Midwest UX 2011 speakers

Abby Covert @abby_the_ia
User Experience Director for @Draftfcb in Chicago. Producer for @IDEAinfo. I make the unclear, clear and keep advertisers from being evil.
Bill Litfin @blitfin
Dad at home. Partner at Shift Global - An independent digital agency creating mobile, social and dot.com experiences. I'm the only hell my mama ever raised.
Boon Sheridan @boonerang
Shenaniganist, Experience Designer (IA, IxD, whatever) and Bostonian. Sitting comfortably at the intersection of anti-social and mobile since 1971.
Brad Colbow @bradcolbow
Creator of the weekly comic strip, The Brads, and Independent web designer in the Cleveland Area.
Brad Nunnally @bnunnally
I fight the good ole UX fight in ole Saint Louie.
brian stone @rbrianstone
Designer, educator, traveller, brompton rider, storyteller. Baltimore native, Philadelphia occupant, Ohio State University faculty. Dad.
Bryce Glass @soldierant
Happy husband, proud father, middling designer and coauthor of Building Web Reputation Systems. (O'Reilly, 2010.)
Carol Smith @carologic
My musings on usability, UX & other stuff I care about. Work: Conduct research to make designs more human. Life: Wife, mom of two great kids, and runner.
Chris Basham @chrisbasham
UX designer. Prototyper. Developer. Grad student. Barefoot runner. Frisbee tosser. Wordsmith. Craftsman. Pen nerd. Muffin devourer.
Chris Merkel @merkelwerks
User Experience leader with Computech Inc. in DC. Blends research, design, dev, accessibility, print, and branding. Member #ixda-dc and #crankytalk.
Chris Stone @stony
User Experience Director @ LiFT Studios / IxDA Vancouver co-organizer / Music / Food / Beer / Wine / Mandolin
Christina York @uxtina
Lover of all things UX and poster girl for lessons learned meetings.
dan klyn @danklyn
information architect at the understanding group, adjunct faculty at the university of michigan school of information
Dan Willis @uxcrank
UX guy thinking deep thoughts, but saying mostly stupid things.
Dana Chisnell @danachis
If you want users to love your design, fall in love with your users.
Darren Kall @darrenkall
Customer and User Experience Design and Strategy, UCD, HF, Accessibility

Derren Hermann @derrenh
User experience specialist with interests in interaction design, information architecture, user research, and all things design process.
Des Traynor @destraynor
I give talks on UX Design, Data Visualisation, The Business of Start-ups, and Customer Acquisition and Retention. My full time job is COO & UX Lead at Interom.
eadahl @eadahl
experience designer, information architect, interaction designer, anthropologist, local leader of @ixdacolumbus & co-founder/organizer of @midwestUX conference
Eric Wiley @ericwiley
Owner of Infotoken, an interaction design studio. I collaborate with talented independents, other design companies and corporate in-house teams.
Erin Jo Richey @erinjo
Technologist. Creative. Idea person. I write about user experience, marketing, ecommerce, analytics, and design. I help people measure and organize information.
Geoff Alday @geoffa
User Experience Manager @emmaemail. Sometimes developer. Always curious. Likes fiddling with playing cards and other magical things.
Haig Armen @haigarmen
Director of LiFT studios, a Vancouver based Interaction Design Agency and Professor of Design at Emily Carr University. Also: pixel-pushing, coding & guitar
Heidi Munc @heidimunc
Experience designer, visual designer. Fast walker and talker. Traveler and observer. Part time maker of non-digital things. Married to @muncman, mother of X&Q.
Ian Fenn @ifenn
Freelance Information architect and UX designer. I take work seriously. Twitter less so - I am the UX Court Jester.
Jared M. Spool @jmspool
Just a dude who thinks a lot about creating great user experiences. Thank you for encouraging my behavior! [Personal account. For UX only: @UIE]
Jason Wishard @periodicdesign
Father. Husband. Foodie. EightShapes. In that order.
Jay A. Morgan @jayamorgan
authentic user experience work. sometimes a bit of cognitive science.
Jeff Gothelf @jboogie
UX Designer, O'Reilly author of Lean UX book, Agile/UX guy, Speaker, Blogger, Dad, Husband, Musician, Principal at @proof_nyc (avatar by @strippednuts)
Jen Matson @nstop
Uxer, coder, blogger, speaker, record collector.
Jimmy Chandler @uxprinciples
Experience designer and accessibility strategist in the DC area, husband of @coolacctngchick, public speaker & writer. I enjoy golf, wine, food, friends.

jjg @jjg
casual observer
Jodi Bollaert @uxcited
joe sokohl @mojoguzzi
Obsessive about UX (user research, IA, IxD, usability), Moto Guzzis, & life. Thinking of Veterans Day w/a flashback to '81.
John Wayne Hill @johnwaynehill
I design compelling experiences for products and interfaces. I explore through prototyping, and I create stunning photography.
Karl Fast @karlfast
Professor of User Experience Design at Kent State University and surprisingly optimistic about the digital future
Katie Kimble @kimbleke
Kimberly Callery @kimcallery
User Experience Specialist, Interactive Designer & Educator
Lis Hubert @lishubert
UX & Strategy Consultant making her way around NYC and beyond!
Marc Rettig @mrettig
Principal of Fit Associates, LLC
Marty Vian @mvian
I'm a bit hyperactive. I got in when it was still called hypermedia. Not trying to be hyperbolic, but life's a total blur.
Oscar Fernandez @anselmo60
design for people not for other designers.
Veronica Erb @verbistheword
UX designer who moderates usability research in Rwanda and writes clean HTML/CSS. Grew up in a geodesic dome, and still hasn't gotten over it. Also lindy hops.
Vince Frantz @vincefrantz
Father, Skateboarder and Information Designer
Wendy A F G Stengel @wendywoowho
IA. Foodie. Wine fiend. Pop culture nut. Goofball.
Wes Michaels @wmichaels
Human Computer Interaction/Design Masters student at Indiana University