Theo Mandel

Theo Mandel, Ph.D. is an internationally acclaimed user experience and usability author, speaker and consultant. He was invited to give a keynote address at the User eXperience Russia 2009 conference in Moscow.

Mandel's second book, "The Elements of User Interface Design" has been translated into multiple languages and has been widely used as an academic text.

Mandel was a member of the IBM team that wrote the landmark software guidelines book, "Object-Oriented Interface Design: IBM Common User Access Guidelines" in 1991. Mandel worked for IBM for 11 years, conducting research and developing guidelines and standards for software applications and operating systems. Mandel's IBM team designed and prototyped IBM's OS/2 object-oriented user interface (OOUI).

Theo speaks, writes and consults on making software and web applications and websites usable and enjoyable for users.

Specializing in healthcare software design, Mandel was the 2007 International Chairman for World Usability Day 2007. Mandel's Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software designs have been called "state of the art" in the EMS/Fire Rescue industry.