Jim Machajewski

It was the dawn of the Internet age when Jim graduated from college, and his early positions had him building some of the very first Internet and intranet applications. As a consultant, Jim taught himself HTML, JavaScript and CSS to become a Front-End Technology Engineer and User Interface Designer at the height of the Dot-Com boom. Throughout this time his focus was on ease of use and simplicity of implementation; a definite less is more approach. His list of clients includes Verizon, Kinko’s, Hewitt Associates, Boots Pharmacy, Tenet Healthcare and a large number of Fortune 500 organizations. Jim's work has been recognized by CIO magazine’s CIO100 award for innovation. Jim just recently left a position with Perot Systems where he spent four years as their Manager of Information Architecture. He is currently the Director of UX for Coremetrics, Inc. Jim's role includes user research, user interface design, interaction design, information architecture, usability analysis, as well as managing and staffing a team of UX folks. In his spare time Jim tries to keep up with his 2 kids' activities (currently t-ball, soccer & piano lessons), he plays trumpet in the Southlake Swing Band, and he wastes a whole lot of time as a semi-pro photographer.

Welcome to Dallas/Ft Worth

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Hello and welcome to the DFW locale of UXnet. I am Jim Machajewski, the co-ambassador for the DFW locale. Along with my counterpart, Elisa Miller, we will be providing the relevant UX goings on for the the Dallas/Fort Worth region. Elisa and I have worked together on a couple of occasions now. Together we have a large reach into the DFW UX community.

So what qualifies me for this position you ask? Well, it was the dawn of the Internet age when I graduated from college, and my early positions had me building some of the very first Internet and intranet applications. As a consultant, I taught myself HTML, JavaScript and CSS to become a Front-End Technology Engineer and User Interface Designer at the height of the Dot-Com boom. Throughout this time my focus was on ease of use and simplicity of implementation; a definite less is more approach. My list of clients includes Verizon, Kinko’s, Hewitt Associates, Boots Pharmacy, Tenet Healthcare and a large number of Fortune 500 organizations. My work has been recognized by CIO magazine’s CIO100 award for innovation. I just recently left a position with Perot Systems where I spent four years as their Manager of Information Architecture. I am currently the Director of UX for Coremetrics, Inc. My role includes user research, user interface design, interaction design, information architecture, usability analysis, as well as managing and staffing a team of UX folks. In my spare time I try to keep up with my 2 kids activities (currently t-ball, soccer & piano lessons), I play trumpet in the Southlake Swing Band, and I waste a whole lot of time as a semi-pro photographer.

The UX community in DFW is a large and diverse one. We have an active UPA chapter (http://dfw-upa.org) as well and active STC chapter (http://www.stc-dfw.org).

Thanks, and I look forward to my role as co-Ambassador for UXnet

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