Artefact Welcomes Dave McColgin

by Kevin Wong, posted July 17th, 2008
categorized under artefact

As our business matures and continues to grow, we are constantly looking for new talent to partner with us in our drive for successful user experiences. A major component of that success stems from our belief in quality research to inform our design decisions.

We’d like to warmly welcome Dave McColgin to Artefact! If Dave could be summed up in any fashion, it’d be the letter “T” - in Helvetica. He joins us as a User Researcher, but he also has a knack for design having created prototypes and interactive systems facilitating learning and education. Dave previously worked at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory as their HCI Specialist developing innovative visual analytic prototypes and products. Hotness.

Driven by his passion to learn and create, we were excited to learn about his motivational spirit, making him a solid fit without our culture. This kind of energy is especially great within client meetings. It reinforces our shared interest in crafting better experiences for the customer.

Some of the responsibilities that will contribute to our core services include:

• designing and implementing research studies informing product design decisions
• creating materials needed for research including visual tool kits, prototypes and survey instruments
• collect, analyze and synthesize data from people
• present insights to clients and internal teams
• story boarding and interaction design development
• and many more…

Dave also has some ambitious goals to accomplish in the near and long term. Aiming to beat Olen and myself in a match with Spartan weaponry and plasma grenades, we feel he has a long journey ahead of him. The good news though, is that he’s also passionate about adding to our research offerings with the support from his studies in Psychology focused on understanding human behavior and cognition. Things around here are becoming even more exciting as we continue to evolve our research prowess.

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