Julia Houck-Whitaker is the research & development manager at Adaptive Path. She's piloted several of Adaptive Path's R&D projects to a successful completion. She also facilitates and manages the practitioners' external speaking and writing engagements.
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 University of California, 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.
Past Appearances
August 12 - 15
Julia Houck-Whitaker presented at UX Week in San Francisco, CA
The Adaptive Path Team
- Analisa Lono
Events Coordinator - Andrew Crow
Senior Experience Designer - Brandon Schauer
VP of Creative Services - Ben Fullerton
Service Designer - Chiara Fox Ogan
Senior Information Architect - Christian Palino
Design Strategist - Chula Carlson
Controller - Dane Petersen
Experience Designer - Gina Crescenti
Client Relations Associate - Henning Fischer
Studio Director, Amsterdam - Jamin Hegeman
Interaction &
Service Designer - Jared Cole
Design Strategist & Interaction Designer - Jennifer Bolduc
Human Resources Director - Jesse James Garrett
President - Julia Houck-Whitaker
R&D Manager - Kate Rutter
Senior Practitioner - Kendra Shimmell
Experience Designer - Kim Cullen
Visual Designer - Kristina Barnett
Project Manager - Lisa Pesak
Project Manager - Laura Kirkwood-Datta
General Manager - Leah Buley
Experience Designer - Leslie Chicoine
Experience Designer - Michael Meyer
CEO - Pam Daghlian
Event Manager - Paula Wellings
Experience Designer - Peter Merholz
President - Peter Boersma
Senior Experience Designer - P.J. Onori
Design Technologist - Rachel Brune
Project Manager - Tamara Wayland
Client Relations Manager - Teresa Brazen
Project Manager - Todd Elliott
Project Manager - Todd Wilkens
Studio Lead, Austin - Trina Hancock
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Where do great ideas come from?
At Adaptive Path, our ideas are driven by the work we do. We do consulting for user interface and user experience design, and offer conferences, training and education for UX designers.
From field ethnography, UI wireframes and task flows, to visual design and implementation, we do it and we teach it.
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