Officers

-Andrew Muddimer: Andrew has been working for Schlumberger since 1995, he has had various roles all in the Human Factors and Ergonomics domain, designing oilfield equipment of all types, wherever people work, cabins, trucks, boats, rigs, anything. Most recently he has been focused on Usability of software for the Oilfield. Andrew holds a BSc from Loughborough Univiersity in the UK in Human Factors.

-Michael Bartha:

- Shelby Thompson: Shelby Thompson is a Human Factors Design Engineer with Lockheed Martin at NASA Johnson Space Center in the Usability Testing and Analysis Facility (UTAF). He has worked with Lockheed Martin for over two years on various projects for the Constellation Orion and Lunar Program. He received his Ph.D. in Human Factors Psychology from Wichita State University.

- Christy Harper: Christy is currently working as the Human Factors Research Manager for the Notebooks group in HP covering both hardware and software usability. Her area of expertise is contextual and ethnographic research and human factors research applied to new product design. Prior work has included digital entertainment products, handheld computers and websites. She holds a Masters degree in Psychology from the University of Houston, Clear Lake.

- Katie Vasser:

- Leslie Roche: Leslie Roche is Chief Executive Officer at research company, Yoske Analytics, Inc., where she and her colleagues employ artificial intelligence, behavioral algorithms, and gaming technology to create immersive environments tor human learning. Her research also includes the study of external systems on human creativity and innovation.

- Rachel Leach: Rachel is a certified professional ergonomist working for Jacobs Engineering through the IIS Network at BP America, Inc. She has been working in the office ergonomics field at BP for 8 years.

- Carroll Thronesbery:

- Leah Beebe: Leah is the Ergonomic Specialist and Office Ergonomics Program Coordinator for ConocoPhillips at their headquarters in Houston, Texas. She has previous experience working in the Human Factors domain on multiple contracts for the Department of Energy, Department of the Army, and NASA. Leah has a Masters Degree in Industrial Engineering and has obtained her A.E.P. certification.

(Program Director) - Phil Kortum: Dr. Philip Kortum is currently a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Prior to joining Rice, he worked for almost a decade at SBC Laboratories (now AT&T Laboratories) doing human factors research and development in all areas of telecommunications. Dr. Kortum continues to do work in the research and development of user-centric systems in both the visual (web design, equipment design, image compression) and auditory domains (telephony operations and interactive voice response systems). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.

(Elections Director) - Camille Peres: Camille is an assistant professor at the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL). Her research is generally focused on discovering and investigating cognitive mechanisms associated with expertise acquisition (specifically efficient use of software) and auditory displays. She is the director of the Applied Cognitive Psychology Sub-Plan at UHCL teaches Research Design, Statistics, and Cognitive Psychology.