Jared Spool

Jared is the founder of User Interface Engineering, the largest usability research organization of its kind in the world. He’s been working in the field of usability and experience design since 1978, before the term “usability” was ever associated with computers.

If you’ve ever seen Jared speak about user experience design (lucky you!), you know that he’s probably the most effective and knowledgeable communicator on the subject today. He is a top-rated speaker at more than 20 conferences every year!

Jared spends his time working with the research teams at the company, helping clients understand how to solve their design problems, and explaining to reporters and industry analysts what the current state of design is all about.

He is also chair and keynote speaker at UIE's annual conferences ‐ the UI Conference and UX Immersion Conference — and manages to squeeze in a fair amount of writing time. He is author of the book Web Usability: A Designer’s Guide and co-author of Web Anatomy: Interaction Design Frameworks that Work.