The Team
We are an interdisciplinary team of four Masters in Human-Computer Interaction students at Carnegie Mellon University undertaking a capstone project that allows us to apply the knowledge we gain in the classroom to a specific design problem presented by our client. Our diverse backgrounds range from design and psychology to engineering, computer science, and information systems. Our diverse skill set enables us to provide our client with a 360-degree view of the problem space and helps us in finding innovative design ideas to solve the given problem. In detail, our team members and backgrounds as well as each team member's responsibilities are as follows
Devin Blais | Document Lead, User Testing Lead, and Webmaster
Devin has a background in information systems and is particularly interested in social networks. As the project's user testing lead, he oversaw all of the preliminary user testing including surveys, interviews and contextual inquiries, as well as ensured that our design solutions were grounded in the data obtained from our user research. As document lead and webmaster, his responsibilities included maintaining a list of research sources for the team, coordinating work on written deliverables, and implementing the team's project website towards the end of the project.
Allison Gallant | Design Lead
Allison has a background in communication design and cognitive psychology and as the design lead she was responsible for developing and ensuring the use of a consistent, flexible and professional design language throughout the course of the project.
Holger Kuehnle | Technical Lead and Client Liaison
Holger has an academic background in computer science and design as well as professional experience as a project manager and software developer. As the project's client liaison, he was the representative face of the team to the client and ensured smooth communication of the team's activities with the client throughout the project. As technical lead, he was responsible for facilitating prototype development as well as organizing the team's technical resources.
Jon Maloto | Project Manager and Meeting Secretary
Jon has an academic background in electrical and computer engineering as well as professional experience as a software developer. As the project manager and meeting secretary, he concentrated on keeping the project on track, managing the group's time, taking minutes at each team meeting, and ensuring the timely delivery of an outstanding final product.
