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Laurie Gray
Senior Visualization Designer

Basic Information:

In the field since: 1998
Hometown: Bedford, Ohio
Homelife: Married to Brian, a son and a daughter
Birthday: 19-Jun

Professional Information:

Education: Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Speech Pathology, Kent State University

Professional Training: Web Development and HTML Development Certificates, Wake Technical Community College

Professional Philosophy: Life is too short to do something you don’t love.

One of my Professional Goals: To write a book and have it published.

How I Got Started in This Field: I was designing custom communication interfaces for patients who had quadriplegia and Locked-In syndrome. If you have seen or read The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, these were my patients. I would assess their needs, cross them with what was available technologically, and then iterate and refine the systems with the patient until they worked perfectly for that patient. It was the ultimate User-Centered Design. After that, I learned HTML and eventually moved from healthcare to the Web industry. As I’m fond of saying, the Internet had not been invented when I graduated from High School and was choosing a college major!

Best Professional Book I’ve Ever Read: Although it is not about User Experience, the book Radical Careering by Sally Hogshead had a tremendous (positive) impact on my career.

Other Professional Books I Can Recommend:

  • Don’t Make Me Think - Steve Krug

  • The Inmates are Running the Asylum - Alan Cooper

  • Web Application Form Design - Luke Wroblewski

  • Designing Web Usability - Jakob Nielsen

  • Information Architecture for the World Wide Web - Louis Rosenfeld

  • Information Design Series (4 Books) - Edward Tufte

  • Designing Interfaces - Jenifer Tidwell

  • Handbook of Usability Testing - Jeffrey Rubin

  • Web Form Design – Filling in the Blanks – Luke Wroblewskin


Previous Employers or Clients:

  • SmartOnline

  • HumanCentric Technologies

  • IBM

  • SonyEricsson

  • Linsco/Private Ledger

  • SourceTechnologies

  • Motorola

  • American Standard

  • Cisco

  • Lucent

  • Cochran Law Firm

  • KnowledgeStorm

  • OneSpring

  • InterContinental Hotels Group

  • Pergo

  • Emory Healthcare

  • ADP


Professional Groups I Belong To:

  • UTEST Advisory Council


Favorite Professional Quotes:

  • Those who say it can’t be done should not interrupt those doing it. - Unknown

  • Common ground isn't that geographically distant - Doug Powers



Off the Clock:

Hobbies:

  • RockCrawling in my Jeep

  • Attempting to grow things in the garden


Interests:

  • Photography

  • Traveling


Travels:

  • Around the United States

  • London

  • Various places in Canada (I loved Vancouver!)

  • Mexico


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