IEEE Houston Consultants Network - Annual Business Meeting - "Making Human Factors a Painless Part of the development Process"

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IEEE Houston Consultants Network - Annual Business Meeting - "Making Human Factors a Painless Part of the Development Process"

IEEE Houston Consultants Network will have an annual business meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 on Thursday November 15th at the Clayton Library Center at 5300 Caroline St., Houston, TX  77004.  After an inital networking session with snacks provided, Cynthia Rando will provide a presentation on "Making Human Factors a Painless Part of the Development Process"


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  • Date: 15 Nov 2018
  • Time: 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • Houston Public Library - Clayton Library Center
  • 5300 Caroline Streeet
  • Houston, Texas
  • United States 77004
  • Building: Carriage House
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  •   tgcooper@sbcglobal.net

  • Co-sponsored by Tommy Cooper
  • Starts 29 October 2018 05:00 PM
  • Ends 15 November 2018 04:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
  • No Admission Charge

  Speakers

Cynthia Rando Cynthia Rando of Sophic Synergistics, LLC

Topic:

Making Human Factors a Painless Part of the Development Process

Cynthia will present a process for incorporating human factors into the design and development process.  The process starts at the concept stage and continues through the development cycles.  This process results in a user friendly product that will make it successful in the market place.. 

Biography:

Cynthia Rando is the Founder/CEO of Sophic Synergistics, LLC, a consulting firm that is focused on optimizing human performance and experience in any environment, Building Better Businesses by DesignTM.  Introducing the SOPHIC Conceptual model to the field, a model that utilizes human centered design as a business model and profitable strategy. 

She has spent 15+ years in the field of Human Centered Design including 12 years at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. During this time, she provided extensive leadership to the organization addressing several critical areas in Human Factors and Human Centered design including: user interface design, ergonomics, safety and risk mitigation strategies, usability and user experience, accident investigation and root cause analysis activities.  Additionally, she was instrumental in implementing several culture change initiatives and innovative solutions for the agency including: the U.S. Governments’ first use of crowdsourcing as a disruptive business model and the development of the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation and the NASA Human Health and Performance Center.

Cynthia is a Certified Human Factors Professional and a Director on the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics. She received her B.S. and M.S. in Human Factors Engineering from Clemson University and an MBA from Northeastern University.  She has served as an associate professor at University of Houston Clearlake providing instruction in Human Factors and Ergonomics course material.  Currently, she provides Human Centered Design/Human Factors consultation to the Texas Medical Center Innovation Incubator’s medical device startup cohorts and The Texas Committee on Autonomous Systems.

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Agenda

5:30 PM – Networking and refreshments
5:45 PM – Brief announcements and introduction of speaker
6:00 PM – Presentation followed by Q and A
7:30 PM – Adjourn and exit the building