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223 224 225<!--End CTCT Sign-Up Form--> 226 227 228 229 230</article> 231<article> 232 233 <h1>Overview</h1> 234 <p><strong>The UX Awards honor the innovators behind the digital products and services that define our world.</strong> The UX Awards inspire technologists to create human-centered products that solve real customer problems based on exceptional case study showcases of outstanding digital product design and user centered design process.</p> 235<p><strong>The Awards are future-oriented</strong> and aim to showcase not only the latest and best in this fast-moving industry, but also where we’re headed and how to design for the near and distant future. The 2017 theme is “The Future of UX”. </p> 236<p><strong>The Awards span all aspects of “UX”</strong>: product design, service design, interaction design, experience design, service design, design strategy, usability, user research, design thinking, information architecture, content strategy, UI design, and increasingly industrial design and urban design when there is a digital component. </p> 237<p><strong>The UX Awards were the first Awards dedicated exclusively to showcasing the best in UX.</strong> They are a community-driven, independent Awards for the UX profession, with full transparency in the consensus judging process based on a rotating panel of expert judges, alongside public crowdvoting. We aim to:</p> 238 239<p><strong style="color:white;">* INSPIRE:</strong> Showcase incredible work that reveals the future, breadth and impact of UX. </p> 240<p><strong style="color:white;">* EVANGELIZE:</strong> Spread awareness of the essential value of UX </p> 241<p><strong style="color:white;">* HONOR THE BEST:</strong> Celebrate and reward exceptional UX practitioners and companies for their contributions</p> 242<p><strong style="color:white;">* LEAD BY EXAMPLE:</strong> Advance and evolve the craft of UX as a discipline through exceptional case study examples and speakers</p> 243<p><strong style="color:white;">* REFLECT THE COMMUNITY:</strong> Elevate and gather forward-thinking senior practitioners in a forum of concentrated thought leadership combined with practical insights and approaches to creating exceptional work</p> 244<p><strong style="color:white;">* SHOW REAL VALUE:</strong> Educate the broader business and technology community about the benefits and ROI of UX. </p> 245 246<BR/> 247<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/uxa15-BevMayAllJudges-Crop2.png" alt="UX Awards 2015 Judges" width="100%" /> 248<img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Scott-Bev-Todd-Stage-H-SM.jpg" width="100%" alt="2017 Event photo"> 249<BR/><BR/> 250 251</article> 252 253<article> 254 <h1>2017 Advisory Board</h1> 255 <p> Weâve formed an UX Awards Advisory Board of notable individuals and organizations who have shown significant support for the Awards to help shepherd and guide the Awards forward. Current Board members include: </p> 256 257<br /> 258 259 260<br /> 261 262 263<article> 264<figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/phil_300x353.jpg" alt="Phil" width="200" height="235"/></figure> 265<div class="judge-info"> 266<h2>Phil Balagtas</h2> 267<h3>Design Director GE Aviation, Founder Design Futures & PRIMER, UX Awards Advisory Board</h3> 268<p> 269Phil has been a Visual & UX Designer since 2001 and has experience designing across a variety of devices and platforms within non-profit, retail, advertising, and enterprise software organizations. He is currently a Design Director for GE Aviation Digital Solutions working with airlines to use big data to improve operational & fuel efficiency. An educator and futurist, he also organizes and leads design skill programs and is the founder of Speculative Futures and the PRIMER conference which focuses on cultural and social impact of design for the future. 270</p> 271 272<p>Company: <a href="ge.com/" target="_blank">GE Aviation</a><br/> 273LinkedIn: <a href="linkedin.com/in/neshacom">Phil Balagtas</a><br /> 274</div> 275</article> 276 277<br /> 278 279<article> 280<figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/janaki_kumar_300x353.jpg" alt="Janaki Kumar" width="200" height="300"/></figure> 281<div class="judge-info"> 282<h2>Janaki Kumar</h2> 283<h3>VP & Head of Design SAP Labs, Faculty Stanford Business, Boards of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce & UX Awards</h3> 284<p> 285Janaki Kumar is the Head of Strategic Design Services, America in SAPâs Design and Co-Innovation Center. She leads a team of designers who work directly with customers to transform their user experience. She has over a 15 years of experience building, coaching, and leading high performance teams to deliver design-led innovation.</p> 286 287<p>She is the co-author of the book, Gamification at Work â Designing Engaging Business Software. Janaki has a Masters in Information Systems from Boston University. She has authored 20 intellectual property patent applications of innovative user experiences.</p> 288 289<p>Company: <a href="sap.com/" target="_blank">SAP</a><br/> 290LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/janakikumar">Janaki Kumar</a><br /> 291Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/janakikumar">@janakikumar</a><br/></p> 292 293 294 295</div> 296</article> 297 298 299 300 301<br /> 302 303<figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/todd_lefelt_300x353.jpg" alt="Todd Lefelt" width="200" height="235"/></figure> 304<div class="judge-info"> 305<h2>Todd Lefelt</h2> 306<h3>Managing Director UX Huge, UX Awards Advisory Board + Former Design Director Ecos, Time, Kozmo.com, R/GA 307</h3> 308 309<p>Todd Lefelt is Managing Director of User Experience at Huge in Los Angeles. Since joining Huge in 2006, Todd has been instrumental in building the agency’s user experience team and helping to define the philosophy and process applied to user-centric design. In 2010, Todd joined Huge’s Los Angeles office, where he has played a key role in the development of the company’s West Coast presence. Todd has directed interactive design and research for some of Huge’s largest engagements and has worked with clients including Clear Channel, National Geographic, NBC Universal, Samsung, Toyota and Warner Music Group. With nearly two decades of industry experience, Todd held senior positions at a number of other companies prior to joining Huge, including Time Inc. Interactive, Ecos Technologies, Pathways Flandrau Science Center, Wave Technologies, Kozmo.com, R/GA and Ultra 16. <BR><BR>Todd received a BFA from the University of Michigan and an MA from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University. He currently lives in Silver Lake with his wife Holly, son Ira, and cat Pippa.</p> 310 311<p>Company: <a href="hugeinc.com/contactus/san-francisco" target="_blank">Huge Inc.</a><br /> 312LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/todd-lefelt/0/357/5a3">Todd Lefelt</a><br /> 313</p> 314</div> 315</article> 316 317<br /> 318 319<article> 320<figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Scott-McDonald-newweb2017.jpg" alt="Scott McDonald" width="200" height="235"/></figure> 321<div class="judge-info"> 322<h2>Scott McDonald</h2> 323<h3>Digital Consultant, UX Awards Advisory Board + Former MD Modus Agency, Strategist Scient, Supervisor Y&R </h3> 324<p>Scott is an Inc. 5000 entrepreneur and co-founder of New York-based digital innovation and UX consultancy Modus. Prior to foun
324ding Modus, Scott was a strategist with the New York office of Scient Corporation and creative supervisor at Young & Rubicamâs Brand Dialogue interactive group.<br><br> 325 326An expert in customer-centered business innovation, he has led high-profile strategic initiatives for Morgan Stanley & Co., SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Sony Electronics, Comcast Corporation, InterActiveCorp, Major League Baseball, Cleveland Clinic and other leading brands.<br><br> 327 328Scott is a member of the Customer Experience Professionals Association, the Digital Analytics Association and the User Experience Professionals Association. He is a co-founder of the Digital Analytics Association’s New York City chapter and serves on the board of advisors of two Internet start-ups.</p> 329 330<p>Company: <a href="modusagency.com/" target="_blank">Modus</a><br/> 331LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-mcdonald/0/751/b59">Scott McDonald</a><br /> 332</div> 333</article> 334 335<br /> 336 337 338 339<br /> 340<article> 341<br /> 342<h1>Executive Director</h1><BR /> 343<figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/beverly_may_300x353.jpg" alt="Beverly May" width="200" height="235" /></figure> 344<div class="judge-info"> 345<h2>Beverly May</h2> 346<h3>Faculty Columbia & GA, Digital Specialist for CA State, MD Oxford Tech & Concepts Lab, UX Awards Exec. Director</h3> 347<p>Beverly is the Executive Director of the UX Awards. She has 2 decades of experience in tech, product development and UX and has helped define and launch hundreds of new tech initiatives at agencies, publishers, startups, and in Peacekeeping at the UN. Beverly is faculty in Digital Analytics and Product Design at Columbia University and teaches at U.C. Berkeley and General Assembly; is Senior Digital Specialist for the State of CA Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development; and has led The Concepts Lab theconceptslab.com and her own UX & product strategy consultancy, Oxford Tech since 2008, with a jaunt to Europe in 2015 as CTO & Head of Product at a social video mixing company in Berlin, Germany.<BR><BR> 348Beverly has an Executive MBA from the University of Oxford, a Masterâs degree from NYUâs ITP Program, and a BA from University of Toronto. She is a triple EU- Canadian- US citizen and a regular educator and public speaker on UX, product management and analytics.</p><br> 349<p> 350LinkedIn: <a href="linkedin.com/in/beverlymay">Beverly May</a><br /> 351</p> 352<p>Location: New York, NY and San Francisco, CA<br /> 353</p> 354</div> 355 356</article> 357 358<article> 359 <h1>2017 Extended Circle</h1> 360 <p>Our Advisory Board is supplemented with several industry experts who help to extend our global reach and awareness, including:</p> 361<br /> 362 363<!-- 364<figure><img src="https://userexperienceawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Karen-McGrane-300x353-255x300.jpg" alt="Karen McGrane 300x353" width="200" height="235" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8244" /></figure> 365 366<div class="judge-info"> 367<h2>Karen McGrane</h2> 368<h3>Managing Partner at Bond Art + Science, Faculty SVA NYC: Interaction Design, Former VP UX at Razorfish, Author</h3> 369<p>If the internet is more awesome than it was in 1995, Karen would like to claim a very tiny piece of the credit. For the past 20 years Karen has helped businesses create better digital products through the power of user experience design and content strategy. She is Managing Partner at Bond Art + Science, a UX consultancy she founded in 2006, and formerly VP and National Lead for User Experience at Razorfish. Karen teaches Design Management in the MFA in Interaction Design program at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. She co-hosts A Responsive Web Design Podcast with Ethan Marcotte, and is the author of Going Responsive, published in 2015 by A Book Apart. Her first book, Content Strategy for Mobile, was published in 2012. 370 </p> 371 372<p>Company: <a href="http://bondartscience.com/">Bond Art and Science</a><br /> 373Personal: <a href="https://karenmcgrane.com/">KarenMcGrane.com</a><br /> 374LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrane/">Karen McGrane</a><br /> 375Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/karenmcgrane">@karenmcgrane</a><br/></p> 376 377</p> 378<p>Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<br /> 379</p> 380</div> 381--> 382</article> 383<article> 384<figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/tomersharon-web2017.jpg" alt="Tomer Sharon" width="200" height="235"/></figure> 385<div class="judge-info"> 386<h2>Tomer Sharon</h2> 387<h3>VP, Head of UX at WeWork</h3> 388<p>
389Tomer is Head of User Experience at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMkiZMwLzgbJe0xjUwEc06w">WeWork </a> in New York City leading a team that designs work and living spaces, communities, and services around the world. Formerly Senior UX Researcher at Google Search, Tomer is the author of the books, <a href="rosenfeldmedia.com/books/lean-user-research-product-development/">Validating Product Ideas through Lean User Research</a>(2016) and, <a href="www.amazon.com/Its-Our-Research-Stakeholder-Buy-/dp/0123851300/">It’s Our Research: Getting stakeholder buy-in for user experience research projects</a> (2012). He founded and led The Israeli Chapter of the User Experience Professionals’ Association and has been preaching and teaching UX at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DkbmBmbPcYhk#t=3D106">Google’s LaunchPad program </a>, a bootcamp for early-stage startups around the world, in conferences, and at <a href="teamtreehouse.com/library/researching-user-needs">Treehouse </a>. Tomer holds a master’s degree in Human Factors in Information Design from <a href="www.bentley.edu/graduate/ms-programs/hfid">Bentley University</a> in Waltham, MA. He is <a href="www.twitter.com/tsharon">@tsharon on Twitter </a> and <a href="www.instagram.com/tsharon">Instagram </a> 390</p> 391 392<p>Company: <a href="wework.com/" target="_blank">WeWork</a><br/> 393LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomersharon">Tomer Sharon</a><br /> 394</div> 395</article> 396 397 398<article> 399<figure><img src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/matt_webber_300x353.jpg" alt="Matthew Weber" width="200" height="235"/></figure> 400 401<div class="judge-info"> 402<h2>Matthew Weber</h2> 403<h3>VP of UX and Design, Zoomdata and Adjunct Faculty, Columbia University</h3> 404<p>Matthew Weber is an award winning UX designer, executive and teacher at NYU, who has had his work showcased by Apple and has lectured at NASA. He has a passion for making data easy to use. He has worked on projects for Thompson Reuters, CNN, Lincoln Financial, Morgan Stanley, Sesame Street, MeeGenius, Johnson Research Labs, and Persado. He is currently VP of UX and Design at Zoomdata. </p> 405<p>In addition to teaching UX Portfolio at NYU, Matthew is a founding member of the UX Curriculum Advisory Board at NYU, and is the founder of the UX + Data Meetup in New York. Matthew has also been invited to speak at Singularity University at the NASA campus on how to build massively-parallel problem solving systems, and to the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. </p> 406<p>Matthew lives in New Jersey with his wife and two children, and in his spare time, has been building an aqueduct in his backyard.</p> 407<p>Company: <a href="www.zoomdata.com/" target="_blank">Zoomdata</a><br /> 408LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrmatthewweber">Matthew Weber</a> 409</p> 410</div> 411 412</article> 413 414<article> 415 <h1>2017 Volunteers</h1> 416 <p>Each year, the UX Awards are supported by many, many dedicated volunteers that help make this event, our meetups and our thought leadership analysis a reality. 2017 Confirmed volunteers include:</p> 417 418<h2><a href="">Kanae Clar</a></h2> 419<h3>Sr. UX Manager, New York</h3> 420 421<h2><a href="">Conner Hunihan</a></h2> 422<h3>UX Designer, San Francisco</h3> 423 424<h2><a href="">Brittany Kaufman</a></h2> 425<h3>UX Designer, San Francisco</h3> 426 427<h2><a href="">Kevon Lovelace</a></h2> 428<h3>UX Designer, San Francisco</h3> 429 430<h2><a href="">Hannah Martin</a></h2> 431<h3>UX Designer, New York</h3> 432 433<h2><a href="">Lindsay Stuart</a></h2> 434<h3>Communications Director, Los Angeles</h3> 435 436<h2><a href="">Sam Trinh</a></h2> 437<h3>Data Analyst, San Francisco</h3> 438 439<h2><a href="">Timothy Lin</a></h2> 440<h3>Data Analyst, San Francisco</h3> 441 442<h2><a href="">Matthew Lenhart</a></h2> 443<h3>Data Analyst, San Francisco</h3> 444 445 446 447 <p>To get involved as a volunteer, please email <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 448 449 </article> 450 451 <article> 452 <h1>Stay Updated!</h1> 453 <p>Twitter <a style="color:yellow;" href="https://www.twitter.com/uxawards">@UXAwards Twitter</a><br /> 454 Facebook <a style="color:yellow;" href="https://www.facebook.com/uxawards">UX Awards Facebook</a><br /> 455 Linkedin <a style="color:yellow;" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/uxawardsâ">UX Awards LinkedIn</a><br /> 456 Meetup: <a style="color:yellow;" href="https://www.meetup.com/UX-Awards/â">UX Awards Meetups</a><br /> 457 YouTube <a style="color:yellow;" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/UxAwards/featured">UX Awards YouTube Videos</a></p> 458 </article> 459 460 <article> 461 <h1>Sponsorship Inquiries</h1> 462 <p>For more information or to become a sponsor, please email <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 463 </article> 464 465 <article> 466 <h1>Media Inquiries</h1> 467 <p>For past media releases and coverage, please check out our <a href="/press/">Press Page</a>.</p> 468 <p>Please contact us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p> 469 </article> 470 471</div> 472</section> 473 <footer class="site"> 474<div class="wrap"> 475 476<small><a href="/contact/">Contact Us</a> | <a href="/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a> | <a href="https://userexperienceawards.com/wp-login.php?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fuserexperienceawards.com%2Fcontact%2F" title="Login">Login</a> | <a href="https://userexperienceawards.com/wp-login.php?action=register" title="Register">Register</a> 477 © 2011 to 2017 User Experience Awards. 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