Joy Mountford
| S. Joy Mountford | |
|---|---|
| Born | S.Joy Mountford |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | University College London, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Occupation | Senior Director |
| Known for | Human Computer Interface |
Joy Mountford is an internationally recognized leader in the field of computer-human interactions. From 1986 to 1994 she was Head of the Human Interface Group at Apple Computer. In 2012, Mountford won the 2012 Lifetime Practice Award from SIGCHI[1]
Career
Mountford beginning her career as a designer at Honeywell and a project leader in the Interface Research Group at Microelectronics Computer Consortium (MCC).
Since then she has led teams designing and developing a wide variety of computer systems. She was a VP of User Experience Design at Yahoo!, a VP of Digital User Experience and Design at Barnes and Noble and an Osher Fellow at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA. She was a senior project lead at Interval Research, and continues to consult to a variety of companies and to present innovative talks world-wide. Most of her recent work specializes in area of data visualization. Her impact continues through the International Design Expo, which she created over 20 years ago to challenge the next generation of interdisciplinary graduates. This has had a huge impact on creating the next generation of interdisciplinary trained design innovators in both education and industry.
She most recently worked with Akamai Technologies.[2]
References
- ↑ "Lifetime Practice Achievement: Joy Mountford". ACM SIGCHI. ACM SIGCHI. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ↑ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joymountford. Retrieved 16 March 2015. Missing or empty
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