About Michael Pate
Michael Pate is a seasoned User Experience professional. He leverages his background in user-centered design and psychological research, believing that good design must be informed by sound research. Michael is passionate about understanding users, their mental models, and patterns of interaction, and transforming that understanding into workable user experience strategies for clients across a wide array of industries.
Michael holds a Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Mississippi State University, with an emphasis in cognitive and human factors psychology.

Publications
Skills
UX Research
Ethnography, Contextual Inquiry, Usability Testing, Card Sorting, Heuristic Evaluation, Cognitive Walkthrough, Web Analytics, Qualitative Analysis, Statistical / Data Analysis, Accessibility Evaluation, Research Design, Study Facilitation, Machine Learning
Experience Design & Strategy
User Flow Design, Journey Mapping, Information Architecture, Storyboarding, Wireframing, Interactive Prototyping, Persona Development, User Scenarios
Tools and Technology
Axure RP, Omnigraffle, Adobe Creative Suite, Techsmith Morae, SPSS, SQL, Python, Minitab, Excel, UserTesting.com, UserZoom, Qualtrics, iRise, MS Office, iWork