Andrew Muddimer is Chief Usability Architect for Schlumberger's Information Solutions segment. He orchestrated the first formal usability group inside this organization and manages a team of usability specialists at its technology centers around the world. He graduated from Loughborough University (UK) with a degree focusing on requirements gathering and prototyping techniques, beginning his career at Schlumberger soon afterward as an ergonomist at the Industrial Design facility in Gatwick, UK. He has worked on numerous hardware projects, ranging from control cabin interiors, ticket machines, and seismic land equipment to large suites of software interfaces. He has served as President of the Houston, Texas, chapter of HFES, has several patents related to design, and as part of ongoing work with oilfield clients, most recently presented work on ergonomic computing and geophysical interpretation at the SEG in San Antonio, Texas, in 2007. Mr. Muddimer can be reached andrew.muddimer at slb.com.