NameTom Stewart
Job TitleFounder
OrganisationSystem Concepts
Subscription LevelSilver
Registered Since17 Jun 2004
Areas of ExpertiseStrategy & Operations, User Experience and Usability, Web Project Management
Contact Details
Email:
Telephone: 020 7240 3388
Address: 2, Savoy Court, Strand, London, WC2R 0EZ, United Kingdom

About Me

Tom Stewart is the founder of System Concepts. He was an original member of the Human Sciences and Advanced Technology (HUSAT) Research group at Loughborough University in 1970. In 1979, he joined the management consultancy Butler Cox and Partners and worked on assignments in Europe, North America and Australia where he was mainly concerned with making computer systems usable by and acceptable to non-computer staff at all levels.

He joined System Concepts in 1983, became Managing Director in 1986 and Executive Chairman in 2008 and has managed the growth of the company to become one of the largest independent ergonomics, usability and user experience consultancies in Europe. He is active in British, European and International ergonomics and usability standards and chairs the ISO committee responsible for the ergonomics of human-system interaction (including ISO 9241). Tom is a past President of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors.

My Links

System Concepts Ltd
Please visit our website for details of System Concepts' usability and accessibility services.

Education and Qualifications

Tom gained BSc degrees at the University of Glasgow in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy (1968) and Psychology (1970).

He is a Chartered Psychologist, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, past President and a Fellow of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, a Fellow of the International Ergonomics Association and Founding Editor of the international journal Behaviour and Information Technology.

Blog posts and comments by Tom Stewart