adaptive path » todd wilkens

Todd Wilkens is a design researcher for Adaptive Path. Thanks to over a decade of experience in research and design, Todd holds a passionate belief that by truly understanding people, we can create compelling product and service experiences as well as real value.

Professional Background

Todd's research experience ranges from online communities to digital video to youth, religion, and culture. He has worked on research, strategy, and design projects for a diverse group of clients including large multi-channel media organizations to Internet start-ups. He is adept at working with people from different backgrounds to synthesize product, business, technology, and user needs into cohesive strategies and designs.

Past clients and employers including MyRide.com, Epinions, HGTV, PayCycle, and MyThings.

With academic training in sociology, information science, and computer science, he is also well versed in social science theory and a wide-ranging toolkit of research methods from ethnography and interviewing to statistical analysis and eye-tracking. Todd publishes and speaks regularly on design research and human-centered design generally. He also teaches courses and workshops in design research, interaction design, information architecture, and sociology at professional events as well as at several universities and colleges.