Julia Houck-Whitaker

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