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Ken Maxwell

User Experience / Human Factors Professional

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RESEARCHER

EXPERIENCE

DESIGNER

PROJECT MANAGER

STRATEGIST

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I work in the field of user experience and human factors design. In this exciting and evolving field I bring together psychology, science, engineering, aesthetics and business knowledge to realize systems that are well adapted to satisfying both people’s and business's needs. These systems may involve a single person using a simple device for a simple activity or many people interacting to accomplish many activities using complex interactive technologies in many different contexts.

I have worked in multiple industries producing a wide range of design solutions including, among others, the design of: 

  • Enterprise-level productivity applications for web, mobile and desktop platforms, 

  • A unique mobile-device and associated network, 

  • Advanced administrator tools for interaction with high-availability telecom systems,

  • Forward-looking cockpit automation systems in tactical aircraft.


I have led multidisciplinary research and design teams, and directed research, design, development and test within large companies and for my own start-up endeavors. I have effectively used design-thinking, human-centered design, and agile processes in product and system development life-cycles. 

My work produces innovative, usable and tested solutions. My interests are in envisioning, innovating and realizing new human-technology systems that enable and foster positive human experiences, engagement, creative expression and productivity.

I Create Technologies and Designs that

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Embody

New

Experience Paradigms

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are Imagined

and Built in

Collaboration

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Extend

Human Agency

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Connect

People with Technology

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Connect

People with Information

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Connect

People with People

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Augment

Operator Workload

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are Built to

Understand People

and Business

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are Tested

and Measured

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are Grounded in

User Research

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Conform to

Differences among Users

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are Fashioned by Context-of-Use

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Fit within Broader Holistic Contexts

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Make

Complexity

Manageable

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