About ILONA POSNER
User Experience & Usability Consultant with more than 25 years of experience in the area of Human Computer Interaction, working on design and evaluation of web sites, software, hardware, mobile applications and business strategies. An experienced educator teaching both university and professional development courses. Ilona holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.
Ilona volunteers as Chair of Programming at ToRCHI Toronto Region Chapter of Special Interest Group in Computer Human Interaction and organizing International Student Design Competitions at CHI and UPA conferences.
SERVICES
Consulting
Usability Expert Reviews, Usability Evaluations, Usability Testing, User Experience Consultations, User Experience Evaluations, User Centered Design, Usability Consultations during Product Design & Development, Requirements Gathering, Stakeholders’ Analyses, Strategy Planning & Analysis, Product Development & Marketing Planning & Evaluation
Training & Teaching
Corporate Professional Development & Training in Usability, Teaching University Courses in Usability & User Centered Design, Intensive Courses on Prototyping & Usability Testing for Professional Design, Development, Marketing, Management, & QA Teams
MEDIA
Online Publications & Presentations
- World Usability Day 2018 Presentation November 2018: Design for Good or Evil the Power is in Our Hands. What about Ethics? VIDEO [24:02]
- ELEVATE PRODUCT Conference Invited Talk: Secrets of Great UX: Keyhole Impact for Better Product Experiences, Sept 2018. Presentation VIDEO [18:46]
- Ilona’s War Story “First Stop the Bleeding” User research story with unusual challenges. Appearing on All this Chittah Chattah Blog by Stephen Portigal, April 2013
- User Experience Design and Paper Prototyping Mobile Accelerator Project, Mobile Experience Innovation Centre, Toronto, Feb. 2013 [SLIDES]
- Transit Usability – Removing the Barriers, at www.ttrcc.org Tranforming Transportation: Economies & Communities Summit in Detroit, MI, Apr 2011 [SLIDES]
Video Interview OneDegreeCanada, Feb 2009 WATCH INTERVIEW >>
Podcast Interview with Karel Vredenburg, IBM User Experience Design, Dec 2007 LISTEN TO PODCAST >>