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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.

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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