Human Factors
Michele Marut
Michele is currently a Human Factors Specialist with the medical manufacturing company Respironics. Since 1999, Michele has been applying Human Factors principles to the design and evaluation of a range of products. Her experience includes usability testing kitchen and bath products at Kohler and making Navy ships more user friendly at General Dynamics: Bath Iron Works. She currently serves as the UXnet Local Ambassador and IxDA Local Coordinator for Pittsburgh and chairs the Environmental Design Technical Group of HFES. Michele holds an M.S. in Human Environment Relations from Cornell University.
Specialties: Human Factors | Information Design | UX Design
Steve Psomas
Steve has specialized in Web application design and development, with six years of experience as a user experience designer and four years in UI component engineering, working at Responsys, Neoforma, Intuit, Clear Ink, and Maus Haus. Steve is currently responsible for all user experience design for the Responsys Interact® application. Steve has developed and presented an audioconference on How to Succeed as an Interactive Designer in a Rich Internet Application World.
In his work as a designer, he also draws inspiration from his prior experience as a technical writer, teacher, and coach. Steve graduated from the University of San Diego with a B.A. in English. He is a member of UPA and SIGCHI.
Specialties: Human Factors | Information Architecture | Interaction Design | UX Design
Ben Werner
As part of the Usability Engineering group, Ben is responsible for conducting user research, providing human factors guidance, and leading a transition to user-centered design at RightNow Technologies—a leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) vendor handling over 1 billion customer interactions in 2007. He holds an MS in Human-Computer Interaction and is a board-certified Associate Human Factors Professional.
Specialties: Human Factors | UX Strategy | User Research
