Scott Weiss

Current

User Interface Technology Manager at Symbian Foundation

Past

Executive Director, London at Human Factors International
President at Usable Products Company
Author at Handheld Usability

Human Factors Manager at Autodesk
User Interface Architect at Sybase
Program Manager at Microsoft
Human Interface Design Intern at Apple

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Education

Stanford University

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Scott Weiss’s Summary

Scott currently looks after the Symbian UI at the Symbian Foundation. He is known world-wide for his leadership in mobile usability with respect to design, prototyping, and user testing.

More about Scott:
* Seasoned market research and information design professional with significant management experience
* Frequent lecturer world-wide
* Author of "Handheld Usability" (Wiley: 2002)

Scott Weiss’s Specialties:

Usability, Information Architecture, and Market Research with a specialisation in mobile

Scott Weiss’s Experience

User Interface Technology Manager

Symbian Foundation

(Non-Profit; Telecommunications industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

I look after the user experience of the Symbian platform, including running the UI council.

If you have any questions about Symbian or the Symbian Foundation, please contact me.
Executive Director, London

Human Factors International

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2008 — April 2009 (1 year 3 months)

* Oversaw usability, information architecture, and custom market research projects.
* Lectured and taught at academic and commercial conferences in the US, UK, Europe, and Asia.
President

Usable Products Company

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wireless industry)

April 1996 — January 2008 (11 years 10 months)

* Founded and led a mobile-focused usability agency
* Served industry-leading clients such as LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sprint, Verizon, and Vodafone
* Assisted Vodafone on the design and usability of the Simply mobile phone handset
* Assisted Samsung on the design and usability of the YP-K3 and K5 MP3 players
* Led comparative usability benchmarks of mobile phone media downloads, video, music, and search
* Lectured and taught throughout the US, UK, Europe, and Asia
Author

Handheld Usability

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Telecommunications industry)

April 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 1 month)

* 300-page textbook covering design, prototyping, and usability of mobile phones and PDAs.
* Published by John Wiley & Sons in 2002.
Human Factors Manager

Autodesk

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ADSK; Computer Software industry)

April 1995 — April 1996 (1 year 1 month)

• Managed user interface design and usability testing for the AutoCAD line of products.
• Established the User Interface Caucus, consisting of market group representatives who decided on UI style and set policy for icon and splash screen designs for the company.
• Led design for AutoCAD LT 3.0, including SmartSnaps, Property Painter, Online Help, and Toolbar icons. Facilitated UI patent negotiations with a competing software company.
• Organized and facilitated focus groups with customers and prospects.
• Designed and outfitted a laboratory for user-centered design.
User Interface Architect

Sybase

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; SY; Computer Software industry)

June 1992 — March 1995 (2 years 10 months)

• Designed multimedia authoring tools for Gain Momentum’s interactive television studio.
• Designed, prototyped, and implemented the user interface to Gain Momentum, a multimedia authoring system available for Microsoft Windows/NT and OSF/Motif.
• Patented graphical widgets designed for interactive video (1999: patent 5,900,877).
• Coordinated cross-functional user interface efforts for the Momentum product series in Sybase’s Tools Technology Group.
Program Manager

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

July 1990 — May 1992 (1 year 11 months)

• Designed and prototyped Explorer, Task Bar, and menu bars for Windows ‘95.
• Managed marketing, development, quality assurance, usability, documentation, and release strategy for Microsoft Schedule+, a Macintosh software project.
• Designed the user interface for Schedule+, a multi-user scheduling application.
• Provided design assistance and presented user interfaces to the Microsoft User Interface Task Force as a representative of the Advanced Windows Services group.
Human Interface Design Intern

Apple

(Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)

June 1989 — June 1990 (1 year 1 month)

• Designed the mechanism for selecting color icons on the Macintosh System 7.0 Desktop.
• Designed the Virtual Memory Control Panel for Macintosh System 7.0.
• Contributed to the authorship of Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines.