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Paul D. Hibbitts is a collaborative user-centered designer and user experience analyst.
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| Background |
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Paul lives in Vancouver, BC and has over fifteen years experience as a user interaction designer and usability specialist/educator. He has designed productive and usable interfaces for desktop, mobile and web-based applications, websites, intranets and courseware. Companies that have benefited from his services include Absolute Software, FinancialCAD Corporation, SAP BusinessObjects, The Canadian Real Estate Association and Vancity Credit Union.
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As an academic and corporate instructor, Paul has designed and taught various courses in interface design at Simon Fraser University (SFU), the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, and the University of British Columbia. At SFU, he has been nominated for an Excellence in Teaching Award, and in a recent offering of Paul's popular 3rd year CMPT-363 (User Interface Design) course, 93% of class students rated his teaching ability as an "A".
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Paul was selected to participate in the 2009 Season of Usability (OpenUsability.org) project as a usability mentor for a Human Computer Interaction Graduate student working on an open source Linux KDE semantic note-taking application. He was also chosen as a project design mentor for SFU's School of Interactive Arts and Technology school, where he provided interaction design/user-centered design (UCD) mentoring for a group of five students enrolled in a two-semester length 4th year Interdisciplinary Design Studio course involving the design of an iPhone fitness application.
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| With an on-going thirst for learning, Paul stays current in his field by continuously researching recent developments in usability, user experience design, and user-centered design - which he actively shares with his clients and students. |
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| Paul's Approach |
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Collaboration
When design is a group effort it not only improves software but also strengthens the skills and experience of the whole team. By facilitating collaborative problem-solving and prototyping within your development process, Paul drives effective, goal-focused solutions that the team knows are achievable.
Education
With his passion for sharing his knowledge, Paul's engagements always educate and coach the entire team in user-centered design techniques and usability processes. Encouraging a culture of ongoing learning, Paul continues to help those he works with through his evolving usability & user-centered design resource recommendations in print and online.
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| Professional Certifications and Memberships |
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| For information on who Paul has worked with, see Clients and Case Studies. |
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