| Name | Chris Rourke |
|---|---|
| Job Title | Managing Director |
| Organisation | User Vision |
| Subscription Level | Gold |
| Registered Since | 3 Sep 2001 |
| Areas of Expertise | Ecommerce, Connected TV, User Experience and Usability, Web Design |
| Contact Details |
Email:
Telephone: 0131 225 0850Address: User Vision, 55 North castle Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 3QA, United Kingdom |
About Me
I am a user experience consultant and Director of User Vision, a leading consultancy providing usability testing, user profiling, information architecture, eye tracking, accessibility and training services.
Prior to starting User Vision, I was a senior consultant for a leading human factors consultancy in London and have worked for clients throughout the UK, Europe and the US. I have applied usability / human factors to improve software, websites and products for a wide range of clients, both commercial and public sector including Dell Computers, Royal Bank of Scotland, Intelligent Finance, Scottish Widows, Emirates Airline, Pfizer, Hewlett Packard, NCR, Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), Scottish Enterprise, Aberdeen City Council, Leeds City Council, IKEA and more
See more: http://www.uservision.co.uk
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Career History
Managing Director at User Vision
From March 1, 2000 and still in this role.
Graphic User Interface Designer & Usability Specialist at SPSS
From May 1, 1999 until March 1, 2000.
Senior Consultant at System Concepts
From August 1, 1990 until May 1, 1999.
Education and Qualifications
MSc Industrial Engineering & Human Factors, University of Michigan
BSc Engineering Psychology , Tufts University , USA
practicing usability & Human Factors Consultant in the UK for 19 years
Founder & past President of Scottish UPA Chapter
Frequent speaker at UK & International conferences on user experience
Managing Director of User Vision, leading user experience condultancy
Blog posts and comments by Chris Rourke
- The revolution will not be personalised…or will it? , 20 Dec 2012
- 10 new wireframing tools to help you create rapid prototypes, 8 Nov 2012
- Why is the Olympic ticketing website so bad?, 2 Aug 2012
- The Four Seasons site is beautiful, but not for disabled users, 8 Feb 2012
- RNIB gets tough with bmibaby over accessibility , 31 Jan 2012
- Online retail delivery: what does Kiddicare get right? , 31 Jan 2012
- RNIB gets tough with bmibaby over accessibility , 31 Jan 2012
- Which e-commerce trustmarks are most effective? , 31 Aug 2011
- What your mother never taught you about Multivariate Testing, 21 Oct 2010
- YouTube brings auto-captioning to its videos — and new hopes for searching video online, 5 Mar 2010
Forum posts by Chris Rourke
- How do customers navigate: search, filters or visual?, 4 May 2011
- Accessibility: WCAG 2.0 at 2 months in – how are you doing?, 17 Mar 2009
- Usability and testing (A/B and MV), 27 Aug 2008
- 10 things you should know about the new Web Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.0, 9 Jun 2008
- Usability guide to donations, 5 Jun 2005
- Search functionality, 6 May 2005
