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Expert Profile: Donald Rickert, Ph.D., IDSA (Product Design & User Interface Design)
He has served as the Director of Human Factors Engineering & Consumer Behavior and Chair of the User Interface Design Standards & Practices Committee of an enterprise software company geared toward the financial industry. In this role, Dr. Rickert was responsible for company-wide human-computer interface standards and user interface design oversight. Additionally, he has experience as an adjunct professor of design research, market research and new product development NPD) in the School of Industrial Design at a top research university. Currently, he is the Managing Partner of a product design and design research consulting firm, serving a variety of industries.
Expert Witness Experience
- Experience as testifying expert witness on a landmark patent infringement case (U.S. District Court) and multiple ITC 337 Investigations
- Physical Infringement Analysis: Don possesses beyond-the-usual experience as an expert witness in analyzing internal structures and electronic components of accused devices
- He also has rare (for an expert witness) experience in review and analysis of USPTO Patent Prosecution Records
- Dr. Rickert has experience in preparing most of the reports (Rule 26 Reports, multiple Rebuttals, and Expert Declarations) that are possible for an Expert Witness on U.S. District Court patent infringement case to write.
Industry Experience
- Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis: Dr. Donald Rickert has the highest level of training and expertise in scrutinizing the scientific validity of any research methodology, survey research and/or statistical analysis that might be used to bolster a case (either side)
- Published Works and Lectures: On user interface design, product design, research methodology and related product development topics
- 20+ Refereed Conference Papers and Journal Articles
- 20+ Lectures to Professional Organizations
- Approximately 200 white papers, many re-published as weblog articles
- 20 syndicated videos (on YouTube)
- 100+ Technical Reports (most client-confidential)
- Survey Research: Developed and/or analyzed approximately 100 questionnaires and surveys for a number of industries, including regional and national non-profit organizations, businesses, national professional associations and government agencies (e.g. U.S. Dept. of Justice)
- Consulting: Wide breadth of industries and types of products, including banking technology, computer software, computer technology, digital audio, digital video, ecommerce, enterprise software, graphical user interface (GUI), information technology (IT), information technology system design, input device, interactive television, internet, internet applications, logistics, internet marketing, marketing, online communication, research & development (R&D), software development, streaming media, video streaming, web publishing and website development
Professional Societies, Board Appointments and Related
- Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA Professional Member), the Product Development & Management Association (PDMA) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the American Marketing Association (AMA)
- IDSA Mentor for Young Professionals
- Served as judge, referee or reviewer for numerous product design competitions and student portfolio reviews sponsored by the IDSA, PDMA, ACM and UPA (Usability Professionals Association)
- Member of the Computer Science Advisory Board (Faulkner University)
- Executive Boards (ACM and PDMA Atlanta Chapters)
- Founding member of CHI-Atlanta, the Atlanta chapter of the Special Interest Group for Computer-Human Interaction of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Education
- Ph.D., Information & Decision Systems (Supporting Field: Human Factors)
- Post-Doctoral training in Ethnographic Research Methods
- M.S., Planning & Policy Management
- B.A., Psychology
