Your Pal Russ!

Zip Code

60185

Industry

Internet, Interactive, New Media, Advertising, Technology, Entrepreneur, Other

About Me:

Russ has been working on websites since 1993—when there was only Notepad to code with and Mosaic was the only browser around. That was when he found his interest in User Experience Design and Information Architecture began to flourish. Since then, he has worked with a number of major brands, including Gatorade, Propel, Quaker and Celebrity Cruise Lines, as well as on large scale Intranet and Extranet applications for such companies as Volkswagen Credit, Audi Financial Services, Information Resources, Inc. and Marsh. He has been involved in the Information Architecture for large scale public-facing sites for such companies as Gusto, Metromix, Oprah.com and United Airlines. He has also worked off-line, creating unique biometric (fingerprint reader) applications and has worked as the Design Lead for Motorola’s Connectivity domain where he was responsible for creating user interfaces for mobile applications in Motorola's Consumer Experience Design group. Russ worked closely with such major carriers as T-Mobile, Cingular/AT&T and Vodafone to design features for Bluetooth, WiFi and over-the-air updates. He has also taught courses in Web and Interactive/Flash Design.

In his spare time, he is an editor for Boxes and Arrows (www.boxesandarrows.com), a well-known online Information Architecture magazine. He is a mentor for the Information Architecture Institute (www.iainstitute.org) and is the volunteer Event Coordinator for IDEA (Information, Design, Experience, Access) Conference (www.ideaconference.org), October 6-7, 2008, in Chicago. As if that is not enough, he tries to actively blog on topics in User Experience Design (www.userglue.com/blog). He lives in West Chicago with his wife, Nicolle, and 2 daughters.

Russ is currently writing a book on User Experience Designwith Carolyn Chandler for Peachpit Press.

Company Name

UserGlue

Website:

http://www.userglue.com

Blog:

http://www.userglue.com/blog/

Social Network:

http://www.twitter.com/russu

What I hope to gain from The Chicago Convergence

Networking and an opportunity to help grow the Chicago Interaction Design / Information Architecture / User Experience Community