Jerome I. Nadel,
MS, CUA, CPE
Chief Experience Officer and Executive Managing Director

Job at HFI

• Is a member of the HFI management team
• Manages design and project teams that include usability specialists, graphics artists and technical writers both in the US and abroad
• Evangelizes usability around the world
• Delivers training and presentations world-wide

Experience

Jerome Nadel, is Chief Experience Officer for Human Factors International. He passionately believes that user experience design and strategy are a fundamental mandate for successful organizations. Jerome’s team collaborates with industry leading clients and cutting-edge startups worldwide. He presents internationally on user-centered and user experience design.

Jerome began his career at the IBM Human Factors Lab, in Charlotte, NC. Following that he held multiple job titles at Unisys, including Program Manager and Co-manager of the Corporate Human Factors group. As Worldwide Vice President of Marketing for a multi-national technology start-up, he supported an acquisition by another international technology leader, Gemplus, where he also served as Vice President of Marketing – driving technology partnerships and promoting usability of mobile data services.

Jerome’s foundations in human factors and usability combined with international experience as a business strategist uniquely position him as a leading expert on strategic usability and user experience.

Education

M.S., 1986, Kansas State University — Industrial/Organizational Psychology with emphasis in Human Factors. Completed all course work for Ph.D.

B.A., 1984, University of South Florida — Psychology Honors Program

Favorite Projects

Showcase projects; going from concept, through iterative design, to validated usable application interface solutions.

Transferring our human factors and design expertise to our clients so they can "get it right" on their own the next time.

Areas of Interest and Design Orientation

Prefers to work on mission-critical projects with clients who want involvement in the design process, either as sophisticated design experts, or as students of "our" methodology and approach.

Jerome has extensive expertise in translating functional requirements into efficient and usable interface architectures that simplify navigation and improve user performance.

Hobbies and Special Interests

A fanatical cyclist and national level racer (for over 20 years), he often travels with his bike. When not propelling himself, he also enjoys cruising on his motorcycle.

Travel, time with friends and family, good food and wine, and music, complete the list.

Character

Jerome is intense and focused, but he believes that things should be fun. His personable character and command of human factors and interface design keep him in high demand in the US and abroad.