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Andrew Stewart

Akendi Alumnus

Andrew brings over 16 years of Human Factors domain experience to the Akendi team. During that time Andrew has participated in, and led, many full scope UX Research and Design projects; leading them through analysis, design, and verification, while ensuring appropriate consideration of the persona, their tasks, and environment. Andrew has a MSc. Ergonomics from Loughborough University, BSc.K (Kinesiology) from Dalhousie University and a BSc. (Psychology) from Saint Mary’s University. He is a Full Member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) and is a Certified Human Factors Professional (CHFP) (Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics). Andrew has previously held the position of Human Factors Delegate representing Transport Canada Civil Aviation and has been a course instructor at Carleton University.

Common Sense – Is Not That Common

By Andrew Stewart

Why The Line “Of Course, It’s Common Sense To Design It That Way,” Is High Praise Indeed At some point in your career you will present a design that you know is praise-worthy. You’ll...

Why The Line “Of Course, It’s Common Sense To Design It That Way,” Is High Praise Indeed At some point in your career you will present a design that you know is praise-worthy. You’ll have worked hard sorting out all the UX...

So you work in UX: What Do You DO?

By Andrew Stewart

01.04.2016

Elevator Speech Last night I went to the bank to renew my mortgage. As part of the process I was asked what I do for a living… I gave a short answer, User Experience/ Human Factors practitioner, appropriate for the application...

Don’t be a Chicken!

By Andrew Stewart

10.11.2015

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the CanUX 2015; a volunteer-driven event that has come to be Canada's premier annual UX event… a moniker I’m sure all in attendance would agree with. The event was incredibly well...