Richard D. Howard

I work passionately to simplify user experiences and have a proven talent for creating elegant solutions.

As a manager of distributed design organizations, I create a unified practice with multiple disciplines across world geographies. I focus on hiring the best, developing to maximum performance, and skillfully coaching to surpass expectations.

An expert in strategic ideation and rapid concept development, I envision new features, products, markets and ecosystems. As a skilled presenter and master evangelist, I engage both internal and external audiences in compelling vision.

I hold multiple patents for design and technical innovation, and have a knack for creative solutions to tough problems. I have consistently delivered innovative functionality within existing project teams and technical constraints.

I have a track record of repeatedly enabling collaborative design processes, instituting primary user research, and improving organizations user-centered design and agile software development methods.

I am a seasoned user experience designer with two decades of interface design, user research, visual design, usability engineering, information architecture, and software prototyping skills.