Robert W. Bailey is the president of Computer Psychology, Inc. He approaches the issues related to human factors and user interface design from the perspective of a computer psychologist with over 30 years of experience. He holds a Ph.D. degree from Rice University in human performance psychology, and has an international reputation as an author, researcher and lecturer.

Dr. Bailey draws from years of experience in the Human Performance Technology Center at Bell Laboratories. While there, he conducted studies on ways to improve human performance and increase user acceptance.

He participated in the development of numerous systems and pioneered many new ideas, including a useful user interface design model, numerous ways to understand and reduce human errors, the effective use of user profiles, and usability testing techniques.

Dr. Bailey has served on the faculties of numerous schools, including Columbia University and Stevens Institute of Technology. He continues to instruct computer professionals in major corporations throughout the world, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

Dr. Bailey is the author of numerous published articles, an annual User Interface Update and two popular textbooks, Human Performance Engineering: A Guide for System Designers (Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, 1996) and Human Error in Computer Systems (Prentice-Hall, 1983). He has also the co-developed numerous software products.