Daniel Mauney, Ph.D.
Bio
Dan is the Director of Human Factors and Research at HumanCentric. Dan has over 13 years of experience developing hardware and software interfaces for devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, and desktop computers. During this time, Dan has been able to contribute to user interface design and evaluation in a variety of environments, including creating user interface designs as part of a small internet software startup, creating designs as part of a large corporation developing mobile phones, and evaluating products as part of a large corporation's business strategy for purchasing, branding, and co-branding. In all occasions, he has been a primary user-advocate, promoting the user-centered design process and creating designs that focus on ease of use. Dan has authored multiple U.S. and international patents, written book chapters on small screen interfaces and making wireless applications easy to use, and has been an invited speaker at a number of events promoting user interface design techniques and tips to application developers.
Dan holds a Ph.D. in Human Factors and Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech. He is a member of the national Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) and ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) special interest group.