Paul Sherman has worked in the field of usability and user-centered design for the past 10 years. He is currently Director of User-Centered Design at Sage Software in Atlanta, Georgia. In the 1990's he was a Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies in New Jersey, where he led efforts to develop cross-product user interface standards for several telecommunications management applications.
As a consultant he has conducted usability testing and interface design for accounting and tax preparation applications, Web-based financial planning and portfolio management applications, and ecommerce Web sites.
Paul received his Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. His research focused on how pilots' use of computers and automated systems on the flight deck affects their individual and team performance.
Paul is Vice-President of the Usability Professionals' Association, was the founding President of the UPA's Dallas/Fort Worth chapter, and is a Full Member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He is also the editor of the Gower book "Usability Success Stories: How Organizations Improve by Making Easier-to-Use Software and Web Sites

Presentation: Shaking the Tree: A Case Study of A Usability Turnaround
Workshop: Some Right - and Many Wrong - Ways to Incorporate Usability into an Organization
Round Table: Setting up a Usability Team