“A consistent experience is a better experience.” —Mark Eberman

SARA WACHTER-BOETTCHER

@sara_ann_marie

BOON SHERIDAN

@boonerang

Boon Sheridan is a designer, thinker and shenaniganist. He has been working in, on and around UX for the last 15 years or so. He’s worked for Fortune 50’s and 5-person shops. He was part of a panel for the first Midwest UX and hungers for more. He’s spoken at EuroIA, the MIMA Summit and guest lectured at UCLA. He can be found on twitter as @boonerang and he’d love to swap stories over a beverage.

JOE SOKOHL

@mojoguzzi

For 20 years, Joe Sokohl has concentrated on crafting excellent user experiences, using information architecture, interaction design, content strategy, and user research. He helps teams effectively integrate appropriate user experience into product development.

Currently the principal of Regular Joe Consulting, LLC, Mr. Sokohl has previously held UX-oriented positions based in Boston, MA; Hamburg, Germany; Richmond, VA; Chicago, IL; and Durham, NC.

He is a cofounder of RUX ( RichmondUX.com). He served on the board of directors of the Interaction Design Association as well.

Oh, and he’s been a soldier, cook, radio DJ, blues road manager, and reporter once upon a time.

COLETTE VARDEMAN

@colettev

Colette Vardeman heads-up Lextant’s User Experience Design practice. Colette designs products that align with people’s desired experiences - built on a deep understanding of the emotional drivers, aspirations, and mental models that trigger their ideal experience. As UX architect she simplifies complex systems and information to reflect people’s natural behaviors for medical, financial, mobile, education, consumer, and enterprise applications. Prior to Lextant Colette led the interaction design teams at Fitch Worldwide and CollegeView. Colette holds interactive design awards from Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)/ IDEA Awards, Communication Arts, CCAD, and special recognition from the White House. Colette holds a BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design.

Sara Wachter-Boettcher is a content strategist and writer based in Tempe, Arizona, where she where she helps clients stop creating endless content and start building strategies that are sustainable, meaningful, and future-ready. She recently left agency-land for independent life and is currently working on her first book, Content Everywhere, with Rosenfeld Media. You can find her slightly off-color commentary on content strategy and related topics at sarawb.com.

Lydia Whitehead

@lydiology

Lydia Whitehead is the design director at SmallBox where she spends much of her time plotting world domination on behalf of usability and thoughtful user experiences. Thanks to a previous life in journalism design, she loves infographics and likes to work with a grid. Nowadays she’s working on finishing her Master’s in HCI at IUPUI and figuring out how to get more hours in the day.

Brian Yeung

@stimulant

For the last decade, Brian has been focused on bringing delightful user experiences to life and shepherding them to fruition. He’s led interface designs as a game designer, as a producer for the system interface and accessories for the Xbox 360, and as a strategist for the Kinect. Most recently he was part of team that created LoopLoop, a music toy for Sifteo cubes that won Best in Show at the Interaction Design Association’s (IxDA) inaugural Interaction Design Awards at the Interaction 12 conference. At Stimulant he’s excited to be exploring new interaction paradigms for technology to facilitate human to human interaction.

Alla Zollers

@azollers

Alla is a passionate and innovative experience consultant. Over the last six years, she has worked as a user experience lead for agencies, startups, and software companies. Alla is also personal coach, and she strives to help individuals create a fulfilling and exceptional life.