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- Instone, Keith
Keith Instone
This is my professional site where I blog, post presentations and writings, and fold in content from my other sites.
- Noldus Information Technology
Noldus Information Technology
"Tools for HCI research and usability testing"
- Thought Leadership | The Usability People
The Usability People provide recruiting, job placement and User Experience (UX) consultation services.
- Allied Testing
* United Kingdom; United States; Russia; Moldova
info@alliedtesting.com
Allied provides a proprietary methodology to assess the usability of a web site,
software tools for fast and effective testing, and automatically generated reports.
- Usability professionals consultants list
* many locations
- Philips Design - Interactive Services
* many locations worldwide
Philips Design
We offer our design services, including Interactive Design, to a wide portfolio of clients,
active in industries ranging from consumer electronics, domestic appliances, consumer and
professional lighting applications, city beautification, transportation, telecommunications
and more.
- User Intelligence
English
Amsterdam
User Intelligence
Victor Geerdink
geerdink@userintelligence.com
User Intelligence delivers User Experience services that can be instigated in various stages of the project life-cycle.
- Ergonomics in Australia
Australia
Mark Dohrmann and Partners Pty Ltd
mark@ergonomics.com.au
"workplace planning and injury prevention"
- Performance Technologies Group (PTG)
Australia
Craig Errey
craige@ptg-global.com
We ensure that your technology investments deliver real business outcomes -- compelling
customer experience, better staff efficiency and a stronger platform to compete more effectively.
PTG provides strategy, requirements, user interface design, development
- Hiser Group
Australia, Melbourne
The Hiser Group (Melbourne)
Sarah Bloomer
sarahb@mel.hiser.com.au
Australian consultancy in user interface design and interaction design since 1991.
- UCDesign Australia
Australia, Melbourne
UCDesign Pty Ltd
Helen Kieboom
hkieboom@ucdesign.com.au
Australian HCI and web evaluation
- Different
Australia, NSW, Sydney
Different
Clarissa Mattingly
clarissa.mattingly@different.com.au
Strategic, multi-disciplinary Sydney and Melbourne based company passionate on
delivering experience design.
- Look and Feel Australia
Australia, NSW, Sydney
Look and Feel Australia
Cliff Wilding
info@lookandfeel.com.au
Australian user-centred design consultants with extensive experience in web site and
application user interface design, usability testing, IT strategy consulting and
user-centred marketing. Australasian and US experience.
- Working Armour - Occupational Health and Safety - Safety Consultants
English
Australia, NSW, Sydney
Working Armour
Julie Armour
julie@workingarmour.com.au
Analysis of human factors and ergonomic interaction with computers from a physical and cognitive ergonomic perspective.
- Peak Usability are web usability and accessibility consultants based in Brisbane, Australia.
English
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane
Peak Usability
Tania Lang
info@peakusability.com.au
Peak Usability is a web usability and accessibility consultancy based in Brisbane, Australia.
We work with business to help achieve their business goals by facilitating the development of
highly usable and effective websites, intranet sites and applications. In addition to our core
team of consultants, Peak Usability have partnerships with ICT consultancy and design firms to
deliver end-to-end solutions to meet all of our client's needs. Peak Usability is a Queensland
Government GITC V5
accredited business (Term Agreement Q-2171) and an Australian Government Endorsed Supplier under the Commonwealth Government's Endorsed Supplier Arrangement (ESA).
- Clive Conway. Experience designer, Information architect and Technical writer
English
Australia, South Australia, Adelaide
Clive Conway
me@cliveconway.com
Clive Conway is a consulting Experience designer, Information architect and Tech writer
based in South Australia and serving clients globally.
- Hiser Group (Sydney)
Australia, Surry Hills (Sydney), New South Wales
Susan Wolfe
susanw@syd.hiser.com.au
- Quoin Technology: Performance Support Consultants
Australia, Sydney
Quoin Technology Pty Ltd
Theresa Masterton
theresa_masterton@quoin.com.au
Usability consultants and web interface development.
- Reuten Consulting
Australia, VIC, Melbourne
Reuten
Mark Reuten
mark@reuten.com.au
Reuten is a consulting firm providing companies with useful and easy to use interactive
products. We offer information architecture, user experience and usability evaluation
services.
- Addictive Media - User Experience Design
English
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Addictive Media
Andreas Boehmer
aboehmer@addictivemedia.com.au
Focused on Usability and Accessibility Consulting and Development
- Echo Interaction Design
English
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Echo Interaction Design
Shane Morris
shane@echointeraction.com.au
User interface design and usability consultancy based in Melbourne and working throughout the
region. 15 years experience in GUI's, web, mobile and devices.
- Scenario: risk management and human factors consulting
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Scenario
Mark Andrew
mark@scenario.net.au
Human Factors and Risk Management services focusing on high reliability industries.
- Stamford Interactive
English
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Stamford Interactive
Paul Cruse
info@stamfordinteractive.com.au
Stamford Interactive is a wholly Australian owned usability and user-centred design
consultancy based in Melbourne and Canberra and operating nationally.
- Usability One - User Interface Research and Evaluation
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
Toby Biddle
toby@UsabilityOne.com
Australian usability consultants
- eager beaver media - web consultants
Australia, Victoria, Melbourne
eager beaver media pty ltd
Natasha Wood
nwood@eagerbeavermedia.com
eager beaver media is a print and online media company specialising in web development: web
usability, information architecture, print-to-online content conversion and online content provision.
Corporate writing and editing services are also provided.
- Holzinger, Andreas
Austria
Institute of Medical Informatics Graz University
Andreas Holzinger
andreas.holzinger@meduni-graz.at
Research and Consulting to realize easier, simpler and faster usable Information Systems.
- Interface Consult
Austria, Vienna
Martina Manhartsberger
mm@usability.at
- USECON - The Usability Consultants GmbH
German English
Austria, Vienna
Peter Messner
usecon@usecon.com
USECON focuses on the needs and expectations of human beings as well as on human
beviour to define conrete requirements for the development of systems and user
interfaces. Usecon provides consulting, quality assurance and human centric solutions
for optimized usability through the whole development process of products and systems.
- Global User Experience blog
English
Belgium, Antwerp
290s
Peter Van Dijck
petervandijck@gmail.com
A blog and consultancy focused on global user experience and information architecture.
Includes free reports and such.
- Human Interface Group, European usability company
English
Belgium, Antwerp, Mechelen
Human Interface Group
Johan Verhaegen
johan.verhaegen@higroup.com
Human Interface Group is a European usability company. We give technology a 'human face', no matter the
business, industry, applied development methodology or development phase.
- AGConsult: web usability & information architecture
English, Dutch, French
Belgium, Boom
AGConsult
Karl Gilis
karl.gilis@agconsult.be
AGConsult is a Belgium based company of web usability experts and information architects.
We do research, teach seminars and give advice about web usability to private companies and government agencies.
- Fosatti, Ferruccio
English
Belgium, Brussels
Ferruccio Fossati
ferrucciofossati@yahoo.com
The internet site of Ferruccio Fossati, an IT professional, based in Belgium,
with strong interests on usability engineering that promote the user centered
approach to computer technology development.
- Namahn
Belgium, Brussels
Namahn
Joannes Vandermeulen
jv@namahn.com
Company web site with resources area
- User interface & usability testing services
English
Belgium, Brussels
ux consult
Liesbeth Weeghmans
liesbeth.weeghmans@uxconsult.be
ux consult is specialize in user interface design, usability tests, expert evaluations, customer
journeys, ...
- The Portal Company
Dutch English French
Belgium, OVL, Gavere
The Portal Company
Christopher Willems
info@portalcompany.be
Consultancy on effective website design: usability studies and search engine
optimalisation.
- Lucrat Ltd. - Usability services in Bulgaria
English, Bulgarian
Bulgaria, Sofia
Alexander Radev
alex@lucrat.net
Lucrat offers usability services in Bulgaria. We focus primarily on Internet products.
- Web Mystery Shoppers International Inc.
Canada, Alberta, Edmonton
Web Mystery Shoppers International Inc.
Tema Frank
tema@webmysteryshoppers.com
Testing method has trained, paid testers provide feedback and
evaluations of web sites page-by-page as they work from their own computers.
- Hibbitts, Paul D.
Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver
Hibbitts Design
Paul D. Hibbitts
paul@paulhibbitts.com
Interaction designer Paul D. Hibbitts of Hibbitts Design provides user interface design services,
including usability evaluations and education, to local and national clients.
- VKI Studios - Website Usability and Internet Marketing Consultants
English
Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver
VKI Studios
John Hossack
jhossack@vkistudios.com
Providing heuristic evaluations, user testing, user centered design, Internet marketing, SEO,
and PPC campaign management.
- Akendi Experience design
English
Canada, Ontario
Akendi
Ian Chalmers
ian@akendi.com
End-to-end experience design consulting company.
- Human Factors MD Inc.
Canada, Ontario, Brampton
Tim Reeves
tim@humanfactorsmd.com
Making medical and scientific technology usable.
- Concept Interactive Inc
Canada, Ontario, Cambridge
Matthew Campbell
mcampbell@conceptinc.ca
We design for your customers, employees, partners and suppliers. They all are seek
information, need to perform tasks, they desire efficiency, we seek to satisfy their goals.
Concept solutions are structured to improve information access and deployment, we use
usability testing and accessibility design to solidify an already well thought out workflow
framework. From large-scale content management systems to intranet portal workflow, we work
together with our in-house developers to ensure everything from front-end to backend
support systems are easy to use.
- Convergent Design Inc
Canada, Ontario, Kanata
"Helping you design 'products that understand people'"
- Human Oriented Technology Lab (HOT Lab)
English
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Carleton University
Richard F. Dillon
ddillon@ccs.carleton.ca
The HOT Lab is a university-based centre for research, education, and consulting that strives to
improve interactive technologies for human endeavors with an emphasis on human computer interaction and
a user-centred design approach.
- Maskery & Associates Inc
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Maskery & Associates
Helen Maskery
maskery@maskery.ca
"Making technology usable"
- Neo Insight - Customer Experience Specialists
English
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Neo Insight
Mike Atyeo
info@neoinsight.com
Neo Insight provides evaluation, design, and training on the customer experience.
Our services include information architecture, user interface and Web site design,
usability testing, heuristic evaluation. We have many years' experience of working with
business, government and non-profit clients.
- Positive Interaction, Inc.
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Dick Penn
dpenn@acm.org
- User-Centered Design Services in Ottawa by Hilary Little Ideation & Design
English
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
Hilary Little Ideation & Design
Hilary Little
Hilary@hilarylittle.com
Hilary Little Ideation & Design provides user experience design services for small busineses, start-ups,
bloggers, non profits and educational institutions. Based in Ottawa, Ontario, I work with clients both near
and far.
- uiConsulting: Providing complete interface design and development services for websites,
intranets, and software applications.
Canada, Ontario, Ottawa
uiConsulting
Hilary Little
hilarylittle@uiconsulting.com
Providing complete interface design and development services for websites, intranets,
and software applications.
Our specialty is creating usable and accessible web interfaces.
- Ardelius - Usability Management and Experience Consulting
English
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Ardelius - Usability Management and Experience Consulting
Tedde van Gelderen
business@ardelius.com
Consulting firm specialising in user experience design, usability, service experience design and management.
- Behavioural Team, A Corporation
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Ben Barkow
dr.ben@bteam.com
Bringing Applied Psychology and Information Design to enhance usability...
30 years experience and hundreds of clients
- ClickInsight Corp. Web Analytics Consulting
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
ClickInsight Corporation
June Li
June.Li@ClickInsight.ca
Web analytics consultant providing Web site and analytics assessments.
Recommendations integrate usability and HCI design with online marketing and search.
- Don Hameluck Usability Consulting Inc.
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Don Hameluck Usability Consulting Inc.
Don Hameluck
don.hameluck@dh-usability.com
Usability services for business systems, technical systems, and the Internet.
- ERGO/GERO
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
John W. Senders
ergo@ergogero.com
"ERGO/GERO consultancy which specializes in both technical and legal aspects of human factors, performance and error."
- HCI and usability consulting, training and portable evaluation labs
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Userlab Inc.
Russ Brown
russ@userlab.com
Experienced HCI and usability consultants and trainers
- Interpix Design Inc.
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Interpix Design Inc.
Murray Sanders
murray@interpixdesign.com
Consulting company focused on the design of software that is Simply Useful.
- Performance by Design
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Performance by Design
Frances Bowles
frances@pbd.ca
Consulting firm specializing in product usability and interface design of desktop and web applications.
- Sandy Feldman: beautiful, usable & accessible websites
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Sandy Feldman
sandy@sandyfeldman.com
We create beautiful, usable and accessible websites for artists, academics, small business owners and non-profit
organizations.
- Usability Matters
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Usability Matters
Sarah English
info@usabilitymatters.ca
Usability Matters provides information architecture and usability services that
result in usable digital products.
- this is datapanik
Canada, Ontario, Toronto
datapanik
Adam Smith
info@datapanik.com
datapanik provides user interface design, user centered design, and usability services for software and
hardware developers.
- merges
Canada, Ontario, Toronto (Richmond Hill)
merges
Adam Baker
adam@merges.net
merges is an interaction design & interface design consultancy,
offering user-centered design and analysis services to make
products and websites more effective.
- Ergonaute Consulting
Canada, Ontario, Toronto / Montreal
Ergonaute Consulting
Rami Tabbah
rami@ergonaute.net
Rami Tababh, M.Eng, has 12 years experience in UI design and usability. He is the
founder of Ergonaute Consulting, lectures at Polytechnique of Montreal and is the
communication chair of TORCHI.
- Quarry Integrated Communications, Inc.
Canada, Ontario, Waterloo
Deborah Maskens
dmaskens@quarry.com
- User Element
English
Canada, Ontario, Waterloo
User Element
Linda Kerley
linda.kerley@userelement.com
User interface design services in Waterloo, Ontario. Providing user research, requirements gathering, interaction and
usability design, visual design, usability testing and assessments for software and hardware applications as well as
websites.
- Cognitive Group - Usefulness and Usability Consulting
Canada, Quebec, Montreal
Francois Aubin
faubin@cognitivegroup.com
- Yu Centric - Usability Expertise
French English
Canada, Quebec, Montreal
Joëlle Stemp
info@yucentrik.ca
User-Centered Design and evaluation of interactive systems.
- Sino-European Usability Center
English, Chinese
China, Dalian
Sino-European Usability Center, Dalian Maritime University
Zhengjie Liu
liuzhj@dlmu.edu.cn
Founded in 2000, Sino-European Usability Center is an usability/HCI research lab and
consultancy in China with a team of around 40. It works on projects sponsored by international
companies and public funds. It offers Master and PhD programs in HCI.
- Apogee Usability Asia Ltd
English
China, Hong Kong
Apogee Usability Asia Ltd
Daniel Szuc
dszuc@apogeehk.com
Apogee Usability Asia Ltd ("Apogee") is an Asian Usability Research &
consulting services provider. Apogee is based in Hong Kong, China.
- Customer input Limited
English
China, Hong Kong
Customer input Limited
David Jacques
info@customerinput.com
Customer research and usability consultancy in Asia with usability lab facilities.
- Microsoft Consulting Services
Denmark, Ballerup
Jakob Nielsen
jakobpn@microsoft.com
- Snitker & Co - Global User Experience Research
English, Danish
Denmark, Copenhagen
Snitker & Co
Thomas VIsby Snitker
thomas@snitker.com
Does your company or organisation need to evaluate if and how its communication reaches its intended audience?
Let us help you define and address your needs -- applying qualitative or quantitative methods, or a combination.
- DialogDesign
Danish English
Denmark, Stenlose
Rolf Molich
molich@acm.org
- interUX Usability Engineering Studio OÜ
English
Estonia, Tallinn
interUX Usability Engineering Studio OÜ
Ivan Burmistrov
Ivan@interUX.com
User experience consultancy offering a full range of user-centered design and evaluation services including user
interface design and prototyping, expert evaluations, field studies, usability testing and eye tracking.
- Idean Research Ltd
English Finnish
Finland, Espoo
Idean Research Ltd
Marjut Mutanen
marjut.mutanen@ideanresearch.com
Idean Research provides user
experience research and consulting services. Our main
focus areas are User Experience Research and Mobile Development Services.
- Adage Oy - Usability Services
Finland, Helsinki
Adage Oy
Janne Tompuri
janne.tompuri@adage.fi
Providing usability services such as heuristic evaluation and usability testing.
- Etnoteam Finland Oy
English, Finnish
Finland, Helsinki
Etnoteam Finland
Jonas Hafren
sales@etnoteam.fi
An international usability and user experience company. We provide usability testing, evaluations, user interface design
and user research services.
- Interacta Design
Finland, Helsinki
Sari A. Laakso
sari@interacta.fi
- Usability testing in France and Europe
French, English
France
Axance
Frederic Gaillard
gaillard@axance.com
Provides all usability services in multiple countries in Europe
- Robert Wisbey
France, Nantes
Robert Wisbey
info@robertwisbey.com
Robert Wisbey is a contract technical author and freelance web designer based in
Nantes, France. Web site includes client list, technical documentation samples, CV,
availability information, searchable glossary of terms, freelance forum and live
web cam.
- Alex Poole - Consultant en ergonomie | Consultant in interaction design
Francais French English
France, Paris
Alex Poole
alex@alexpoole.info
Design and development of interactive systems that are useful,
usable, accessible and appealing.
Developpement et conception de systemes interactifs utiles, accessibles, faciles a
utiliser et attrayants.
- Design for Lucy
French English
France, Paris
Fred Fuchs
ffuchs@designforlucy.com
Web usability : testing, expert review, field research, localization.
Results delivered in English or French.
- SIMPLE D'USAGE, user experience optimization
French English
France, Paris
Dolcevista, Inc.
Eric Guitteaud
contact@simpledusage.fr
SIMPLE D'USAGE is a usability service dedicated to user experience optimization. By
Dolcevista France Office
- Usabilis - Web & Software Usability Consulting
French
France, Paris
Jean-Francois Nogier
nogier@usabilis.com
Usabilis is a French consulting agency providing usability engineering services for web
and user interface design.
abilis.com
- Utilisabilite du logiciel - Software Usability
French
France, Paris
Jean-Francois Nogier
jf.nogier@free.fr
Consultancy services in software and web site design
- Conseil en conception de logiciel et de sites internet
- Yuseo : The new technologies usability agency
French
France, Paris
Christian Bastien
cbastien@yuseo.com
Yuseo is a usability agency specialised in new technologies (Web, hand held devices, etc.).
Consultants are ergonomists and usability specialists.
- axance.com "web user experience"
French English
France, Paris
Frederic Gaillard
gaillard@axance.com
Web usability testing, and web user experience assessment.
- A2D Internet Marketing :: Webdesign Agentur :: InterMedia Services
German, English, French
Germany
A2D
Mike Tan
taipanxl@gmx.net
Usability consultancy and webdesign agency located in Germany since 2004.
- CUP User Interface Design
German
Germany
CUP GmbH
Markus Weidemann
info@c-u-p.de
- ProContext GmbH (Germany)
German
Germany
Thomas Geis
thomas.geis@procontext.com
ProContext is a usability service provider focussing on contextual inquiry, user needs
analysis and conceptual design.
- Suchmaschinenoptimierung
German
Germany
Timur
info@senkrecht-it.com
Usability consultancy and webdesign agency located in Germany since 2004.
- User Interface Design GmbH
German, English, Swedish, Spanish
Germany, Baden-Württemberg / Bavaria / Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ludwigsburg, Dortmund, Mannheim, Munich
User Interface Design GmbH
Marion Gottschling
pressekontakt@uid.com
User Interface Design GmbH (UID) is aiming for optimal user interfaces for our customers, which are intuitive,
attractive, and innovative based on user-centered design processes.
- UID User Research -- Solutions for usability testing, user experience and user centered design.
German, English, Swedish, Spanish
Germany, Baden-Württemberg / Nordrhein-Westfalen / Bayern, Ludwigsburg, Dortmund, Mannheim, München
User Interface Design GmbH
Marion Gottschling
pressekontakt@uid.com
A product is successful if it is easy, efficient and enjoyable to use. UID User Research can help you understand the
current status of your product's quality of use. User Interface Design GmbH (UID) consults with you on and supports you
with your individual user research study.
- facit digital - Research for the digital experience.
German, English
Germany, Bavaria, Munich
facit digital GmbH
Christian Bopp
info@facit-digital.de
facit digital is a research and consulting company for digital media. We support
our clients during the entire development process of digital interfaces like
websites, intranets, mobile phones etc.
- eye square - market research
German, English, Italian, French, Chinese
Germany, Berlin
eye square GmbH
Sabrina Duda
eye@eye-square.com
eye square offers usability, branding and eyetracking services.
- relevantive - user experience architecture
German
Germany, Berlin
relevantive AG
Marcel Froehlich
mf@relevantive.de
User experience consulting in Germany:
user research - strategy - conceptual development - usability testing - optimization.
- scoreberlin - Strategic Consulting, Research & Evaluation
German
Germany, Berlin
scoreberlin internet consulting & communication
Marcus Voelkel
mv@scoreberlin.de
Usability, Consulting & Communication
Heuristic evaluations, usability tests and analyses, articles on web and content usability.
- akziv gmbh (Germany) - Usability-Engineering and Software-Ergonomics
German
Germany, Bremen, Bremen
akziv gmbh (Germany)
Uwe Haupt
haupt@akziv.de
akziv gmbh - a spin-off from University of Bremen - Usability isn't the problem
- it's the solution.
- TUV Secure iT - Certified IT Quality through independent experts
Germany, Cologne
TUV Secure iT GmbH
Thomas Geis
thomas.geis@de.tuv.com
Usability testing of interactive products (software and hardware) based on ISO
9241-10 and ISO 9241-11.
- ion2s - buero fuer interaktion
German
Germany, Darmstadt
ion2s
Sebastian Sauer
sebastian.sauer@ion2s.com
ion2s is a company for intelligent interaction concepts and user interface design.
They develop easy to use human computer interfaces for software, mobile devices and
computer based systems.
- Dresdner Usability-Beratung
German
Germany, Dresden
Dresdner Usability-Beratung
Gunter Dubrau
gunter@dubrau.de
- User Experience Managements
German English
Germany, Dusseldorf/Essen
UE-Management
Ralph Hinderberger
contact@ue-management.com
user experience, usability and human factors
- BIGPiNG! - Usability and Universal Accessibility in Web Design
Germany, Hamburg
BIGPiNG! oHG
Ulrich S. Kapp
kapp@bigping.de
BIGPiNG! realizes barrier-free, usable and W3C validated Webdesign in XHTML 1.0 Strict and
CSS2.
- Webdesign - Hamburg - BIGPiNG!
German
Germany, Hamburg
BIGPiNG! OHG
Ulrich S. Kapp
kapp@bigping.de
Die BIGPiNG! OHG realisiert barrierefreies und benutzerfreundliches Webdesign in XHTML und
CSS2 nach W3C validiert.
- Webdesign Hamburg
German, English
Germany, Hamburg
Effektor
Dag Oellerking
d.oellerking@effektor.de
Experienced usability consultancy and webdesign studio located in Hamburg since 1998.
- Webdesign Hamburg
German
Germany, Hamburg
Designs and builds online applications that are engaging, useful and usable for communication, consultation and
collaboration.
- human interface.design "designing usability joys"
German English
Germany, Hamburg
human interface.design
Frank Jacob
fjacob@human-interface.de
hi.d is a design studio specialized in the user interface design development for
technical products and software applications.
- Savigny User Research
Deutsch, English
Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg
Savigny User Research
Peter V. Savigny
pvs@savigny-userresearch.de
Research on the real everyday usage of websites, intranets, mobile applications and
software delivers added value over usability lab testing.
- torbar web usability
German
Germany, Hannover
Torsten Bartel
torsten.bartel@torbar.de
Usability Evaluation, Usability Testing, Web Site Optimization, Mobile Devices
- usability.de - Usability Company in Germany
German, English
Germany, Hanover
usability.de
Torsten Bartel
info@usability.de
usability.de specialists for usability testing, eye tracking, usability analysis
- Visuelle Kommunikation im Print- und Digitalbereich
German
Germany, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hansestadt Rostock
medienlab | werbeagentur
Mike Schönfelder
kontakt@medienlab.de
- HCI Specification Open Knowledge
German
Germany, Munich
Paul Chlebek
p.chlebek@benutzeroberflaeche.de
Whitepapers und Essays uer Methoden und Werkzeuge der Oberflahenentwicklung.
- Digital District GmbH - Usability & User Experience
German
Germany, Northrhine-Westfalia, Dusseldorf
Digital District GmbH
Alex Stojanovic
as@digitaldistrict.de/
Digital District is an agency for digital communications and offers usability and user
experience services. Digital District invented the TIDE(TM) model, which is dedicated to a Total
Integrated Digital Experience.
- CausaUse Usability & User Experience Consulting
German
Germany, Reutlingen
CausaUse Consulting
Marc-Oliver Kirsammer
info@causause.de
CausaUse is an Usability and User Experience Consultancy in Germany. We offer a wide range of usability engineering
services e.g. usability testing, prototyping, card sorting, cognitive walkthrough and heuristic evaluation.
- ERGOSIGN - User centred design services
German, English
Germany, Saarbruecken, Hamburg
ERGOSIGN GmbH
Marcus Plach
contact@ergosign.de
Our user centred design services comprise user interface design, icon design, styleguide
development, usability testing and software development.
- Webdesign Saar Internetagentur
German
Germany, Saarland Saarbrucken
media2be Agentur fuer Neue Medien, Marketing und Handel
Kai Muller
kmueller@media2be.de
media2be erstellt in Saarbrucken Konzepte und Losungen fur alle Bereiche der
Online-Kommunikation. Kosten-G?nstig und professionell.
- Centigrade GmbH
German, English
Germany, Saarland, Saarbruecken
Centigrade GmbH
Markus Weber
markus.weber@centigrade.de
Centigrade provides services in the areas of usability engineering, user interface design, user interface development
and icon design. Services offered include requirements gathering, usability evaluations, exclusive screen and icon designs
as well as specialized Java GUI components and Look and Feels.
- sbihl - Webdesign barrierefrei
German
Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Ellerau
Stefan Bihl
hcibib_org@sbihl.de
Erstellung von barrierefreien Websites und Beratung zum Thema Usability.
- Bogo Vatovec Consulting
German
Germany, Tolmin
Bogo Vatovec
bogo.vatovec (at) bovacon.com
Designing Business Interaction
- ôlyvon - Interactive content and usability
English Greek Spanish
Greece, Athens
olyvon
Yolanda Martin
yolanda@olyvon.com
ôlyvon was founded to support companies create digital
solutions which customers and employees use resourcefully, productively and efficiently.
- Innovart SA
Greece, Athens
Spyros Michailidis
Spyros.Michailidis@innovart.gr
- hci.gr - HCI Greece
Greece, Patras
University of Patras, Computer Engineering and Informatics Department
Spiros Sirmakessis
syrma@cti.gr
hci.gr is the first usability service provider for Greece. We provide design guidelines and evaluation to
interactive systems, such as e-commerce applications (b-b & b-c), multimedia applications, e-learning environments
and e-banking services.
- Complete web usability, quality standards, testing, evaluation, auditing and
implementation professionals. Bangalore, India
India, Bangalore
Websickle Usability Consulting
Vidya Gopinath
vidya@websickle.com
We help you profit from your web presence by reaching, attracting, converting and
retaining maximum users cost effectively through usability, best practices, w3c quality
standards and usage centered web designing.
- Ergoworks Inc
English
India, Bangalore
info@ergoworksinc.com
Primary healthcare and safety solutions and Ergonomic assistance in India.
Learn about Ergonomic Product Design and how to recover from RSI / WMSD
and also how to set up a new office.
- Human Factors Research & Design
English
India, Bangalore
Human Factors Research & Design
sabina.krishna@humanfactorsrnd.com
A full service User Experience & Research organization.
Our experience spans across Europe, Asia and Middle East region.
We support & engage in various UX & research projects in
EMEA, APAC, UK, Emerging Markets (Brazil, Russia, India and China).
Our state of the art mobile and fixed labs are designed for all User Experience (UX) study needs supported by our TUX
service verticals.
- Bapu, Kaladhar
English
India, Hyderabad
UsabilityMatters.Org
Kaladhar Bapu
kbapu@usabilitymatters.org
Kaladhar Bapu is a user experience designer.
- Kern Communications
India, Hyderabad
Kern Communications
Ripul Kumar
ripul@kern-comm.com/
Kern provides user research and full lifecycle usability consulting mainly to software product
development companies in India.
- User Interaction Services from India
English
India, Hyderabad
UiSER Innovations PvtLtd
Venkat Korasala
design@uiser.com
We are a team working in Usability, Interactive Design and Graphic Design.
We offer: design and evaluation services for integrated & multifunctional
solutions that help our customers and partners in their business.
- HyenaLabs.com: Usability UX & Information Technology Consulting Services
English
India, KA Bangalore
BE
Arjun Ram
iinted@gmail.com
- Bardo Usability Design Consultants
English
India, Karnataka, Bangalore
Bardo
Sathish Kumar
info@bardo.in
Bardo is a Bangalore based Usability Design consultancy specializing in Information
Architecture, User Interaction Design and User Interface Design.
- Deshpande, Amit | Online Presence
India, Karnataka, Bangalore
Amit Deshpande
cybabah @ rediifmail . com
Design Portfolio...Witness metamorphosis...
- Muthukumar, R
India, Karnataka, Bangalore
R. Muthukumar
muthuonline@gmail.com
- Usability and Product Engineering Consultancy
English
India, Karnataka, Bangalore
Usability Consulting India
Muralidhar Koteshwar
mk@usable.in
Two decades of Product Engineering and Usability experience for companies like Xerox, Tektronix, Celstream, Trilogy
- Usability and Service Design for non traditional user communities
India, Karnataka, Bangalore
Center for Knowledge Societies
Amit Pande
amit@ict4d.info
CKS is an Interaction Design and usability research resource in South Asia
focusing on non traditional user communities.
- Genesis Usability and Human Factors
India, Maharashtra, Pune
Genesis Multidesigners
Atul Manohar
atul@genesishci.com
Applying Product design principals to software products and web sites
- suavDesign
India, Maharashtra, Pune
suaveDesign
Sameer Chavan
info@sameerchavan.com
We are Industrial Designers providing services for Software Usability & Product User
interface Design.
- Human Factors International Pvt. Ltd.
India, Mumbai
Abhijit Thosar
abhijit@humanfactors.com
Consulting and training in software usability.
- Indian Usability and HCI Scenario
English
India, Pune
dineshkatre@yahoo.co.in
Dinesh Katre
dineshkatre@yahoo.co.in
HCI Vistas e-Journal presents insights into various multi-disciplinary aspects of
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Usability through brief articles, research papers and
Comptoons. It is meant to encourage and support the budding HCI/Usability practitioners.
- SuaveDesign
India, Pune
SuaveDesign
info@suavedesign.com
We are Industrial Designers providing services for Software Usability & Product User
interface Design
- TRANSLATE-EACH :: RFID and Human-centred Design solutions
Indonesia, Jakarta, Jakarta
TRANSLATE-EASY
TRANSLATE-EASY translates ideas into RFID and Human-centred Design solutions by
emphasising on the innovative cost-reduction and cost-effective approaches.
- Frontend
Ireland, Dublin
Frontend
James Ivory
james.ivory@frontend.com
Frontend provides user-centred interface design for e-business, software applications,
mobile services and a variety of other digital devices.
- Heraghty Internet Consultants
English
Ireland, Dublin
Heraghty Internet Consultants
Michael Heraghty
enquiries@heraghty.net
Heraghty Internet provides a range of design, consulting and usability services. We marry a
website's objectives with its users' needs.
- V-Ness User Interface Engineering
Israel
Ness
Anat S. Amir
ui-info@ness.com
A UI design and Usability Testing team that provides a variety of services
(including formal usability testing in a lab).
Projects include : WAP, Pocket PC as well as WEb/Win.
- ainatte inbal - interaction design
Israel
Ainatte Inbal
ainatte2netvision.net.il
consultant in interaction design and information architecture
- RightClick - SCP Human Factors Design
Israel, Bnei Brak
Yossi Avnon
avnonj@scp.co.il
RightClick specializes in designing usable and efficient user interfaces to a broad range
of companies in Israel.
- Pamam Human Factors Engineering Ltd.
Israel, Hod Hasharon
Michael Brickner
michael@pamam.com
- UI - Human Factors Ltd.
Israel, Natanya
Yaakov Greensphan
yaakov@ui.co.il
- Netica - UI and GUI design and development
Hebrew English
Israel, Tel Aviv
Netica Ltd.
Boaz Rossano
info@netica.co.il
Netica is a design and development services company creating UI &
GUI for the high tech industry.
- Parlato, Guifo
English
Italy, Milano
Higui . Interaction design
Guido Parlato
guido@higui.it
Designer focused on the mobile interaction design
- ThinkUser: Innovating User Experience
Korean, English
Korea (South), Seoul
ThinkUser
Matthew Smith
global@thinkuser.com
ThinkUser, an independent user experience consultancy, is in the UX research and design field in South Korea.
We provide various companies with usability and user-centered design services, both in
Korea and abroad. Our range of expertise includes websites, software, mobile phones and various information/home
appliances.
- U2 Systems, Inc. - User&Usability
Korean, English
Korea, Rep. of, Seoul
U2 Systems, Inc.
Sehwa Lee
shlee@u2system.co.kr
Introduction to U2 Systems, Inc.
Usability Consulting/UI Development/Ergonomics/GUI
- pxd Inc. - UI Consulting Group
Korean, English
Korea, Seoul
pxd Inc.
Kyongho Kim
info@pxd.co.kr
pxd is a creative design consulting firm specializing in product strategy, interface design and graphic design of
digital products and services.
Our goal is to create more useful, usable and desirable products.
We combine business, technology, marketing and design with insights and vision.
To solve the problems and make innovations, we find out not only basic human behaviors also even users' unarticulated
needs based on elaborate user research.
- The user friendly design partner
Dutch, English
Netherland (Nederland), Enschede
Glacimonto
Gerard van Os
gerard@glacimonto.nl
Designing new products by evaluation with actual users leads to better products in
shorter time.
Het ontwerpen van producten door toetsing met echte gebruikers levert beter producten in
kortere tijd.
- IJsselsteijn, Wijnand
Netherlands
Wijnand IJsselsteijn
w.a.ijsselsteijn@tue.nl
My interest and expertise centers around how humans experience and interact with
advanced media technologies, such as stereoscopic television, virtual environments, or
mobile communication services.
- VHP ergonomics - Solutions for complex ergonomic and usability issues
Dutch, English
Netherlands
VHP ergonomics
Herman van Veelen
hermanvanveelen@vhp-ergonomie.nl
vhp ergonomics is one of the few specialised consultant organisations in the Netherlands that cover all aspects of
ergonomics. Our mission is: realisation of solutions for complex ergonomic issues.
- W3use
Dutch
Netherlands
info@w3use.nl
Oskar van Rijswijk
oskar@mijncomputer.nl
Dutch and English website usability consulting
- 2C Communication Consultancy
Dutch
Netherlands, De Meern
2C Communication Consultancy
Wouter van den Berg
info@2c.nl
2C is specialized in performing usability tests on websites and software. 2C has a usability testing
lab and organizes usability workshops.
- Daams Ergonomie, ergonomic and HCI research
Dutch, English, French, German
Netherlands, Laren
Daams Ergonomie
Brechtje Daams
daams@ergonomie.nl
Our goal is to improve your product. Daams Ergonomie (est. 1998) is specialized in usability
test with both physical products and computer interfaces (websites/software). Experiences
include Design for All and Cross-Cultural Usability.
- valsplat | usability research
English Dutch
Netherlands, Noord Holland, Amsterdam
Joris Leker
info@valsplat.nl
Information about usability research methods, our testing lab and a client list.
- Usability Onderzoek en Testen
Dutch
Netherlands, Noord-Brabant, Tilburg
Estate Internet Solutions
Alex Otten
im@estate.nl
Company that designs websites for international companys and uses usability research to increase ROI
- Usability Qonvert.com
Dutch
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Amsterdam
Qonvert
Hans Keeren
hkeeren@qonvert.com
I am a usability consultant in The Netherlands. I help companies make their website better.
- Sotopia - Usability Consultancy
Netherlands, Rotterdam
Soraia Cardoso
soraia@sotopia.com
- Usabilitytesting.nl
Netherlands, Soesterberg
TNO Human Factors
Mark Ruijsendaal
info@usabilitytesting.nl
Usability testing is an important instrument for systematically addressing the user and
usage
perspective during system (re)development. This site offers several usability testing
services.
- Meruteam - User Interface Specialists
Netherlands, Zuid Holland, Den Haag
Raghu Kolli
info@meruteam.com
Meruteam located in the Netherlands, provides usability and user
interface design services to companies targeting their applications at
European users.
- The Usability Laboratory
New Zealand, Hamilton
University of Waikato
Kirsten Thomson
kthomson@cs.waikato.ac.nz
Usability Strategists and Engineers. NZ's most extensive usability testing and engineering
facilities. Methods for any system, any user, at any budget. Industry and government research.
Academic research. Industry-academic partnerships.
- Human Centred Design
Norway
Human Centred Design
Marie Green
marie.green@hcd.no
Human Centred Design is a consultancy specialising in the user-centred design
of information and technical systems and equipment. We apply systematic techniques
to reduce human error in human-system interaction.
- Human Factors Solutions - for simple, efficient, safe and healthy solutions
Norwegian
Norway, Akershus, Ski
Human Factors Solutions ANS
Hakon Augensen
hakon@hfs.no
HFS contribute to making systems, products, environments and services safe, healthy,
easy and efficient to use. If reliability, comfort, userfriendliness and well being is
important, human factors must be taken into account.
- Scandinavian Usability company
Norwegian
Norway, Oslo
NetLife Research
Jostein Magnussen
jostein@netliferesearch.com
Scandinavian Usability consultants. Delivers a wide range of usability services
- Userminded
Norway, Oslo
Userminded
Gautam Ghosh
gautam@userminded.no
A Norwegian usability consultancy focussing on the design and usability of
software, interactive services, intranets and mobile products. Developed
Turboprototyping for rapid user centered design.
- Enfoque Usuario: Expert Reviews, User Interface Design for web apps.
Spanish
Panama, Panama City
Enfoque Usuario
Elsa Canto W.
elsa@enfoqueusuario.com
Enfoque Usuario is a small User Experience consultancy based in Panama City. We offer User Interface
Design for web applications and expert reviews.
- user:number 1
English
Philippines, Cabuyao, Laguna
user:number 1
Alan James Salmoni
alan@usernumber1.com
user:number 1 is a consultancy specialising in offshoring user testing and extensive project integration facilities for
businesses.
- Raquedan, Regnard Kreisler C.
English
Philippines, Manila
Regnard Kreisler C. Raquedan
regnard@raquedan.com
Consultant/researcher focusing on web usability, user experience and interaction design.
- 4UX - User Experience / Web Usability Consulting
Poland
Tomasz Skórski
office@4ux.eu
User experience / Web Usability consulting services in English and Polish.
- Resources in Human Computer Interaction
Russian
Russia, Moscow
MIREA University
Konstantin Samoilov, HCI Consultant
samoilov@hci.ru
Resources in Human Computer Interaction. Links, articles.
- MicroUsability : User Experience Consulting, Training and Design
Singapore
MicroUsability
Yogesh Tadwalkar
yogesh@microusability.com
- User & Co - Bridging users and profits
Singapore
User & Co
Shaw Chian
shawchian@userandco.com
Ever been frustrated when you can't find your way around websites? The same
could be happening to your customers!
The truth is, when users can't find what you're selling on your site, they can't
buy it.
By simply making your site usable, you can increase sales instantly!
- ErgoEstudio: Usability consultant first Spanish eyetracker system
Spanish
Spain
- Roberto Bolullo - Experience designer
Spain
Roberto Bolullo
roberto@bolullo.com
Website dedicated to the contribution of knowledge in
Experience and Interaction design/ research.
- Juan Rodriguez [Consultor]
Spanish
Spain / Barcelona / Begues
Juan Rodriguez [Consultor]
Juan Rodriguez
consultor@begues.net
Servicios de Usabilidad para paginas web y aplicaciones informaticas.
- Claro Studio
Spanish English
Spain, Barcelona
Andrew Peters
info@ClaroStudio.com
User experience design and consulting: - Strategy - Usability - Information
Architecture - Requirements - Interface design
- UserZoom
Spanish
Spain, Barcelona
Customer Research Technology Company
Xavier Mestres
xmestres@userzoom.com
Remote Usability and User Experience testing software
- albertolacalle.com
Spanish
Spain, Bilbao
albertolacalle.com
Alberto Lacalle
hola@albertolacalle.com
- Usability consulting
English, Spanish
Spain, Catalunya, Barcelona
Linea 8
rob@linea8.com
Consultancy specialising in making information usable
- Canada, Javier - HCI Consultant (interaction design)
Spain, Madrid
Javier Canada
javier@terremoto.net
Human-computer interaction specialist, strategy, design and usability testing for
digital interfaces
- Cubillo, Pedro
Spanish
Spain, Madrid
Pedro Cubillo
Pedro Cubillo
pcubillo@alumni.carnegiemellon.edu
Pedro Cubillo is an independent consultant in HCI focused on usability engineering for
software, web and hardware design.
- Xperience Consulting
Spanish English
Spain, Madrid & Barcelona
Xperience Consulting
Alfonso de la Nuez
adelanuez@xperienceconsulting.com
Xperience Consulting helps clients optimize their e-businesses, improving productivity and efficiency by
focusing on the on-line experience of the end user.
We specialize in business strategy, experiential marketing, information architecture, usability, and
human-computer interaction (HCI). We make the web easier to use.
- Emergia.net
Spanish English
Spain, Valencia
Emergia.net
Miguel Arias
miguel@emergia.net
Emergia is a Spanish Internet strategy consulting firm focused on the customer
experience. We advise our clients on their Spanish-speaking Internet strategy.
- Nomos Management AB
Sweden, Stockholm
Richard Whitehand
richard.whitehand@nomos.se
Nomos is an independent consultancy which supports organisations develop and introduce
IT products which are effective and easy to use.
Specialising in software/web usability and IT ergonomics services.
- Raffinaderiet AB (The Refinery)
Sweden, Stockholm
Raffinaderiet
Klas Karlgren
info@raffinaderiet.se
Interaction design and usability for all kinds of interactive systems
- Usability Partners
Sweden, Stockholm
Usability Partners
Richard Whitehand
richard.whitehand@usabilitypartners.se
A European usability consultancy that supports organisations who wish to ensure
that the products they develop are easy to use - whether they be software, interactive web
services, intranets, IT hardware or mobile products.
- Cambridge Technology Partners
Switzerland
User Experience Group
Robert Fuchs
Robert.Fuchs@ctp.com
- Solution for All
Switzerland
info@s4a.ch
- Engineering Psychology Institute Basel (EPi)
German
Switzerland, Basel
admin@ep-i.ch
Thomas Kopp
kopp@ep-i.ch
EPi is an independent experts and research institute. One of the latest results is the
Multiple Walkthrough.
- Uservalue - Usability & User Experience (UX) Consulting
English, French, German
Switzerland, Vaud, Lausanne
Dorit Horst
Uservalue, Usability and User Experience (UX) Consulting: The expertise to understand your users and
transform your digital interfaces.
- soultank ag
Switzerland, Zug
soultank ag
Michael Fischer
fischer@soultank.ch
usability consulting for software and hardware.
- Stimmt AG
German
Switzerland, Zurich
Stimmt AG
Stefan Leuthold
stefan.leuthold@stimmt.ch
Zurich-based consultancy specializing in user experience research and user centered design techniques since 1998.
- British HCI group consultants list
United Kingdom
- Effortmark Ltd - Usability consultancy specialising in forms
United Kingdom
Effortmark Ltd
Caroline Jarrett
caroline.jarrett@effortmark.co.uk
Usability consultancy specialising in forms, and in training in usability
- UK Ergonomics Society consultants list
United Kingdom
- cxpartners - User experience consultancy and design
United Kingdom, Bath
cxpartners
Giles Colborne
giles.colborne@cxpartners.co.uk
Measure all aspects of user experience. Develop designs and prototypes that perform better in
real-world situations.
- GUI Designers
United Kingdom, Berkhamstead/London
GUI Designers
Robin Heath
rheath@gui-designers.co.uk
Specialists in Customer Centred Design and training for the Web and Windows
- Instrata: European-based UCD specialists
United Kingdom, Cambridge
Instrata
Rachel Jones
info@instrata.co.uk
Instrata offers services throughout the development lifecycle including people-centred
innovation, design research, user requirements, interaction design and evaluation.
- Milui HCI Consultancy
United Kingdom, Cardiff
Milui HCI Consultancy
Alan J. Salmoni
alan@milui.com
Milui offers experienced and qualified HCI consultancy to organisations. We provide
usability advice, interface design and workflow recommendations, with special rates for
charities and FOSS projects.
- Simplicity User Experience Optimisation
English
United Kingdom, East Sussex, Brighton
Simplicity User Experience Optimisation
Charlie Maybury
info@simplicityuserexperience.co.uk
'Simplicity User Experience Optimisation' provides User Experience Optimisation services in Brighton, UK. We specialise
in Usability, Accessibility, SEO and User Experience Optimisation.
- Web Design and Development Norwich
English
United Kingdom, England, Norfolk, Norwich
Creative Hat
Lee Newell
lee@creativehat.co.uk
Web design and development company.
- HFE Solutions Ltd
United Kingdom, Fife, Dunfermline
HFE Solutions Ltd
WebMaster@hfesolutions.co.uk
Dunfermline based Human Factors and Ergonomics Consultancy with a special interest
in Human Computer Interface and Usability.
- Davis Associates - User insights for design
English
United Kingdom, Hertfordshire, Potters Bar
Davis Associates
Gary Davis
gary@davis-associates.co.uk
We are user insights specialists. User insights inspire and inform the design process. This results in products, systems
and services that better fit the needs and abilities of the user.
- WestWindMoves Internet Consultants
United Kingdom, Liverpool
support@westwindmoves.com
WestWindMoves provide consultancy and design accessible standards-compliant web
sites for clients wishing to reach a larger target audience.
- Connected Systems Ltd.
United Kingdom, London
office@connected-systems.com
- Ferguson, Louise: User Experience Consultant, City of Bits Blog
United Kingdom, London
Digital Habitats
Louise Ferguson
louise@louiseferguson.com
User experience consultant with a special interest in qualitative approaches to
considering users in context.
- Flow Interactive Ltd
United Kingdom, London
Flow Interactive
Meriel Lenfesty
meriel@flow-interactive.com
Commercial consultancy specialising in usability and interaction design across all forms of user interface.
Flow provides solutions and design suggestions to usability problems.
- Innovation in Product and Service Design
English
United Kingdom, London
Pedro Cubillo
info@dilenio.com
We help organisations to address business challenges and objectives, such as reducing customer churn, or identifying new
revenue streams, through innovation in products and services.
- Lumivo
English
United Kingdom, London
Lumivo
Malcolm Otter
hello@lumivo.com
Lumivo specialize in online and mobile competitive benchmarking with large sample sizes of users.
We help measure and improve UX and digital effectiveness.
- Mahemoff, Michael
United Kingdom, London
Michael Mahemoff
michael@mahemoff.com
Researcher and Analyst-Developer with articles on HCI patterns and knowledge reuse.
- Serco Usability Services
United Kingdom, London
Serco Usability Services
Nigel Bevan
info@usability.serco.com
By involving users throughout the product design cycle,
we help our clients create an effective user experience across a range
of new media technologies including:
web sites, interactive TV,
interactive appliances, mobile internet
- Spotless Interactive - UX & UI Design, Research & Usability Agency
United Kingdom, London
Spotless Interactive
Ben Logan
info@spotless.co.uk
We are a London based user experience (UX) consultancy that offers a range of services including usability testing,
usability training and user experience design.
We research users, build interfaces and offer training courses to support user requirements and business goals across
websites, intranets, CD/DVD and mobile devices.
- System Concepts Ltd.
Usability, accessibility, ergonomics consultancy, based in UK
United Kingdom, London
System Concepts Ltd
Tom Stewart
marketing@system-concepts.com
We offer independent, practical consultancy and training and a fully equipped usability and
accessibility testing facility in central London.
- User Centre
United Kingdom, London
User Centre
Paul Greasby
pgreasby@usercentre.co.uk
We're a full lifecycle consultancy specialising in Experience Architecture and design
- User Solutions: Interaction Design, User Experience and Information Architecture services
English
United Kingdom, London
User Solutions Limited
Christopher McQueen
chris@user-solutions.com
User Solutions provides Interaction Design, User Experience and Information Architecture services for web applications
and interactive digital products.
- Userface: UI Design & Usability Evaluation
United Kingdom, London
Userface Ltd
Adam Pallant
adam@userface.net
UI design and usability evaluation consultancy based in London, UK
- Userfocus
United Kingdom, London
David Travis
david.travis@userfocus.co.uk
Userfocus is a management consultancy providing rigorous insights into audience
expectations and behaviour.
- UxConsult -- User experience consulting, interface design, prototyping and usability testing
United Kingdom, London
Nicolas Le Clainche
I am a User Experience strategist, I understand people to create things they enjoy using. At UxConsult we do: research, strategy, interface design, evaluation, usability testing, prototyping.
- Webcredible
United Kingdom, London
Webcredible
Trenton Moss
trenton@webcredible.co.uk
Webcredible is web usability and accessibility consultancy. The site offers a large
resources area and a free website evaluation.
- amberlight partners ltd
United Kingdom, London
amberlight partners
Gerred Blyth
gerred@amber-light.co.uk
Consultancy that focuses on user-centred design and research
- optimum.web ltd. - usability specialists in consulting and research
United Kingdom, London
optimum.web ltd.
Keith Simpson, Director
info@optimum-web.co.uk
Optimum.web provides specialist usability consulting and research services based
on the principles of HCI (human-computer interaction). The company's clients
include the Nationwide, HSBC, Accenture, WHSmith, Diageo, QXL, Microsoft and
Intercontinental Hotels.
- feelmedia - user focussed solutions for digital media
United Kingdom, London (central)
feelmedia limited
Simon Raistrick, director
sr@feelmedia.com
We operate on a single project or cross-project level to enable organisations to produce
user-focussed digital media products.
- Foviance - Customer experience, usability, accessibility, web analytics
English Chinese
United Kingdom, London; China, Shanghai
Foviance
Charlotte Wilberforce
info@foviance.com
Foviance is a cross-channel customer experience consultancy to the world's leading brands.
- Interaction Design Studio
United Kingdom, London; Ireland, Dublin
Interaction Design Studio
Diarmad McNally
diarmad@ixdstudio.com
The Interaction Design Studio specialises in designing usable interfaces for Web sites, Intranets and applications for PC and mobile devices.
- HUSAT Research Institute
United Kingdom, Loughborough
Loughborough University
Martin Maguire
husat-info@lboro.ac.uk
Human Sciences and Advanced Technology Research Institute
- Liverpool Web Design Consultancy
United Kingdom, Merseyside, Liverpool
Web Star Creations
William Lee
hci@webstarcreations.co.uk
Liverpool web design consultancy specialising in functional, accessible, standards
compliant websites.
- Liverpool Web Design Consultancy
English
United Kingdom, Merseyside, Liverpool
Positive Web Design
Mark Mackinnon
info@positivewebdesign.net
Positive Web Design is a Liverpool based web design consultancy specialising in standards compliant accessible websites.
- Pure Interface Ltd.
United Kingdom, Midlands, Birmingham
Pure Interface Ltd.
Michael Wilkins
info@pureinterface.com
Human Factors Consultancy specializing in Usability Testing, User Interface Design,
Requirements Gathering and Analysis.
- Bunnyfoot - UK usability & accessibility specialists
United Kingdom, Oxford
Bunnyfoot
Jon Dodd
jon@bunnyfoot.com
Services to enhance the user experience. User testing in our dedicated lab - testing
users with special needs a speciality.
- designbrown limited
United Kingdom, Oxford, Woodstock
designbrown
Duncan Brown
dbrown@designbrown.com
Operating globally to increase the aesthetic appeal of screen based media
- UK Consultants
United Kingdom, Shrewsbury
MB4IT
Matt
Matt323@hotmail.com
- IBM Usability Competency Centre
United Kingdom, Warwickshire, Warwick
IBM UK Limited
Elliott Hey
Usability@uk.ibm.com
Consulting and education on easy to use websites, GUIs and pervasive devices.
- Theo Mandel, Ph.D., Usability & Interface Design Consultant
English
United States, Arizona, Phoenix
Interface Design and Development, LLC
Theo Mandel
theo@theomandel.com
Theo Mandel, Ph.D. Author, Educator, Consultant in software interface design and usability
evaluation. Author of "The Elements of User Interface Design" (Wiley, 1997)
- Ergoguys
United States, Arizona, Scottsdale
Ergoguys LLC
Scott Scartozzi
sscartozzi@cox.net
Our mission is to assist individuals in the search for computer access solutions by
locating, supporting, and selling computer hardware, software and related technologies
designed for their specific need.
- UI Modeling Company
English
United States, Arizona, Scottsdale
UI Modeling Company
Yury Vetrov
vetrov@uimodeling.com
UI Modeling Company specializes in user interfaces and usability. We design, model, and
specify user interfaces, and we conduct tests and evaluations of usability and accessibility
to fulfill the business needs of our worldwide clients.
- MindSpan Design (Interaction, UI, & Web design)
United States, California
MindSpan Design
Larry Cornett
cornett@mindspandesign.com
Offering a variety of User Experience consulting services to support the design, definition,
development, and evaluation of your product's user interface or web site
- uLab | Participatory Design Associates
United States, California, Berkeley
uLab | PDA
Mitchell Gass
mitchell@participatorydesign.com
User and task analysis, participatory design, in-person and remote usability testing, usability
lab design and consulting
- Usability and UI Design Training and Consulting
English
United States, California, Brentwood
James Hobart
jimh@classicsys.com
Usability design and testing resources and articles.
- LukeW Interface Designs
English
United States, California, Campbell
LukeW Interface Designs
Luke Wroblewski
info@lukew.com
LukeW Interface Designs provides interface design services for Web applications, Rich Internet applications,
Web sites, and Web-based multimedia.
- Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc.
United States, California, Emeryville
Aaron Marcus
Aaron@AMandA.com
"Designs user interfaces that enhance communication,
productivity, and user satisfaction."
- Usernomics - The Usability Company
United States, California, Foster City
Usernomics
Robert Kaplan
support@usernomics.com
Consultants in user interface design, human factors, workplace ergonomics,
training, and documentation.
- Nielsen Norman Group
United States, California, Freemont
Jakob Nielsen
info@nngroup.com
"Strategies to enhance the user experience
throughout your company's services and product lines."
- Adducive: user interface design, analysis & production
United States, California, Fremont
Adducive
Brian Krause
brk@adducive.com
UI consulting, including prototyping, for speech recognition, IVR, handheld, web-based, and desktop
applications.
- Batchlabs: Application Development
United States, California, Fresno
Fresno State University
Michael Campbell
michael.campbell@batchlabs.com
Website design, flash design, application
development, and custom programming.
- Palmer, Charles William - Land of Objects
United States, California, Los Alamitos
The Land of Objects
Charles William Palmer
bill.palmer@landofobjects.net
The Land of Objects is the cyberspace location for Mr. Charles William Palmer. Mr.
Palmer performs specialized independent consulting in human-computer interaction and is
an expert in object-oriented development and distributed system architectures.
- Game Usability Testing
United States, California, Los Angeles
Behavioristics, Inc.
Heather Desurvire
heather3@gte.net
Usability Consulting services for software, games of all types, websites,
telephone based interfaces.
- Interaction by Design
United States, California, Los Angeles
George Olsen
george@interactionbydesign.com
"Creating compelling user experiences"
- Usability Analyst / User Experience Designer
English
United States, California, Los Angeles
Srinivas Manda
laksinu@laksinu.com
LAKSINU.COM is my personal website and currently working as User Experience Designer in WALT
DISNEY in Los Angeles. I am looking forward to enhance my career towards Usability Engineering
and Usability Testing...
My job is to enhance the user experience while delivering increased web site sales, customer
partner satisfaction, make the end users' software applications more user-friendly and
navigational.
- Beta Research, Inc.
United States, California, Los Gatos
Beta Research, Inc.
Alfred T. Lee
atlee@beta-research.com
Consulting and research in human factors, ergonomics, usability, and safety in product and system design.
- Riander
United States, California, Mill Valley
Riander
Richard I. Anderson
rianderson@acm.org
organizational strategy development, team & individual coaching,
hands-on participation, workshops, and educational events
- Monterey Technologies, Inc. (MTI)
United States, California, Monterey
Becky Hooey
bhooey@montereytechnologies.com
MTI provides user-centered design and analysis services for software, web applications,
hardware, and consumer electronics.
- Cooper Interaction Design
United States, California, Palo Alto
- HT Consulting
United States, California, Palo Alto
HT Consulting
Howard Tamler
htamler@acm.org
Providing usability assessment services (usability testing, expert reviews, etc.) for
web sites, software, & documentation.
- Nectarine Group Inc.
United States, California, Palo Alto
Nectarine Group Inc.
Jeff Tycz
info@nectarinegroup.com
Nectarine Group is a user experience design firm that works exclusively with technology
companies to design easy to use software for the digital home and mobile domains. We help our
clients differentiate themselves by designing products and services that their customers love
to use. We're located in Palo Alto and deliver a full range of user experience services.
- schrier | user experience
United States, California, Palo Alto
Jaclyn Schrier
jackie@schrier.net
specializes in identifying user goals, wants and needs, designing user interfaces, and evaluating product
usefulness and usability for interactive software products and services
- James, Janice - Usability Consultant
United States, California, Palo Alto, Texas, Dallas/Ft. Worth
Simply Usable through Design
Janice James
janice@simplyusable.com
Provides user centered design services including user interface design and
research, heuristic (expert) evaluations, contextual inquiry and task analysis
studies, competitive evaluations, and usability mentoring and training.
- EyeTracking Inc.
United States, California, San Diego
Tim Drapeau
td@eyetracking.com
EyeTracking offers a new consulting service and resource for HCI engineers
and/or designers of visual products.
We provide tangible evidence
(real-time videos w/point of gaze overlay & intuitive graphical reports)
about how users interact & use a visual display or product.
- Copywriter for Interaction Design
United States, California, San Francisco
Louisa Sugar Design
Louisa Sugar
louisa@louisasugar.com
I write for interaction design: mobile and handheld user interfaces, Web and desktop
applications, Flash, product demos and usability testing reports.
- Johnson, Jeff - UI Wizards, Inc.
United States, California, San Francisco
UI Wizards, Inc.
Jeff Johnson
jjohnson@uiwizards.com
Product Usability Consulting: UI Design, Expert Design Review, Usability Testing, Training.
- Paradyme, LLC - Intelligent User Experience Design
English
United States, California, San Francisco
Paradyme, LLC
Sergio Paluch
sergio@paradymesolutions.com
Paradyme, LLC is a consulting firm based in San Francisco that offers user
experience design integrated with marketing strategy and analysis.
- Sean McLeary Usability Consulting
United States, California, San Francisco
Sean McLeary Usability Consulting
Sean McLeary
sean@seanmcleary.com
Providing solutions to web, desktop and mobile
usability and interaction design challenges.
- Swim Interaction Design Studio
United States, California, San Francisco
Swim Interaction Design Studio
Gitta Salomon
bouy@swimstudio.com
Swim consults on and designs interactive products, specializing in hardware, software
and web applications.
- SysIQ Ecommerce Services and Solutions
English
United States, California, San Francisco
SysIQ
Arturas Kvederis
a.kvederis@sysiq.com
SysIQ offers e-commerce services and solutions for retail business to succeed online ranging from
web site design, usability to e-commerce website hosting and managed services.
- Usability Consulting
United States, California, San Francisco
McDonald Consulting
Deb McDonald
debmcdsf@attbi.com
Usability testing, design iteration consulting, market research services.
- User Interface Design
English
United States, California, San Francisco
Zentall User Interface Design
Gabe Zentall
Gabe is user interface designer specializing in rich internet
applications and thick-client software.
- Ergonomic Systems Design, Inc.
United States, California, Santa Barbara
- Travis Terwilligar HCI
United States, California, Santa Clara
LabXero
Travis Terwilligar
travis@labxero.com
User Interface Consulting. Specializing in Interaction Design, Information
Architecture, and Usability Testing. Provides full service UI design.
- Software Human Factors LLC
United States, California, Silicon Valley
Software Human Factors LLC
B. Lauber
bennett@_NOSPAM_SoftwareHumanFactors.com
At Software Human Factors LLC, we work with you and your entire organization to
create websites or other software products that have your end users in mind. We provide
a wide range of services, including heuristic evaluations, formal usability testing,
focus groups, information architecture and nomenclature consultation, Interaction and
Interface Design.
- theUEgroup: Usability and Human-Centered Design
United States, California, Silicon Valley
theUEgroup LLC
Tony Fernandes
tony@theuegroup.com
- NetRaker
United States, California, Sunnyvale
NetRaker
James Landay
landay@netraker.com
NetRaker provides usability and market research services
to help you improve the customer experience on your web site.
- Productivity Through Technology, Inc.: The GUIguy
United States, California, Union City
Ken Schiff
ken@guiguy.com
"Creating obvious, discoverable, and usable Windows applications and Web sites
for business productivity."
- Sage Research & Design
English
United States, Colorado, Boulder
Sage Research and Design
Shannon Halgren
shannon@sage-research.com
Results-Driven User Experience / Human Factors Consulting
- William Horton Consulting
United States, Colorado, Boulder
"applying human factors to the task of communicating technical information"
- Indigio Group: Web Site Usability Testing
English
United States, Colorado, Denver
Indigio Group, Inc.
Dean Burney
dburney@indigio.com
Indigio Group provides usability services, including recruiting, testing,
heuristic analysis, testing facilities and moderation, and data analytics.
- NavigationArts
United States, DC, Washington
NavigationArts
Mitchel Bell
mabell@navigationarts.com
We provide interactive communications that optimize the business value of your Internet
brands. We can help you detect crucial gaps in your online strategy, and build solutions
that make the Web work harder for your business.
- Provider of usability consulting services for the US Federal Government
English
United States, DC, Washington
Aquilent
peter.fogelsanger@aquilent.com
Aquilent provides user-centered design and usability consulting services to the US Federal
Government.
- HK Interface Design
United States, Florida, Boca Raton
HK Interface Design Inc.
Harris Kravatz
harris@hkid.org
HK Interface Design is a professional interface design consulting firm,
specializing in Web design, GUI design, user-centered design training and usability testing.
- User Experience Consulting Services
English
United States, Florida, Miami
Softerware Consulting
Ron Akanowicz
ron@softerwareconsulting.com
Softerware Consulting provides user experience and information architecture
consulting services for your projects.
- Schwarz Internet Consulting
United States, Florida, Miami Beach
Schwarz Internet Consulting
Sascha Schwarz
mia@schwarzconsulting.biz
International company providing consulting, project management and marketing.
Offices in Miami Beach, FL, USA and Germany.
- Atlantic Human Factors
United States, Florida, Orlando
Atlantic Human Factors
J. Shawn Farris
farris@atlantichumanfactors.com
Atlantic Human Factors provides human factors and usability consulting services for
all phases of product design. Through application of human factors methods that lead to
measurable and cost-effective product improvements, our team increases our clients' return on investment.
- Breakthrough Usability, Inc.
United States, Florida, Orlando
Breakthrough Usability, Inc.
Dan Abelow, President
abelow@breakthroughusability.com
Usability and user performance specialist who helps drive the success of major products, business
systems and critical path projects. Assist in producing market leading products, websites and online
services that have generated $billions in sales.
- Usability Testing and Section 508 Reviews in Atlanta
United States, Georgia, Atlanta
User Insight
John M. Morgan
contact@userinsight.com
User Insight provides Usability Testing, Focus Groups and Section 508 Reviews in
Atlanta, Georgia.
- User-Centered Design, Usability, Workplace Improvement & Training
English
United States, Idaho, Boise
PinPoint Performance Solutions
Justin Beller
justin.beller@pinpointperformance.net
PinPoint Performance Solutions is a consulting company specializing in Usability Testing
and many forms of Needs Analysis to support User-Centered Design on new and existing consumer
products including software, websites and web applications. We also support organizations
through our Workplace Performance Improvement and Training service offerings.
- Human Factors / Usability Engineer
United States, Illinois, Bloomington
Blackwell Consulting Services
Nilesh Shah
hinilesh@gmail.com
Have 5 years of experience designing usable interfaces. Have Master's Degree in
Industrial Engineering from Clemson University, SC USA.
- Ajenda Interactive Media
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Ajenda Interactive Media
Ajoy Muralidhar
ajoy@ajenda.com
Link opens Flash window
- Centralis Group
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Lyman Casey
lyman@centralisgroup.com
Centralis is a Chicago-based User Experience consultancy offering research, testing and design expertise to
help clients develop more useful, usable and successful web sites, intranets and other applications.
- HannaHodge, Inc.
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Parrish Hanna
parrish@hannahodge.com
Combining Art and Science to provide valuable services in User Interface Design and Branding
- Visde
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Visde
Rachel Powers
info@vsde.com
Visde is a small, agile design firm, located in Chicago, IL. We design and develop exciting, engaging products that lead
to positive experiences for customers.
- Flair Interactive Services, Inc.
English
United States, Illinois, Schaumburg
Flair Interactive Services, Inc.
Lisa Kirschner
lisa.kirschner@flairinteractive.net
Flair Interactive is a consulting firm that provides web design and development services,
including usability, content, information architecture, visual design and project management.
Our focus is on enterprise-level clients and government agencies, including state, local and
federal.
- Human Factors International, Inc.
United States, Iowa, Fairfield
Douglas Walker
hfi@humanfactors.com
Consulting and training in software usability.
- O'Brien, Kevin/Kim: O'Brien Consulting, Inc.
United States, Kansas, Leawood
O'Brien Consulting, Inc.
Kevin O'Brien, Kim O'Brien
kevin@obrien-consulting.com
Human Factors Engineering for Useful & Usable Computing: Task Analysis, Interaction
Design, and Usability Testing.
- Wichita State University, Software Usability Research Lab
United States, Kansas, Wichita
Barbara Chaparro
barbara.chaparro@wichita.edu
- Arthur Fink Consulting
United States, Maine, Peaks Island
Arthur Fink Consulting
Arthur Fink
arthur@arthurfink.com
Consulting on user interface design, relational database design, with particular emphasis on user involvement
in the whole system design and development process.
- Caspian Design, Product Design
English
United States, Maine, Portland
Caspian Design
Four Hewes
info@caspiandesign.com
Product design consultancy/studio that specializes in new product design and development,
especially user experiences for software and web applications.
- WORDNET Foreign Language Translations
United States, Massachusetts, Acton
WORDNET, Inc.
Bob Schumacher
wordnet@wordnet.com
WORDNET is an online translation service. Over 20 years experience
translating materials for the medical, legal, scientific, manufacturing and other
fields. Free quotes, quick turnaround, 55+ languages.
- Design and Usability Center at Bentley University
English
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Bentley University
William Albert
walbert@bentley.edu
The Design and Usability Center is a user experience research, design, and testing consultancy. Our full-time staff of
usability professionals provide an extensive range of research services tailored for clients worldwide.
- Ghostweather User Experience and Research Consulting
English
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Lynn Cherny
lynn@ghostweather.com
User experience and requirements research consulting, including quantitative data
analysis, data mining, and design prototyping. Also video editing of existing observation
and usability footage.
- Interaction Design, Inc.
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Hal Shubin
User interface design and testing.
- Wiklund Research and Design
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Jonathan Kendler
jonathan@wiklundrd.com
A human factors research and design firm located in the Boston area.
- bobgoodman.net
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
bobgoodman.net inc.
Bob Goodman
bob@bobgoodman.net
Bob Goodman is a Boston-based Internet professional offering a unique integrated
model of consulting and creative services, including user testing, usability
analysis, internet strategy, information architecture, creative direction, and
copywriting.
The usability glossary offers concise, and sometimes funny, real-world
definitions of HCI and usability issues culled from the experience of Boston-based
usability consultant Bob Goodman.
- Polar Design : Multimedia Interface Design
United States, Massachusetts, Boston, and New York City
Polar Design
Account Executive
contact@polardesign.com
Interactive design and consulting, with focus on XML driven multimedia interfaces.
- User Interface Engineering
United States, Massachusetts, Bradford
Lots of good content on usability evaluation, particularly of Web pages.
- InContext Enterprises
United States, Massachusetts, Concord
Hugh Beyer
"guiding teams in the design of products and processes using Contextual
Design, our customer-centered approach"
- Veridian inSight - Research and Information Design
English
United States, Massachusetts, Concord
Veridian inSight, LLC
Christine Paulsen
cpaulsen@veridianinsight.com
Veridian inSight provides human factors and usability research as well as information design expertise. We conduct
studies internationally.
- AFA Design Consultants
United States, Massachusetts, Hamilton 01982
Arlene Aucella
aaucella@afadesign.com
"Providing usability engineering for computer systems"
- Usability inSite
English
United States, Massachusetts, Lowell
Usability inSite
Kevin Berni
info@usabilityinsite.com
Provider of user research, usability testing, information architecture, and interaction
design services across the United States and Canada.
- Deborah J. Mayhew & Associates
United States, Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard
"Software Usability Engineering"
- Psychsoft Consulting
English
United States, Massachusetts, Quincy
Psychsoft Consulting
Tim Lynch
sales@psychsoftek.com
Specializes in Psychology of Human/Computer and Human/Robotic interaction.
- Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd.
United States, Massachusetts, Rowley
Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd.
Larry Constantine
lconstantine@compuserve.com
International consultancy in usage-centered design.
- Expert InSite, Inc.
United States, Massachusetts, Somerville
Expert InSite, Inc.
Chris McFarlane
chris.mcfarlane@expertinsite.com
Web usability and accessibility consulting firm focused on simplifying the transfer of information
between the Web and its users. Specializing in Section 508 compliance and WAI guideline conformance.
- RDVO, Inc.
United States, Massachusetts, Somerville
RDVO, Inc.
Ben Zipkin
bzipkin@rdvo.com
RDVO is a design consultancy focusing on developing user interface solutions for
web, kiosk, devices, and products.
- GlobalVision | Translation and Localization Services
English
United States, Massachusetts, Westborough
GlobalVision International
James White
James@globalvis.com
GlobalVision International, Inc. specializes in providing translation and localization solutions to your industry. We
are staffed and equipped with experts who can convert your products, literature and websites from and into all commercial
languages.
- Diamond Bullet Design
United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor
Stephen Markel
dbd@diamondbullet.com
"design websites and other internet projects with users
and usability as our top priorities"
- TechReprieve - Giving You a Break from Technology
English
United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor
TechReprieve, LLC
Mike Monan
sales@techreprieve.com
Usability Services - Design, Testing, and Analysis
- Tec-Ed, Inc.
United States, Michigan, California, New York
Tec-Ed, Inc.
Beth Almay
betha@teced.com
Tec-Ed is a user advocacy firm specializing in usability evaluation, user
interface design, user documentation, and marketing communication; offices in
Michigan; California; & New York.
- Dray & Associates, Inc.
United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis
Susan M. Dray
dray@acm.org
A consulting firm specializing in user-centered design and evaluation
of (international) software and hardware systems
and products with the motto "if the USER can't use it, it doesn't work!"
- Thakkar, Pinky
United States, Nebraska, Omaha
Pinky Thakkar
thakkarpinky@gmail.com
Experience in Paper, Web Usability. IVR usability testing experience too.
- Snyder Consulting
United States, New Hampshire, Derry
Snyder Consulting
Carolyn Snyder
csnyder@snyderconsulting.net
Carolyn Snyder works with companies to make their software, web sites, and web
applications more user-friendly through usability testing and paper prototyping.
- Fitchet, Scott
United States, New Hampshire, Portsmouth
f i g i t a l
Scott Fitchet
scott@figital.com
- Mad*Pow
English
United States, New Hampshire, Portsmouth, 03801
Mad*Pow
Amy Cueva
josh@madpow.net
Mad*Pow is a design studio that specializes in designing
and building intuitive user experiences for hardware, software, web applications,
internal systems, websites and interactive marketing communications.
- Cognetics Corporation
United States, New Jersey, Princeton Junction
"computer applications, including Internet, Intranet,
interfaces, documentation, training,
and software customization"
- Consultation for the design and testing of application user interfaces.
United States, New Jersey, West Long Branch
Design for Users, LLC
James Hubbell
jim@designforusers.com
Design for Users LLC provides consultation for the design and testing of user interfaces
for speech, telephony, web, and standard graphical applications.
- Change Sciences Group
United States, New York
Change Sciences Group
Pamela Ellis
pamela@changesciences.com
A customer experience firm offering a full range of services to increase the return
on investment for web sites and other technologies. Usability testing, online
testing, competitive reviews, observational research, and ROI-focused strategy.
- b c bennett
United States, New York
bcbennett.com
Benjamin Bennett
user interfaces through the integration of technology, business need and
aesthetic design
- sharf.com
United States, New York
Jennie Sharf
sharfweb@hotmail.com
interaction design | information architecture | heuristic evaluations | wearable computing.
- usable products company
United States, New York
usable products company
Scott D. Weiss
sweiss@usableproducts.com
Usability, User Interface Design, Focus Group Moderation.
Software Process Consulting, as well.
- Rhodes, John S.
United States, New York, Apalachin
WebWord.com
John S. Rhodes
john@WebWord.com
Founder, Principal and Editor of WebWord.com
- Rogerson, Derek
United States, New York, Brooklyn
Derek Rogerson
Able to find, examine, elucidate, learn of, show, and teach user-experience.
- Cohen, Reiven ruv.net
United States, New York, New York
Reuven Cohen
ruv@ruv.net
Reuven Cohen, A.K.A. "ruv" specializes in Usability, Interface design, Graphic Design
and Information Management for the Data Storage Industry.
- User experience design consulting
United States, New York, New York
36 Partners, Inc.
Joshua Seiden
info@36partners.com
36 Partners is a network of user experience
consultants, designers, researchers, and specialists.
- MauroNewMedia
United States, New York, New York City
MauroNewMedia, Inc.
Charles L. Mauro
ucd@mauronewmedia.com
Founded in 1975, MNM is a provider of professional usability engineering and high performance
user interface design consulting services.
- Start Simple / Brand Objects, business and product development services.
United States, New York, New York City
Start Simple
Stephen Galluccio
start@startsimple.com
Start Simple, a professional source of business and product services offering
simple identity solutions for companies. We reduce the business costs of naming and
design of web applications by providing packaged web applications, all available
for immediate transfer.
- TargetSurf
United States, New York, New York City, Boston
TargetSurf, Inc.
Anthony Cospito
acospito@targetsurf.com
TargetSurf provides usability analysis tools and services.
- Usable Solutions, LLC
United States, New York; Colorado
Usable Solutions, LLC
Karen Seidler-Patterson
karen@usables.com
User experience consultancy specializing in user analysis, design, usability evaluation and training.
- HumanCentric Technologies
United States, North Carolina, Cary
HumanCentric Technologies
Barry Beith
sward@humancentrictech.com
HumanCentric Technologies is a human factors and usability engineering services company.
- Midwest Research
United States, Ohio, Cleveland/Columbus
Midwest Research
Carol Smith
info@mw-research.com
User research, usability testing and evaluation for web, consumer products and IT solutions.
- Lextant Corporation
United States, Ohio, Columbus
Lextant Corporation
Chris Rockwell
info@lextant.com
Design for user experience - user research, experience innovation,
interactive design, usability evaluation for web, wireless, IT and
telecom solutions.
- R&R Research, Inc.
United States, Ohio, Columbus
"customer-centered systems"
- Redesign Research
United States, Ohio, Dayton
Redesign Research
Peter H. Jones
peter@redesignresearch.com
A design "boutique" focusing on customer research and interactive experience evaluation,
with custom methods adapted from usability, concept, and field research.
- Nelson Usability Associates
United States, Ohio, Yellow Springs
Nelson Usability Associates
Mike Nelson
mike@nelsonusability.com
Nelson Usability Associates provides consulting services for user research, interaction design,
usability evaluation, and training.
- Design Threads web site
English
United States, Oregon, Portland
Design Threads
Janice S. Bradford
jsbradford@designthreads.com
Design Threads specializes in designing and testing user experience of software, web sites,
and hardware.
- Experience Dynamics - Professional Usability Consultancy
United States, Oregon, Portland
Frank Spillers
frankspillers@experiencedynamics.com
Professional usability consultancy specializes in large scale websites and complex web application
and product usability.
- Portable Usability Lab Rental
United States, Oregon, Portland
Usability Lab Rental (Experience Dynamics)
Frank Spillers
sales@usabilitylabrental.com
Usability Lab Rental offers portable usability labs for rent or purchase.
- Sara Bly Consulting
United States, Oregon, Portland
Sara Bly Consulting
Sara Bly
sara_bly@acm.org
Consulting on knowledge in observational methods to analyze group interactions and activities,
research on the design and use of technologies to support distributed workgroups, practice as a user
interface designer, and a background in computer science.
- Stubbs, David D.
United States, Oregon, Portland
Usability Architects, Inc.
David D. Stubbs
david.stubbs@usability-architects.com
Consultation, training, and down-in-the-trenches work with user-centered methods for
product requirements, user interface design, and usability.
- Web Design, Usability Engineering and Web Accessibility Consulting
English
United States, Oregon, Portland
Mile7, LLC.
Damian Conrad
damianc@mile7.com
Mile7 provides web design, usability analysis and web accessibility to companies around the country.
- Design Technologies
United States, Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington)
Design Technologies
Susan Palmiter
contact@designtech
A customer-centered research and design consulting firm,
focused on improving the user
experience from web sites to consumer electronics.
- Center for On-Line Addiction
United States, Pennsylvania, Bradford, 16701
University of Pittsburgh
Kimberly S. Young
ksy@netaddiction.com
Consults with organizations on the negative impact of Internet
misuse among individuals, educational institutions, and corporate settings.
- Pero, Kyle
United States, Pennsylvania, Newtown
Kyle Pero
kylepero@usableinterface.com
HCI/Usability/IA consultant.
I offer consulting in the areas of user experience, information architecture and usability. View my
portfolio, resume and articles I have written.
- Our services are designed to assist executives and managers to systematically analyze, reengineer and
implement streamlined business operations.
United States, Pennsylvania, Oley
ObjectMania! Consulting, Inc.
Terry L. Carpenter, Jr.
tlc2@objectmania.com
Practical application of HCI principles and techniques in the development of Web applications for
wireless and wired devices.
- MAYA Design Group
United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
"product-design and development consultancy"
- Usability Consultant, HCI, Interface Design
English
United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Pink Frog Interactive, Inc
Tamella Fritz
tamella@pinkfroginteractive.com
Pink Frog Interactive, Inc. specializes in software usability and interface design. We
focus on improving the quality of user experience and human interaction with web applications
and product interfaces.
- Uzilla: Services and Technology for Web Usability
United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Andy Edmonds
andy@uzilla.net
Technological and service solutions for web usability.
- Do Not Enter - Internet Developer
United States, South Carolina, Columbia
Do Not Enter, Inc
James Canavan
james@donotenter.com
Introduction to my resources, programs and work.
- The Voice User Interface Company
United States, South Carolina, Columbia
The Voice User Interface Company
Walter Rolandi
wrolandi@wrolandi.com
The Voice User Interface Company provides expertise in the design, development and
evaluation of telephony based voice user interfaces (VUI).
- 8-bit Bear Consulting
English
United States, Texas, Austin
8-bit Bear Consulting
Timothy Ballew
tim@8bitbearconsulting.com
We are a team of Human Factors and Usability professionals that specialize in making things easier to use, more engaging
and more enjoyable. The end product of our work is a better customer experience.
- Consulting firm specializing in the improving the intersection of people and technologies
English
United States, Texas, Austin
Cognitive Technologies, Inc.
Karen McGraw
kmcgraw@cogtechinc.com
We solve technology project problems by focusing on people issues. We conduct focus groups and interviews using the
scenario-based engineering and Performance DNA methodologies to define user-centered requirements and design. We prototype
portals and websites to refine requirements. We improve the HCI using agile usability testing methodologies and tools.
- Human Interfaces, Inc.
United States, Texas, Austin
Greg Liddell
gliddell@humaninterfaces.net
Usability consulting: Our mission is to help build products that are intuitive and
user-friendly.
- MONKEYmedia, Inc.
United States, Texas, Austin
MONKEYmedia, Inc.
Eric J. Gould
eric@monkey.com
Award winning interaction design, information architecture and interface technology.
- ergosoft laboratories, inc.
United States, Texas, Austin
Katherine A. McKee
kmckee@ergolabs.com
usability consulting: web sites and proprietary systems
- Barbre Ergonomics consulting and training
United States, Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth
Barbre Ergonomics
Bill Barbre
barbergo@aol.com
Ergonomics consulting, training, jobsite evaluations, workstation assistance, office and
industrial ergonomics, and free online advice. Led by Bill Barbre CPE.
- UExperience, LLC
United States, Texas, Houston
Jiajie Zhang
jiajie.zhang@uexperience.com
- Medvis: Applied Medical Visualizations
English
United States, Utah, Salt Lake City
Applied Medical Visualizations
James Agutter
jagutter@medvis.com
Medical Consulting Company that conducts usability services for medical software and
products
- Forum One Communications
United States, Virginia, Alexandria
Forum One Communications
jcashel@forumone.com
helps people and organizations use the Internet to make a difference. We will work with you through the entire Internet life cycle - from strategic planning through design, development and ongoing management of dynamic websites.
- User-Centered Design, Inc.
United States, Virginia, Ashburn
User-Centered Design, Inc.
Bill Killam
bkillam@user-centereddesign.com
User-Centered Design represents over 20 years of experience in the design, development, and evaluation of user
interfaces of all types. The entire staff is Board Certified in Human Factors Engineering and offers services
including design consultation, expert reviews, compliance reviews, heuristic evaluations, and user-based testing.
- Carlow International Incorporated
United States, Virginia, Falls Church
Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics
- Click User Experience: Seattle usability consultant
English
United States, WA, Seattle
Click User Experience
Jenny Blackburn
jenny@clickux.com
Click UX provides usability and user research consulting in the greater Seattle area.
- Usability Architects, Inc.
United States, Washington, Kirkland
Jon Meads
main-office@usability-architects.com
"Specialists in User-Centered Design"
- Ascentium - Interactive Marketing and Technology
United States, Washington, Seattle
Ascentium
Ken Ohnemus
UX@portal.ascentium.com
We create experiences that engage and retain your customers so you can build enduring,
profitable relationships. Ascentium provides a full range of user experience, marketing and
technology services.
- Blink Interactive Architects
United States, Washington, Seattle
Blink Interactive Architects
Kelly Franznick
info@blinkia.com
A Seattle user-centered research, design, and usability firm.
- Cibelli, Matthew - UI Architect
United States, Washington, Seattle
UI Architect
Matthew Cibelli
matt@uiarchitect.com
User Interface design focusing on an effective execution to meet the business, user and technology
requirements. Contributed to many windows products including, Windows 2000, SQL 7 Server, Windows XP and
Small Business Server
- Interface Concepts
United States, Washington, Seattle
Kathleen M. Potosnak
info@interfaceconcepts.com
A user interface consulting firm specializing in conceptual design
for software that's easier to learn and use.
- SalemSystems Inc.
United States, Washington, Seattle
SalemSystems Inc.
Anita Salem
asalem@salemsystems.net/
SalemSystem Inc. is a usability consulting firm that specializes in early product research, information design,
and rapid cycle usability testing.
- Surface Design Group
United States, Washington, Seattle
Company
Gregory Coomer
greg@surfacelabs.com
We are designers obsessed with making digital experiences easier to understand,
simpler to navigate, less cluttered, and more beautiful.
- Weinschenk Consulting Group
United States, Wisconsin, Edgar
Weinschenk Consulting Group
Susan Weinschenk
susan@weinschenk.com
Consulting and Classes in usability engineering, interface design, and the
psychology of technology
- Gomoll Research & Design, Inc.
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Tom Gomoll
info@gomolldesign.com
A user interface design consultancy specializing in user research, usability, conceptual & visual
design.
- Atlantic Systems Guild
United States; United Kingdom
Atlantic Systems Guild
Tom DeMarco
tdemarco@systemsguild.com
"a consulting organization specializing in the complex processes of system building, with particular emphasis on the human dimension."
- Technical communication services
English
new Zealand, Nelson
CharlieHorse Technical Communication Services
Anthea Whitlock
anthea@charliehorse.co.nz
CharlieHorse provides a range of technical communication services such as technical
documentation, website copywriting and online communication solutions. Specialising in
technical communication for IT systems and related processes, the focus is on people, usability
and understanding.