Dr Chandra Harrison – President

Chandra was elected President in September 2010 after serving two years as the Accessibility Representative on the Committee. She is a freelance user experience researcher and holds a PhD in Human Computer Interaction from the University of York, an MSc in Applied Experimental Psychology from University of Canterbury, NZ and postgraduate qualifications in Ergonomics from Massey University in NZ. Her research has been published in text books, journals...

Tim Loo – Vice President

Tim is a customer experience strategist and Partner at Foolproof Experience Design Group. He has previously served on the UK committee in the Business Development role and was recently on the Election Committee for the recent UPA International Board election. Tim’s firm belief is that the future of global brands lies in creating and executing holistic customer experience strategy to drive innovation, business transformation and performance management....

Polly Shelton – Secretary

Polly is a human factors and user experience consultant working at PDD, a design and innovation consultancy in west London.  She has applied her user centred design and user research skills to a variety of domains from air traffic control systems and medical devices to web and mobile.  Polly is passionate about taking a human centred approach to the design of products and systems that meet human needs. Polly’s objectives for the UK UPA Organise...

Whan Stransom – Treasurer

Whan is the treasurer of the UK UPA and a Senior Consultant at System Concepts. He studied HCI with Ergonomics at UCL and before that has studied psychology from Yonsei University in South Korea. Whan specialises in user research and user experience design, and has applied his knowledge and skills for a wide range of clients. He is a certified Industrial/Organisational Psychologist also a member of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors...

Martina Schell – Public Relations

Martina Schell is User Experience and Creative Director with a brand new travel startup. She has over thirteen years experience in interactivity for web, desktop and devices, with a background in communication design. As a user experience consultant Martina has gained a great range of industry insight from working for UX consultancies, design agencies, world leading dotcoms and start-ups. Currently she is particularly fascinated by lean UX, developing...

Stavros Garzonis – Professional Development

Stavros is a scientist trapped in user experience designer’s body. His career has been a series of happy lateral accidents: in the early years he studied advanced mathematics, and taught science, along with the programming principles and the everyday use of computers. Later, fascinated by psychology and computers, he successfully completed an MSc in Human Communication and Computing with his main interest around the apparent conflicts between...

Raj Arjan – Personal Development and Academic Liaison

I have been working at City University’s Interaction Lab for over 2 and a half years and during this time have had great exposure to the commercial and academic areas of usability and accessibility. As part of my role, I am often engaging with students studying the MSc in Human Centred Systems offering guidance and support during their course as well as putting them in touch with contacts I have in the industry for potential jobs going forward....

Caleb Tang – Accessibility

Having started my career in software and web development, it was my interest in HCI that brought me to the UK. Throughout my programming career I developed a passion for Web Accessibility and Usability and I’ve been an advocate for User-­Centred Design ever since. I have an MSc in Human Centred Systems from City University, a BSc in Information Technology from Sheffield Hallam University and am also a Certified Usability Analyst. I also enjoy passing...

Nick Antram – UK Liaison

Nick is a consultant at Bunnyfoot, near Oxford which is why he is always rushing off to catch trains after UPA events. After studying Industrial Design and a brief career in that field, Nick became a web interface designer and has been trying to apply the same core design principles to the online user experience and users’ interaction with web and mobile based interfaces. In 2008 he completed a Masters in Human Computer Interaction at UCL to further...

Claire Mitchell – Past President

Claire was UK UPA President from 2007-2010, having got involved when she saw that people needed more drinks and snacks at events. She has remained involved with the committee since the 2010 elections in order to launch the new website – a redesign project that existed for most of her presidency and that has finally come to fruition. Claire is more surprised by this than anyone… She is excited about how the UPA will develop with the new...