Dan Saffer is an experience design director for Adaptive Path who 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.
Upcoming Appearances
August 22-23
Dan Saffer will be presenting at DESIGN IT! in Tokyo, Japan
September 16 - 19
Dan Saffer will be presenting at Web2.0 Expo in New York, NY

Visit Dan's Personal Site
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 - Andrew Crow
Senior Experience Designer - Brandon Schauer
Experience Design Director - Brian Cronin
Project Manager - Bryan Mason
COO - Chiara Fox
Senior Information Architect - Chula Carlson
Controller - Dan Harrelson
Senior Technologist - Dan Saffer
Experience Design Director - Gina Crescenti
Client Relations Associate - Henning Fischer
Design Strategist - Jesse James Garrett
President - Julia Houck-Whitaker
R&D Manager - Kate Rutter
Senior Practitioner - Kim Lenox
Senior Interaction Designer - Kumi Akiyoshi
Visual Practice Lead - Laura Kirkwood-Datta
Vice President of Professional Services - Leah Buley
Experience Designer - 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 - Rachel Hinman
Design Strategist - Roland Smart
Senior Marketing Manager - Sarah B. Nelson
Design Strategist - Sebastian Heycke
Design Strategist - Shannon Wu
Events Planner - Teresa Brazen
Project Manager - Todd Elliott
Project Manager - Todd Wilkens
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