Dan Saffer was an experience design director for Adaptive Path until 2008. Dan has designed and built websites, applications, and devices since 1995. An international speaker and author, his acclaimed book Designing for Interaction has been called "a bookshelf must-have for anyone thinking of creating new designs" (Jared Spool, CEO of UIE) and has been translated into several languages.
Professional Background
At Adaptive Path, Dan leads projects for a wide variety of clients, from large organizations like Greenpeace and Time Warner to start-ups such as Ning and Foxmarks. As experience design director, he mentors and oversees Adaptive Path's experience designers.
Dan is an internationally recognized thought leader on interaction design. He's spoken at such conferences as Design Thinkers, SXSW, Business to Buttons, and Webvisions. Dan's writing on design have appeared in BusinessWeek, Vitamin, and Boxes and Arrows. Dan has taught workshops on interaction design in the US, Europe, and Australia.
Dan is a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA). He received his Master of Design in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon University.

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http://www.odannyboy.com/
Latest Essay
Dan Saffer Discusses Interaction Design in the Field with Bill DeRouchey
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The Adaptive Path Team
- Alexa Andrzejewski
Interaction Designer - Analisa Lono
Events Coordinator - Andrew Crow
Senior Experience Designer - Brandon Schauer
Experience Design Director - Brian Cronin
Project Manager - Chiara Fox
Senior Information Architect - Christian Palino
Design Strategist - Chula Carlson
Controller - Dan Harrelson
Design Technologist - Gina Crescenti
Client Relations Associate - Henning Fischer
Design Strategist - Jared Cole
Design Strategist & Interaction Designer - Jennifer Bolduc
Human Resources Director - Jesse James Garrett
President - Julia Houck-Whitaker
R&D Manager - Ix
Experience Designer - Kate Rutter
Senior Practitioner - Kim Cullen
Visual Designer - Laura Kirkwood-Datta
Vice President of Professional Services - Leah Buley
Experience Designer - Michael Meyer
CEO - Nancy Markiet
Facilities Coordinator - Pam Daghlian
Event Manager - Patricia Merino Price
Client Relations Manager - Paula Wellings
Experience Designer - Peter Merholz
President - Rachel Brune
Project Manager - Rachel Glaves
Experience Designer - Tamara Wayland
Client Relations Manager - Teresa Brazen
Project Manager - Todd Elliott
Project Manager - Todd Wilkens
Design Researcher & Manager, Austin Office - Trina Hancock
Visual Designer
Board Members
Emeritus
- Dan Saffer
- David Verba
- Janice Fraser
- Jeffrey Veen
- Indi Young
- Lane Becker
- Mike Kuniavsky
- Rachel Hinman
- Ryan Freitas
- Sarah B. Nelson
Where do great ideas come from?
At Adaptive Path, our ideas are driven by the work we do. We do consulting for user interface and user experience design, and offer conferences, training and education for UX designers.
From field ethnography, UI wireframes and task flows, to visual design and implementation, we do it and we teach it.
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