. Workman Associate Vice President, Support As associate vice president for support, Workman provides University-wide leadership for the development and management of resources to enhance the use of information technology in teaching and learning and improve the support of technology used by all members of the Indiana University community.

Sara Mastro Executive Producer The newest addition to the mediabarn management team, Sara is responsible for leading the teams that create intuitive user experiences for our clients' websites and applications. Her background in information design and user experience is the basis for our methodology in creating smart user experiences that win the loyalty of their users.

Tjeerd Hoek is Director of User Experience Design for Microsoft Windows, where he heads a team of 35 product-design experts, who manage the user experience design of the major products, features, and platform capabilities that make up Windows Vista. Broadly speaking, Hoek has helped craft the software products most people use every day on their PCs, and designed platform-level capabilities leveraged by all of the major software products that run on the Windows operating system.

Cathy Spiaggia , B.A. Bloomington Office Cathy has over 25 years experience in the technology and education arena. At Indiana University she was manager of Instructional Computing and manager of Usability Consulting Services. She was Director of User Experience for a . com company that developed courseware for Internet delivery.

Dylan Thom , Director of User Experience Dylan has been involved with the application of computer technologies for more than 8 years. He has a wide range of experience in account management, software development, usability testing and user interface design. Prior to joining SolutionSet, he served Avenue A/Razorfish as User Experience Manager and an Account Director to their largest West Coast client.

Charles Wiedenhoft - Director of User Experience At the start of his career in the Internet industry, Charles attended numerous Web site usability testing sessions where he witnessed first-hand the frustration that poorly designed user interfaces and functionality caused users. Recognizing the need to improve the effectiveness of site design processes, Charles became a forerunner of user-centered design methods.

Mr. Jones has authored numerous publications on Web design, user-experience, and branding. He has a B.A. in Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Cordell has over twenty years experience designing and delivering successful products across a wide range of software, hardware, and Web applications. He has a deep knowledge of all phases of the design process including user research, conceptual design, visual and interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, and implementation.

David Calhoun - Director of User Support Services

Kristina Ross | Director of User Experience

Dr. Kelli Keough , Director of User Experience

Eric Stephens: Director of User Experience

Lee Farabaugh , Director of User Experience Lee has a background in web design and project management, but is most passionate about making software products usable. She specializes in user interface design and testing, and preaches the mantra, “Know thy users, for they are not you.”

Cordell has over twenty years experience designing and delivering successful products across a wide range of software, hardware, and Web applications. He has a deep knowledge of all phases of the design process including user research, conceptual design, visual and interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, and implementation.

Matt Lorenzen Managing Director Matt Lorenzen joined Altura Ventures in 2006. Prior to Altura Ventures, he co-founded CrossLoop and as Director of User Experience helped develop the simplest screen sharing experience on the web. At Altura, Matt focuses on operations, human-computer interaction and web development. He received a B.S. in Psychology and a B.S. in Operations Management Information Systems from Santa Clara University.