Speaking Engagements and Articles
From time to time over the years, I've been asked to speak at various conferences on the topics of user interface design, agile user interface design, prototyping, big data visualization, or design management.
A Simple, Fast Approach to Analytics for Big Data/IoT with kdb+
Big Data Conference - Strata + Hadoop 2015
Februray 2015
San Jose, United States

Explorations In Interactive Visual Analytics:
Supporting Analysis And Data
Visualization At Scale
YOW!2014 Software Developer Conference
December 2014
Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, Australia

Explorations In Interactive Visual Analytics:
Supporting Analysis And Data
Visualization At Scale
GOTO Copenhagen and Aarhus Software Developer Conferences
September 2014
Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark
Slides VideoCARE: A Collaborative Analytics Environment
NATO Visualization Workshop
November 2011
Vancouver, Canada
SlidesSketching User Interfaces
CAPCHI Monthly Meeting
February 2011
Ottawa, Canada
SlidesBusiness Analysis and Requirements Workshop
Better Software Conference
June 2011
Las Vegas, United States
Event InfoAgile Envisioning: Build It Right, The Third Time
GOTO Copenhagen and Aarhus Software Developer Conferences
September 2010
Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark
SlidesA Collborative Methodology For The Rapid Development And Delivery Of Online Courses
SIGDOC 2002 - International Conference On Computer Documentation
2002
ArticleComing To Our Senses: Multi-Modal User Interfaces
Design Management Institute Conference
1997
Minneapolis, United States
Article
Print Design Awards
Gold Award, Ottawa Ad & Sales, CHEZ “Rock Transit” campaign, 1991
Gold Award, Ottawa Ad & Sales, Ottawa Roughrider’s “Rough Stuff” campaign, 1991
Bronze Medal, Int’l New York Advertising Festival, OCEDCO’s “Square Foot” direct-mail campaign, 1991
Award of Excellence, Society of Technical Communications, Nortel documentation standards, 1990
Award of Merit, Society of Technical Communications, COMPASS product brochure, 1989
Award of Excellence, Society of Technical Communications, Nortel DV-1 promotional marketing suite, 1988
Best of Show, Society of Technical Communications, Nortel DV-1 1987 calendar, 1987
Award of Merit, Society of Technical Communications, Nortel MS-1 brochure, 1987
Best of 80’s Award of Merit, Graphic Designer’s Guild of Canada, Nortel DV-1 1986 calendar, 1986
Product Design Patents
Connection manager user interface patent, 2000
Problem analyser user interface patent, 2000
Inter-layering system for displaying multi-technology network topologies, 1999
Visual language for network management user interfaces, 1996
Industry Awards
Nortel Top Talent Awards, 1999-2001
Award of Excellence Network Management, 1997 and 1994