Ryan Freitas served as an Experience Design Director for Adaptive Path. With ten years in the field, Ryan is an experienced and opinionated advocate for user-centered design, as well as an occasional writer, speaker and design award judge.
Professional Background
After graduating with a specialization in Human Computer Interaction at UC San Diego's School of Cognitive Science, Ryan began his career designing and coding application interfaces for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Transitioning to a role as a Senior Information Architect at Sapient, he refined concepts and designed web applications and platforms for clients like Janus and Nissan. In 2000 he moved to Tokyo with Sapient, training the local creative team in interaction design practices while working with clients like DoCoMo and Sunstar.
His clients include Turner, Oracle, Flickr, Six Apart, BitTorrent, Plazes, Foxmarks, Ning, Socialtext, and Sphere.
After returning to San Francisco in 2001, Ryan freelanced as an interaction design consultant, working with Williams' Sonoma and the Home Depot on their retail website and kiosk designs. He joined Adaptive Path in the spring of 2005, where he leads product strategy and design engagements. Recently, Ryan has assumed responsibility for Adaptive Path's New Ventures program, working with startups to bring engaging and innovative offerings to market.
As a writer and conference speaker, Ryan has focused on collaboration tools, online media platforms, and community building.
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Latest Essay
Sphere: Balancing Power and Simplicity
“There is no shortage of competition among blog search tools right now, and most of them are trying to differentiate themselves by pushing an overwhelming array of features at their users. Adaptive Path was recently faced with the challenge of designing an interface for the much-anticipated blog search tool Sphere.” Read more »
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The Adaptive Path Team
- Analisa Lono
Events Coordinator - Andrew Crow
Senior Experience Designer - Brandon Schauer
VP of Creative Services - Ben Fullerton
Experience Designer - 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 - Jamin Hegeman
Interaction &
Service Designer - Jared Cole
Design Strategist & Interaction Designer - Jennifer Bolduc
Human Resources Director - Jesse James Garrett
President - Julia Houck-Whitaker
R&D Manager - Kate Rutter
Senior Practitioner - Kendra Shimmell
Experience Designer - Kim Cullen
Visual Designer - Kristina Barnett
Project Manager - Lisa Pesak
Project Manager - Laura Kirkwood-Datta
General Manager - Leah Buley
Experience Designer - Leslie Chicoine
Experience Designer - Michael Meyer
CEO - Pam Daghlian
Event Manager - Paula Wellings
Experience Designer - Peter Merholz
President - Peter Boersma
Senior Experience Designer - P.J. Onori
Design Technologist - Rachel Brune
Project Manager - Tamara Wayland
Client Relations Manager - Teresa Brazen
Project Manager - Todd Elliott
Project Manager - Todd Wilkens
Studio Lead, Austin - Trina Hancock
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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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