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HIGHLIGHTS

Speaking & 

publishing

  • ACM CHI 93, Iterative Methodology and Designer Training in Human-Computer Interface Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Proceedings of the HFES, 1995, A Comparison of Graphical User Interface Widgets for Various Tasks, Santa Monica, CA.
  • Celebrating 30 Years of Genealogists Using Microcomputers, July 2014, Melbourne, AU
  • Dozens of presentations at genealogy and family history conferences
  • AncestryAcademy, Getting the Most Out of Family Tree Maker, 2014

User

research

  • Contextual Design training with Karen Holtzblatt & Hugh Beyer 
  • Contextual Design interviews
  • Ethnographic research
  • In-person and remote usability testing
  • Unmoderated usability testing
  • Affinity mapping
  • Task analysis
  • Surveys
  • Phone interviews
  • Card sort testing
  • Focus groups
  • Heuristic evaluation/expert reviews
  • System usability scale (SUS)

Awards

  • PC Computing, Best Email and Collaboration Product, Novell GroupWise, 1996.
  • CODiE Award, Best Consumer Productivity Solution, 2006, San Francisco.
  • IDEO, Man of Many Talents award, 2003.
  • Multiple U.S. patents for innovative user interface designs at multiple companies.

Personal

​My greatest honors
  • Married, 41 years
  • Six children
  • Ten grandchildren
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Hobbies
  • Sports
  • History
  • Reading
  • Computers
  • Family history
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Health
  • Excellent
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