Working to Improve User Experience 
Contact: ILONA POSNER
User Experience & Usability Consultant with
more than 25 years of experience in the area of Human Computer
Interaction, working on design and evaluation of web sites, software,
hardware, mobile applications and business strategies. An experienced educator teaching
both university and professional development courses. Ilona holds a
Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. Services include:
- Consulting -
Usability Expert Reviews, Usability Evaluations, Usability Testing,
User Experience Consultations, User Experience Evaluations, User
Centered Design, Usability Consultations during Product Design &
Development, Requirements Gathering, Stakeholders' Analyses, Strategy
Planning & Analysis, Product Development & Marketing Planning
& Evaluation
- Training -
Corporate Professional Development & Training in Usability,
Teaching University Courses in Usability & User Centered Design,
Intensive Courses on Prototyping & Usability Testing for
Professional Design, Development, Marketing, Management, & QA Teams
Presentation Transit Usability - Removing the Barriers, at www.ttrcc.org Tranforming Transportation: Economies & Communities Summit in Detroit, MI, Apr 2011 Video Interview OneDegreeCanada, Feb 2009 WATCH INTERVIEW >> Podcast Interview with Karel Vredenburg, IBM User Experience Design, Dec 2007 LISTEN TO PODCAST >>
| EXPERIENCE
TRAINING & TEACHING - Corporate Training Courses in
User
Centered Design, Usability and Prototyping to companies such as
Scotiabank, Deutsche Bank, Shoppers Drugmart, Intelliware
Development, PeopleSoft, Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, DOC's Documentary
Film Makers, Ontario Science Centre, & MaRS Startups, and for
companies such as Human Factors International and International
Institute for Learning
- Faculty at the Canadian Film Centre’s New Media Lab's Interactive Art and Entertainment Programme, since 2000
- Sessional Lecturer at University of Toronto’s Department of Computer Science, since 2004
- Faculty at OCAD University's Executive Masters of Design in Advertising, Since 2009
BUSINESS STRATEGY & RESEARCH Pitney
Bowes, AXA Insurance, Kellogg’s, OMERS, Ontario Power Generation, Octopz,
Yahoo!, Visa, OACCAC, HomeStars, Sympatico, Engineering.com, Secret Location, Zinc
Roe, TV Ontario, Ontario Science Centre, Excite Canada, i3mobile, Efficient
Networks, Coors Light, Dove, Microsoft, EQAO, SOM, AOL, RBC, CareFirst,
WhoPlusYou
SOFTWARE
Autodesk, AMD, Bell Web
Solutions, Octopz.com, OACCAC, EQAO, Clinicare, Think Dynamics
(currently IBM), Bell Canada, Expresto Software, Access For All (OCADU)
HARDWARE
Bell Canada, Los Angels
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, KIP Systems, HalfKeyboard,
Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab
MOBILEBell Mobility, Sympatico, Peacepoint Entertainment, Metronome,
Bump! Mobile, Stitch Media, i3mobile
Scotiabank, Deutsche Bank, TD Canada Trust, RBC, H&R
Block, Pitney Bowes, Canadian Tire, Buckley’s Insurance
Shoppers
Drug Mart, OACCAC, CCAC, UHN Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Canada
Health Infoway, Clinicare, CareFirst
AGENCIES & WHITE LABELSDigital Cement, YuCentrik, iLeo, Cossette Interactive,
58Ninety, BonaSource, Bruce Mau Design, HFI Human Factors International,
Personix, Bell Web Solutions, Live Wire, Peacepoint Entertainment, Stitch Media
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