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Welcome Claudia Bruckschwaiger as Our New Regional Director for Europe!

May 28, 2024July 14, 2023

Claudia BruckschwaigerUXPA Europe Regional Director We are so excited to announce that Claudia Bruckschwaiger, managing partner at Swohlwahr in Vienna, Austria, has accepted the position of Europe Regional Director. Claudia is also serving as Deputy Chair of the Accreditation Board for theInternational Accreditation Program for UX Professionals and we all recently got to meet in person at UXPA 2023 in Austin, Texas last month! We asked Claudia a few questions so our members can learn a little about our newest Board Member! 1) How did you get started in UX? Starting out as a user interface designer in early 2000 was my first step into UX, with a brief detour into the gaming industry. User experience and demand-driven design had a huge impact …

Announcing the International Accreditation Program for UX Professionals

May 22, 2023April 28, 2023

We are thrilled to announce that the International Accreditation Program for UX Professionals has been officially endorsed by UXPA International. The program was developed by UXPA Austria, with support from the GermanUPA, and was launched internationally in October 2022 at the World Usability Congress in Graz. The accreditation program will join UXPA International at their booth during the UXPA INTERNATIONAL 2023 Conference in Austin. Following this endorsement of the accreditation program, all members of UXPA International and its chapters are now eligible for a reduced accreditation fee. About the International Accreditation Program for UX Professionals: The program provides a listing in a register of UX professionals, after a due review of work history and professionalism. The register shows the shared …

Get to Know the New President of the UXPA Boston Chapter!

May 28, 2024March 26, 2023

To celebrate the newly appointed president of the UXPA Boston Chapter, Jana Pantoja, the Vice President and Director of Chapters, sat down with Nick Di Stefano, to ask him our top 5 questions. 1) Tell us a little about yourself.I’m fascinated by the intersection of design, technology, and people. I’m a design lead with over ten years of experience. I am currently part of Humana’s Experience Center, an internal innovation and incubation team that believes the best care experiences are created when people come together. I’m passionate about improving the lives of others and constantly looking to learn new things. My focus has been on helping organizations expand their capacity for impact by integrating design and people-centered practices into their …

Volunteer Spotlight: Angelina Garcia

May 28, 2024March 23, 2023

Sara Mastro, UXPA International President, sat down with Angelina Garcia to ask her our top 5 questions. 1) How did you get started in UX?I started out as a Graphic Designer and transitioned into UX. I feel like it was a natural progression in my career. 2) What is most rewarding about working in UX?For me, it’s being able to use both parts of my brain. The analytical side to conduct research and synthesize that research. And the creative side to take that research and create a great looking product that will (hopefully) make peoples’ lives easier. 3) What inspired you to start volunteering for UXPA International?In 2022, I co-presented at UX Y’all, put on by the Triangle chapter, and …

UXPA International Welcomes Our New Middle East/North Africa (MENA) Regional Director to the Board!

March 23, 2023January 3, 2023

Happy New Year to all of our fellow UXers, friends, and family! We are proud to announce that Ahmad Alhuwwari is joining our UXPA International Board as our MENA Regional Director. We are very excited to have him on the team and look forward to a very productive year. Our Director of Chapters, Jana Pantoja, sat down (virtually!) with Ahmad to ask him our top 5 questions: 1) How did you get started in UX? I learned about UX design professionally while studying for my Master’s of Multimedia in Australia in 2006. Since then, I have become passionate about it and found the career of my life. 2) What is most rewarding about working in UX? We are helping people! We …

Let’s Celebrate World Usability Day 2022!

March 23, 2023November 9, 2022

Did you know that November 10th is World Usability Day (WUD)? Established in 2005 by the User Experience Professionals Association (formerly the Usability Professionals Association, UPA), World Usability Day (WUD) occurs annually to promote the values of usability, usability engineering, user-centered design, universal usability, and every user’s responsibility to ask for things that work better. The goal of the World Usability Initiative (WUI) is to connect the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and the User Experience (UX) communities and everyone who believes that great design is inclusive and usable by all, to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by establishing World Usability Day as an internationally observed day, listed on the United Nations calendar. In this year’s theme “Our Health” we explore …