- Jakob Nielsen
Jakob Nielsen (born 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a writer, speaker, and consultant on software and web-design usability. He earned a Ph.D. in user interface design and computer science from the Technical University of Denmark. Nielsen worked at Bellcore, IBM, and as a senior researcher at computer company Sun Microsystems. - Marissa Mayer
Marissa leads the product management efforts on Google's search products - web search, images, groups, news, Froogle, the Google Toolbar, Google Desktop, Google Labs, and more. She joined Google in 1999 as Google's first female engineer and led the user interface and webserver teams at that time. - Emily Chang
Emily Chang is an award-winning web designer and artist. She is the co-founder and co-principal of Ideacodes, a strategic design firm in San Francisco that she started in 2005 with Max Kiesler, her long-time partner and fellow award-winning web designer. Emily is also the creator of the popular blog and web resource, eHub, a constantly updated list of web applications, services, resources, blogs or sites with a focus on next generation web (web 2.0), social software, … - Lou Rosenfeld
Louis Rosenfeld is a co-author of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web (ISBN 1-56592-282-4, AKA "the Polar Bear Book") and principal of Louis Rosenfeld LLC, an information architecture consultancy. Lou founded Rosenfeld Media, a user experience publishing house, in late 2005. With Christina Wodtke, Lou founded the Information Architecture Institute (see the IAI founders page), and is currently a member of its Advisory Board. - Jen Fitzpatrick
Jen Fitzpatrick is an Engineering Director at Google. Fitzpatrick has a Bachelor of Science degree in symbolic systems and Master of Science degree in computer science, both from Stanford University. She was hired by Google as a software engineer in June 1999. She was the founding member of the Google user interfaces team. As a manager she has been an Engineering Director in several roles: director of Google AdWords and of Google's internal systems engineering group. - Jesse james Garrett
Jesse James Garrett is the Director of User Experience Strategy and a founding partner of Adaptive Path, the world's premier user experience consulting company. He is author of The Elements of User Experience (New Riders), and is recognized as a pioneer in the field of information architecture. Jesse's clients include AT&T, Intel, Crayola, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, and National Public Radio. - Andrey Golub
BSc- Applied Mathematics/ Software Engineering, PhD- Systems Analysis and Design. Who's Who in the World- 2008 (Marquis), . Prof: IT/TLC/Web Project- Product Manager, Sr.Systems/ Business Analyst and Team Leader. Web: Web 2.0 Evangelist and Researcher (Marketing 2.0/ PR 2.0/ Community Manager) with some broad experience in leading Open-Community (and Open-Source) projects.Co-founder, VP and IT/Web Manager of Business Club 2.0 Milan-IN (official LinkedIn Italia supporter Club). - Deneva
Deneva Goins is a published author and expert in interaction design and digital storytelling. Her best known publication can be found here: Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling This work was completed at the prestigious Fraunhofer Institute (Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung) where she researched as a guest scientist. Her work is most influenced by the ideology of Jacques Derrida, Marshall McLuhan, and Lev Manovich. - Claudio Vaccaro
Web 2.0 & Social Networking Product Marketing @Libero.it | Founder @Socialware.it | Founder @Crazy-Marketing.it | Blogger | Photographer - Will Giese
Recruiter / Sourcer for Front-End Engineering at Yahoo! as well as User Experience and Design. - Tasha Luksa
I'm a traveller...not content to stay anywhere for too long. New to Chicago...love to keep it real...love meeting new people and just chilln' out. My favorite thing ever is cooking...and building web sites...user-centered design...and further educating myself. Plan to open my own company in the next 10 years or so. I like to relax but I admire a strong work ethic and a desire to succeed or a passion for your job. - Challis
Organizational leader with extensive hands-on and leadership experience in strategic design, user experience, customer research, web analytics, SEM/SEO, usability, and user-centered design. - Juho Risku
Juho Risku has been involved with computer systems and programming for more than 20 years. His experience with the RIA space and AJAX technologies dates back to 1997 when he began working extensively with cross-browser DHTML. An active entrepreneur, Mr. Risku started his first company, Visualway Design, an advertizing agency, which is still running strong, at age 20. - daniela barbosa
An information consultant fascinated by trends in information delivery and helping customers achieve successful information delivery strategies for enterprise users including collaboration with social software and other web 2.0 applications. A highly effective information consultant with a successful track record in delivering cost effective solutions to Fortune 500 clients in the Computers/IT, Consumer Products, Consulting, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical and Financial industry . . . - Rick Starbuck
I am a User Experience / User Interface Design professional with 13+ years of experience, balancing the wants and needs of the customer and the goals and desires of companies. I honed my skills on the web agency side, working on over 60 projects for 40 co's in a 5 year period (with all the requisite all-nighters!). I moved to the client-side after the dotcom implosion, helping WaMu begin to "inhouse" their web usability and design . Currently SVP Customer Experience Exec for JPMorgan Chase. - Nicola Mattina
- Alessandro Galetto
- Kim McKee
Sr. Technical Recruiter with Citrix Online and Co-owner of Coast Networx Inc. Coast Networx, Inc. is a premier provider of onsite computer and network support services to home users and businesses. Our main areas of support include: Santa Maria, Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Buellton, Solvang and San Luis Obispo. Our PC techs are senior level network engineers who have been trained and certified in the latest technologies to provide the best possible IT solutions to our clients - Peter Jones
Peter Jones lives and works in two places at once. I manage two small businesses, and locate in Toronto and Dayton. Redesign Research provides contextual user research for information services design, primarily for professional practices. We conduct user and field research with a focus on technology practices, apply research to designing information services and ecologies from an iterative learning perspective, and coordinate design and strategy to produce market leading interactive products. - Timothy McKay PhD
Experienced in leading integration efforts with stakeholders internally and externally. Works cooperatively with others, develops good morale and cooperation between team members. Resolves team conflicts. Promotes team reputation with others. Takes leadership when appropriate. Continuously strives to broaden network of relationships to seek information, promote the image of . . . - Omar Velasco
- Grace Tsao Mase
- Garrick van Buren
- Ruth Ellison
Interaction designer, UX, IA, photographer - Jenny Greenleaf
- Jeremiah Owyang
Jeremiah is a rapidly rising star in the world of social media. His own blog is in the top 1% according to Technorati. In his video show for the Pod network he has interviewed luminaries such as Michael Dell, Craig Newmark (craigslist founder) and Marc Canter, founder of Macromedia (now Adobe). - Mark Bult
Pizza lover, necktie hater, website redesigner, user experience professional, tree climber, Mac user, Web Standards advocate, optimistic pessimist, occasional writer/journalist, bad piano player, supporter of nonprofits, rooftop sitter, cat lover, cookie monster.20 years as a design professional (with over a decade concentrating on web design) employing and advancing the principles of user-centered design.Design portfolio: http://www.enews.org/portfolio/ - Gary Barber
IA, UX, UI front end freelance developer - Michael Darius
With a missionary spirit and a background in comparative media studies, Michael has led numerous startups into success. for twelve years He has enjoyed working with world class teams at Sony, 3Com and Apple to create breakthrough product experiences that we have grown to know and love such as the iTunes Music Store, .Mac and the iLife suite. - david robinson
User Experience Design leader with 10+ years of hands-on experience in design, design strategy, concept development, art direction, brand and design management. - Chris Farnum
Chris Farnum, Senior Information Architect, Enlighten Chris' role is to define site structure and navigation based on user needs, strategic objectives, and well-organized content. He also specializes in creating taxonomies and defining the metadata needed for searching, browsing and content management. An essential part of his methodology is to incorporate user research into the design process. Chris has been an Information Architect for over eight years. - Guy Burns
See http://www.guyburns.com.;. - Jason Ryan
User Experience and Digital Media Consultant, living and working in Brighton, England - Jeff Lash
Jeff Lash , Product Director at Elsevier I met Jeff Lash at the Software Product Management Conference in Boston 2007 and he kindly agreed to speak to brainmates about his thoughts on Product Management. Jeff not only works full time but is also a prolific writer and has an excellent blog called How to be a Good Product Manager . - Cristian Galletti
Creative director and application developer. Experienced in digital design and photography. Main skills on web and multimedia design and programming (Macromedia Flash, PHP, mySQL). Constantly looking for new trends on graphics and communication. - Derek Rogerson
Start where you are. - Russell Wilson
I will update this later with more detail, but for now: I am currently focused on software product design, primarily interaction design and information architecture, with a focus on usability, elegance, and intuitiveness. As Director of Product Design I sit between Marketing and Development, providing insight to product management and direction to developers. I have previously designed and managed the development of over 8 commercial products and 15 custom enterprise software . . . - Janice Fraser
- Sachendra Yadav
- Andrew Davis
I've revived and refocused my recruiting business after an unscheduled interlude during which I met my wife-to-be, got married, became a father, spent almost six months in New Zealand, then set up shop again in the SF Bay Area. Synergistech Communications matches seasoned technical communicators - Technical Writers/Information Developers, Illustrators and Graphic Artists, Instructional Designers, Technical Trainers, Courseware Developers, Publications Managers, Web Content . . .
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