GVU Center Brown Bag Seminar: Molly Stevens "UX Scale & Evolution @ Uber"

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Thursday February 15, 2018 - Friday February 16, 2018
      11:30 am - 12:59 pm
  • Location: Technology Square Research Building, Atlanta, GA
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  • Fee(s):
    N/A
  • Extras:
    Free food
Contact

gvu@cc.gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: How has Uber has achieved global impact in user experience technology?

Full Summary: This seminar will discuss the technology challenges and opportunities that the Uber user experience team has encountered working in a fast paced environment.

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  • Molly Stevens, Uber Molly Stevens, Uber
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ABSTRACT

Uber has achieved global impact with a scale and speed previously not seen in technology. In this talk, Stevens will discuss the challenges and opportunities that the user experience team has encountered working in this fast paced environment - as well as the changes in technology and user expectations that make it more complex.

SPEAKER BIO

Molly Stevens is Director of User Experience Research at Uber and has 15+ years of experience working in user experience design and research across a variety of domains. Stevens is an advocate for the advancement of diverse voices in all aspects of the development of our modern tools and services and has extensive experience in design workshops and sprints. At Uber, her team focuses on developing local and global insights about people to innovate on current and future technologies.

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

GVU Center, IPaT, School of Interactive Computing

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students, Undergraduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
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Status
  • Created By: Dorie Taylor
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Feb 12, 2018 - 9:53am
  • Last Updated: Feb 12, 2018 - 3:45pm