- 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.
- Donald Norman
Donald A. Norman is a professor emeritus of cognitive science at University of California, San Diego and a Professor of Computer Science at Northwestern University, but nowadays works mostly with cognitive science in the domain of usability engineering. He also teaches at Stanford University and is a member of the editorial board of Encyclopædia Britannica. He currently splits his time between consulting and his teaching and research at Northwestern and Stanford.
- Alan Cooper
Alan Cooper, an advocate of interaction design, runs a design company and writes books about how to make software user interfaces more usable. Cooper is sometimes called "the father of Visual Basic", although much of work on Visual Basic was done by Microsoft's internal development group. Cooper was the leading force behind VB 1.0 and pioneered the use of an IDE to create a GUI via wrapped calls to system routines in the API (see Adapter pattern).
- Eric Reiss
Eric Reiss has been creating interactive experiences for almost 25 years. Following a long career as a senior copywriter for one of Europe's leading business-to-business advertising agencies, he founded the Copenhagen-based consultancy E-Reiss ApS in January, 2001 (that's 010101 for you binary types - more info at www.e-reiss.com).
- Bruce Tognazzini
Bruce Tognazzini is a usability consultant in partnership with Donald Norman and Jakob Nielsen in the Nielsen Norman Group, which specializes in human computer interaction. He was with Apple Computer for many years, then with Sun Microsystems and then WebMD. He has written two books, "Tog on Interface" and "Tog on Software Design", and he publishes the webzine "Asktog", with the tagline "Interaction Design Solutions for the Real World".
- Scott Meyers
Scott Meyers is the author of several books on object oriented programming and especially the C++ computer programming language. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown University and M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. Meyers is planning on writing a book titled "The Keyhole Problem".
- Peter Gutmann
Peter Gutmann is a computer scientist in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; he also received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Auckland. Interested in computer security issues, including security architecture, security usability (or more precisely the lack thereof), and hardware security, he has discovered assorted flaws in publicly released cryptosystems and protocols.
- Kenneth Udut
offers Naples Online Marketing, Collier County's Electronic Village at http://free.naplesplus.us also animal trapping company, Excel guru, researcher, composer, fascinated by the interconnected nature of all things, amateur scientist.
- Michelle Hinn
Michelle Hinn is the current chairperson of the IGDA's Game Accessibility Special Interest Group, a game industry advocacy group for creating mainstream games accessible to gamers with disabilities. She is involved with GameAccessibility.com, a game accessibility project funded by the Bartiméus Accessibility Foundation, and is the Vice-President of the Game Division of DonationCoder.com. Hinn has a bachelor's degree in music performance, a bachelor's degree in psychology, …
- Ben Kamprath
Building better experiences through engaging design. We make it curve with style...
- Regis Magyar
Regis L. Magyar, Ph.D. (born May 25, 1949 in DeLand, Florida) is a Certified Human Factors Professional and Consultant specializing in Human-Computer Interaction, Web Site Usability, User interface design, and System Usability testing. He is best known for his research and development of the IBM converged alphanumeric keyboard that is now the de facto keyboard design used by virtually every PC and computer manufacturer.
- David Casalini
Anyone can cook!
- Teresa Colombi
I'm Italian, living in France since 2000. After 2 Master degrees and a PhD in cognitive psychology and ergonomics, I've found my own consulting company, LudoTIC.
- Patrizia Bertini
My primary activities concern Accessibility Auditing and tests, both checking compliance with W3C raccomandations and working with disabled people to verify that everything works on assistive Technologies. I've done that for banks and Universities. I do project management, consultancy and co-ordinate teams of technicians and web developers in order to ensure a fully accessible product. I also teach and do training both for companies and Universities and do researches both independently . . .
- Daniela Dell'Aquila
Coordinamento di progetto; progettazione grafica, editing testi e immagini; controlli usabilità, accessibilità, standard web e css. Esperienze precedenti: Organizzazione e gestione contenuti editoriali: dalla progettazione editoriale, in sinergia con il marketing (valutazione delle proposte, analisi del mercato, stesura del progetto, progettazione grafica; editoriale, pianificazione tempi e costi) alla sua realizzazione (editing dei testi, ricerche iconografiche, fasi di . . .
- Paul Willard
Online product manager, heavy on UI and data.
- 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.
- Ilaria Salvalaggio
- Lisa McMillan
Lets just call me the most stalkable girl on earth. And the least interesting. Which is a good fit.
- 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.
- David Bartel
Work: * Creative Director (9 years of agency experience in NYC, Paris and Philadelphia, awards etc.) but have moved to Information architecture, interaction design and business analysis. i just love that stuff. -------- Personal:Music/art collective. photography.
- Sarah Kampman
I'm the User Experience Architect at Planview, in charge of UI design, usability, and the user experience. I've also been a Product Manager, Technical Writer, and webmaster at other software companies in California and Texas.
- Sachendra Yadav
- Bart van Roey
- Marcus Taylor
- Frank Spillers
Frank has been recognized for his contribution to the field of Usability Engineering, contributing as a subject matter expert in Human Factors Engineering for the National Skills Standards Board (U.S. Dept. of Labor) and as one of 30 current leading experts in the field of task analysis (user research). His innovative technique for capturing user behavior was recently published in the Handbook of Task Analysis for Human Computer Interaction (Jan. 2004).
- Walter Vannini
- Andy Edmonds
- Carol Righi
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.
- 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 . . .
- 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).
- Regnard Kreisler C. Raquedan
Award-winning and certified web developer with strengths in web and user-interface design, information architecture, usability, graphic design and project management
- Carmelo Cutuli
Born on spring's equinox in the same year of moonlanding and Woodstock concert from a well known sicilian family. Carmelo actually lives in Rome but very frequently goes to Catania where he is the Director of Interactive Communication Dpt. at ISSRF involved in high tech district of Etna Valley. He also goes very often to Milan where he is a member of the board of some professional associations and often travels to London, New York, Chicago, Paris and other countries for work. From . . .
- Rob Hofker
well over ten years experience in various developer positions; web design & development has become a specialization in recent years; thorough expertise in XHTML / CSS / JavaScript; ASP.NET / C#; but also databases, web servers the whole shebang;Also passionate about field hockey; both as a player and as a coach. In my freetime I am qualified trainer.
- Sean Dreilinger
http://durak.org/sean/.
- Maksim Gulevich
Manager of UI Design Department (EPAM Systems), UI, Graphical and Web Designer
- 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.
- Tom Michiels
- Jay Morgan
Work: Applied cognitive science, Information architecture, Usability engineering, User experience research and design, eCommerce, Content management, Process refinement, Experimental research, Data analysis; Education: Cognitive science (cognitive psychology, linguistics, neuroscience), Comprehension, Mental models, Spatial cognition, Calculus and analytical geometry, Chemistry, German; Practice: Raising a son, Being a husband, Observing people, Getting lost in daydreams, Learning to be . . .