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Kate Gomoll is president and founder of Gomoll Research & Design, Inc.
She started the company in 1993.
Kate is an expert in the field of software interface design and usability. She is known for her practical, straightforward approach to user research and design. She has a recognized ability to motivate people and teach them to apply user-centered design principles. Through over 20 years of practice, Kate has acquired both depth of knowledge and range of experience — invaluable tools for a leader and mentor.
Kate speaks regularly at conferences in the U.S. and Europe. She teaches highly-rated workshops on user-centered design, field research methods, web design, and usability testing. She has taught workshops at many venues including UCLA Extension, ACM SIGCHI (Computer-Human Interaction), the Usability Professionals’ Association, UIE’s User Interface Conferences, Web2000, the Royal College of Art, UCLA, and Stanford University. Her guidelines for conducting user studies are published in The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design and the Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines.
Kate is well known for her field research expertise. She has managed and conducted user research for many companies, including: Apple Computer, Charles Schwab,
GE Healthcare, Hewlett-Packard, Metavante Corporation, MSN TV, Northwestern Mutual Life, ONYX software, Sun Microsystems, and Yahoo! At MSN TV, she established a process for conducting in-home visits with customers and collecting and analyzing usage data over extended periods of time.
Kate has a strong background in online help design. She was a member of the core design team that researched, prototyped, and produced Apple Computer’s Balloon Help System. She also wrote content for the production system and developed user interface guidelines.
Prior to founding Gomoll Research & Design, Kate worked at Apple Computer, Taligent, Oracle Corporation, and IBM. Kate was the manager of the Human Interface Group at Taligent, Inc., where she led a multi-disciplinary team in creating a new user experience based on the “People, Places, and Things” user model. She directed a field research effort to study disparate communities, looking at factors that contribute to a sense of community. Most recently, Kate was the User-Centered Design lead at GE Healthcare, where she trained and mentored product teams in user-centered design methods.
Kate has a Master of Arts degree in Professional Writing from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin — Eau Claire.
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