UIE.com | Brain Sparks Blog | Web Application Summit | UIE Virtual Seminars User Interface Engineering User Interface Engineering Search uie.com via Google. ____________________ Search Why do we use Google? Skip over navigation * About Us Learn about our clients, consultants, and corporate history. * Services We offer training, expert reviews, and publications. * Events Find out about our conferences, courses, and other places you'll find us. * Publications Read our groundbreaking research in articles and reports. * Participate in a Test Sign up to be usability test participant. Management Team Jared M. Spool, CEO & Founding Principal Jared Spool A software developer and programmer, Jared founded User Interface Engineering in 1988. He has more than 15 years of experience conducting usability evaluations on a variety of products, and is an expert in low-fidelity prototyping techniques. Jared is on the faculty of the Tufts University Gordon Institute and teaches seminars on product usability. He is a member of SIGCHI, the Usability Professionals Association, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the IEEE. Jared is a recognized authority on user interface design and human factors in computing. He is a regular tutorial speaker at the annual CHI conference and Society for Technical Communications conferences around the country. You can reach Jared by calling our office or by sending mail to jspool AT uie DOT com. Christine Perfetti, VP, Client Instruction Christine Perfetti Christine is responsible for User Interface Engineering's business strategy initiatives. She manages UIE's events and training business development. As one of the most requested instructors at User Interface Engineering, Christine has worked with dozens of companies on their toughest web design problems. With her extensive knowledge of human factors and usability testing practices, Christine has been a top-rated presenter at the User Interface Conference, CHI 2001-2005, the Usability Professionals' Association Conference, and STC regional events. She has also taught Human Factors at the Tufts University Gordon Institute for Engineering Management. Christine previously worked at Fidelity Investments, where she was an influential member of their highly-talented instructional design team. She received her Master's degree in Social/Experimental Psychology from Brown University and her Bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester. You can reach Christine by calling our office or by sending mail to cperfetti AT uie DOT com. Joshua Porter, Director, Web Development Joshua Porter Joshua is a leading member of UIE's research team and has written extensively on such topics as Web 2.0, Ajax, web standards, and on-site search systems. Josh shares many of his design thoughts and commentaries on his personal blog: Bokardo.com. Josh is responsible for overseeing the development of the User Interface Engineering's web sites, managing UIE's top notch team of web developers. Josh received his Master's degree in Information Technology and his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He brings with him extensive experience and knowledge in the areas of human factors, usability testing, and web site design and development. You can reach Josh by calling our office or by sending mail to jporter AT uie DOT com. Read our latest usability research the moment we publish it. Sign up for UIEtips: our free email newsletter. Hear about conferences and speakers coming to your area. Our email newsletter is the premier resource for web designers, usability specialists, and information architects. Email: ________________________________________ Name: ________________________________________ Sign Me Up Sample Newsletter Top of page ©1997-2006, User Interface Engineering. 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 800-588-9855 (within U.S. and Canada) or 978 327-5561 Questions or Comments? Talk to Us.