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Jianming Dong, PhD
Chief of Technical Staff, Asia
Managing Director, Greater China

Job at HFI

• Oversee technical programs, projects and innovation across HFI Asia
• Develop business strategies and manage operations of HFI Greater China.

Experience

Jianming Dong, PhD, has over 10 years experience of managing and conducting leading-edge user experience research at PayPal, eBay and IBM. Dr. Dong's professional expertise covers broad areas in Human-Computer Interaction and user experience research methodologies. He has directly researched over 1000 users worldwide.

Early in his career, Dr. Dong authored EZSort – the first card-sorting and cluster analysis tool for information architecture design in the HCI field. He was the first author of a bestselling HCI book in Chinese published by Tsinghua University Press. Dr. Dong holds at least 5 issued US patents, 5 pending US patents and 7 published invention disclosures in the field of HCI design and evaluation. Dr. Dong has published and presented in a number of papers and taught tutorials in leading conferences, including CHI, UPA, HCI International, etc. Dr. Dong is a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction and routinely reviews conference and journal submissions.

As Chief of Technical staff – Asia, and Managing Director of HFI Greater China, Dr. Dong is responsible for developing strategies and managing the operations of the HFI Greater China Office, as well as overseeing all technical programs and projects in Asia. Dr. Dong received his PhD from Purdue University.

Education

• PhD, 1997, Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, USA
• MS, 1992, Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, China
• BS, 1989, Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University, China

Favorite Projects

Many of my most favorable research projects are international studies. I miss the time conducting home visits in China and US, running focus groups in France, conducting lab studies in Japan, Germany, and managing remote studies in many other countries... The cultural differences always bring unique perspectives and endless inspirations.

Areas of Interest and Design Orientation

In general, I enjoy architecting research programs and methods to address all kinds of business and design questions. I am often involved in discussions on topics such as cross-cultural design, market and user segmentation, information architecture, design standards, etc.

Hobbies and Special Interests

Tennis – just love it.

Favorite Food

Chinese. No doubt.

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