Gail McLaughlin

Past

• UX Managing Consultant at EDS, an HP Company
• Senior UX Architect at EDS
• Manager of UX Architects at EDS

• Course Developer/Instructor/HCI Consultant-Technical Consulting Program-HCI at EDS
• HCI Evangelist at EDS
• Systems Engineer/Analyst at EDS

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Education

• HFI
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Gail McLaughlin’s Summary

Wide range of experience in business analysis, software development, usability engineering, course development and delivery for many clients in many different industries, in US and Europe

Goal: make life easier for everyone by building products that perform like someone cared

Gail McLaughlin’s Specialties:

Business analysis
Software specifications
Discovery sessions
Information architecture
User interface specifications
Usability testing
Accessibility

Gail McLaughlin’s Experience

• UX Managing Consultant

  EDS, an HP Company

  (Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — 2009 (5 years )

  Managing Consultant, User Experience (UX)
  Continued to work with clients and development teams to improve usability of clients' products (same activities as Sr UX Architect)
  Represent UX in sales pursuits
  Develop UX courses
  Member of EDS' Web Standards & Usability advisory boards

• Senior UX Architect

  EDS

  (Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2001 — 2004 (3 years )

  Usability engineer (incl usability testing)
  Information architect
  Business analysis
  Interaction designer
  
  Worked with clients across a wide range of industries to improve usability of their web sites and application software

• Manager of UX Architects

  EDS

  (Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

  Built and managed the User Experience team at EDS
  Originally part of c2o
  Focused primarily on creating usable web sites for a wide range of clients

• Course Developer/Instructor/HCI Consultant-Technical Consulting Program-HCI

  EDS

  (Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1995 — 1997 (2 years )

  Developed, taught, and consulted in Human-Computer Interaction in the US and Europe
  Attended many tutorials at CHI conferences
  Panel member on a CHI panel in HCI Education
  Was local CHI chapter president for 2 years

• HCI Evangelist

  EDS

  (Public Company; HPQ; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year )

  Developed Usability Guidelines for EDS Corporate Information Systems
  Taught Business Process Reengineering Course (40 hrs) and
  HCI Course (40 hrs) in Continuing Technical Development in US and European locations

• Systems Engineer/Analyst

  EDS

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1984 — 1993 (9 years )

  Developed system specs and software for Hospital Systems

Gail McLaughlin’s Education

• HFI

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Camden

  Mathematics

Additional Information

Gail McLaughlin’s Groups:

•    EDS Alumni
•    User Experience
•    DFWUPA

Gail McLaughlin’s Contact Settings

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• business deals
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