Julia Houck-Whitaker

Julia Houck-Whitaker is a Project manger at Adaptive Path. Here at Adaptive Path, she works with companies from the legal industry to the travel and leisure industry, and helps develop and manage events, large and small.

Professional Background

Before joining Adaptive Path, Julia was the Director of User Experience at Bolt | Peters, a longtime friend and strategic partner of Adaptive Path. While at Bolt | Peters, Julia oversaw their User Experience Consulting business. She managed and led qualitative and quantitative user-research projects for clients such as Oracle, Hallmark and Greenpeace.

Her interest and passion for User-Centered Design began while studying at UC San Diego, where she studied Human Computer Interaction. In addition to her studies, she worked on Distributed Cognition projects focusing on strategic planning in conjunction with the San Diego Super Computer.

Julia also enjoys knitting, as well as training for and running marathons. She is also an avid fan of the Denver Broncos.

Upcoming Appearances

August 12 - 15
Julia Houck-Whitaker will be presenting at UX Week in San Francisco, CA