SJSU Alumni Symposium
I gave a presentation at the SJSU Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Alumni Symposium describing the lessons learned for our design team in the transition to Agile development. The presentation was well received and a lot of people asked for advice on their own work situations. I also spoke on the Alumni Panel. April 23, 2011.
Graduate Seminar Presentation
I gave a presentation to Dr. Tony Andre's Graduate Seminar class at San Jose State University discussing opportunities for Human Factors graduates and an overview of the major redesign that our Ellie Mae team did with Encompass360. October 29, 2009.
New position
I started working at mortgage software company Ellie Mae as Manager of their User Experience team this week! January 28, 2006.
Student career panel
I participated on the student Career Panel at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society conference in Orlando, giving advice and recommendations to soon-to-be and new grads. September 27, 2005.
PeopleSoft UE alumni
Created an alumni page for PeopleSoft UE team members to stay in contact after the Oracle/PeopleSoft merger.
Another presentation of Remote Contextual Inquiry
Lynn Rampoldi-Hnilo presented our Remote Contextual Inquiry work to attendees of the KM World / Intranets 2004 conference in Santa Clara. October 27, 2004.
Presentation of Remote Contextual Inquiry technique
I delivered a presentation co-authored by Lynn Rampoldi-Hnilo describing Remote Contextual Inquiry to attendees of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society conference in New Orleans. September 24, 2004.
Student career panel
I participated on the student Career Panel at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society conference in New Orleans, giving advice and recommendations to soon-to-be and new grads. September 21, 2004.
BayCHI ROI panel
I participated in a panel discussion entitled "It's More Than ROI: Defining the business value of user-center design" at the BayCHI East Bay Birds of a Feather meeting. August 25, 2004.
Article for boxesandarrows.com
Lynn Rampoldi-Hnilo and I wrote "Remote Contextual Inquiry: A Technique to Improve Enterprise Software" that was published on boxesandarrows.com. RCI is a method for understanding how enterprise software is customized and used. April 20, 2004.
Talaris alumni page
Created an alumni page for former Talaris employees to stay in contact.
IDSA design awards
I attended the IDSA Design Awards with several of my former colleagues from IDEO. It is amazing how work from 4 years ago can still get attention. I accepted the Silver Award for Research for the Medtronic N'Vision handheld programmer for pain management devices with Roshi Givechi and Bill Wurz. The fourth member of the team, Jan Seyberth, is now working in London. October, 2003.
Presentation to SJSU Human Factors Grad Students
Scott Robinson and I gave a guest presentation entitled "User-Centered Design processes at PeopleSoft" to Dr. Tony Andre's graduate students in the San Jose State HF program. October 22, 2003.
Presentation to eBig User Experience Special Interest Group
I presented "User Research for Digital Products" describing the research conducted for the Medtronic N'Vision handheld programmer to attendees of the eBig UE SIG. September 29, 2003.
Presentation to SJSU Human Factors Grad Students
I presented some of my current work at Talaris and provided tips for doing HF work in industry to graduate students in the San Jose State HF program. October 3, 2001.
Presentation to the Bay Area Ergonomic Study Group
I presented "Human Factors and Product Design: Designing an Internet Product for the Elderly" describing the research and design of the Health Buddy. November 9, 1999.