Contact Information
- Name: Curtis Lauterbach
- Title: UX Researcher & Designer
- Phone: 316-648-0205
- E-mail: uxcurtis@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: /in/uxcurtis
- Twitter: @curtis4ux
- Portfolio: www.curtisux.com
Experience
Independent Researcher: Jan 2015 – Current
Wichita, KS
- Currently conducting usability tests on professional healthcare websites.
- Compose usability reviews for Usability News.
- Designed & tested cancer patient app.
User Experience Intern: May 2014 – Aug 2014
AJi Software (now Squared Digital), Kansas City, MO
- Designed & tested user-friendly designs & a content management system for an elementary school with client interviews, rapid prototyping with Axure, & usability testing in an Agile environment.
- Composed articles on the company blog.
Lab Supervisor: Aug 2013-May 2014
Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO
- Lead a team project evaluating a degree auditing system in an Agile environment.
- Coordinated the psychology departments experiment sign up system.
- Trained graduate students on various software programs, & assisted professors with their research.
- Adjunct professor for a professional development course which included resume workshops & mock interviews.
Graduate Research Assistant: Aug 2012 – May 2014
Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO
- Designed & tested an app prototype as part of an internship with Mosaic Life Care.
- Conducted a heuristic evaluation for an outside party & presented findings/solutions.
- Assisted in developing the psychology department’s website, & developed a research website.
- Managed undergraduate design projects.
Undergraduate Research Assistant: Aug 2009 – May 2012
Software Usability Research Laboratory, Wicita, KS
- Assisted in usability testing for Motorola & Nuance.
- Conducted usability testing of three companies’ websites & apps.
- Managed undergraduate research projects..
Education
- 2014 M.A.S., Human Factors & Usability Testing Missouri Western State University
- 2012 B.S., Psychology Wichita State University
Publications
- Lauterbach, C.V. & Still, J.D. (2013). Implementing scenarios as an evaluation method of the patient-physician interaction in decision aids. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on HCI. 8025, 232-239.
- Lauterbach, C.V. (2010). Exploring the Usability of E-Health Websites. Usability News, 12(2).
Memberships
- 2014-Present. User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA).
- 2012-Present. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Skills
Practical Skills
- A/B testing
- Card sorting
- Cog. walkthrough
- Content strategy
- Design strategy
- Ethnography
- Experience design
- Guerilla testing
- Heuristic evals
- Human Factors
- Info. architecture
- Iterative design
- Personas
- Rapid prototyping
- Remote testing
- Research strategy
- Scenarios
- Sketching
- Task analysis
- User experience
- User research
- Usability testing
- Wireframing
Technical Skills
- Axure
- Camtasia
- CSS3
- GIMP
- HTML5
- Morae
- SPSS
Soft Skills
- Accountable
- Collaborative
- Creative
- Dependable
- Diligent
- Enthusiastic
- Goal oriented
- Improviser
- Innovative
- Knowledgeable
- Organized
- Resourceful
- Self-reliant
- User Advocate