Bram Wessel Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Align. Connect. Build.Factor has been providing information strategy to global enterprises since 2013. Together, we unlock the full value of your sales, marketing, customer experience, human resources, and/or operational information by ensuring more effective connections with each of your intended audiences.After all, is information even information if it doesn’t properly connect? Or is it just more data lost in a bottomless lake?We help you put your information to work.We help companies untangle complex enterprise-level information and user experience challenges—bringing people, platforms, and processes into alignment.We focus on how people interact with your organization. With solutions designed to reflect human goals and behaviors, our work helps improve outcomes for your customers, your employees, and your business.

Seattle, Washington, Us

Information Architecture Instructor, Curriculum AdvisorCapstone Portfolio Evaluator, UX Certificate ProgramMentor, UX Certificate Program User Experience Instructor

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I was an executive producer of the IxDA's annual conference, Interaction 19, which was held at the Amazon Conference Center in Seattle from February 3-8, 2019. Our lineup featured over 80 leading speakers and workshop facilitators from around the world. It was an honor to lead a team of talented and dedicated Chairs, directors, producers and volunteers as we delivered the interaction design community's signature event. It was also an honor to speak, and produce the Interaction 19 reveal, at Interaction 18 in Lyon, France.

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It has been an honor to serve as Development Director of the Information Architecture Institute. The IAI provides community advocacy and resources, oversees World IA Day held in over 60 locations worldwide in February, and the IA Conference held in a city in North America in March of each year.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Established Experience Strategy and Design consulting practice in Seattle, New York and Los Angeles. Clients: Adobe, Amazon, City of Seattle, Disney, Expedia, Gracenote, GE, Group Health, Intel, MasterCard, Microsoft, Nordstrom, Real, Safeco, Sony, Starbucks, Technicolor, THX, Universal, Volvo, Vulcan, Warner, and many others.

Conceived, developed and produced Metamenu®, pioneering interactive navigation system for multi-screen digital media. Designed and produced Metamenu Remote for iTunes App store. Conceived, developed and produced groundbreaking content experiences for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD format launches. Produced user-experience deliverables such as use cases, flow charts, site maps, mind maps, wireframes, and functional specifications.

Partner in interactive design and production company Executive Producer and Lead Experience Designer on multiple interactive features for Hollywood home video productions. Clients: Lionsgate, Disney, Sony, others.

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

Established User Experience Design practice at THINK Seattle. Worked with UX practitioners in other offices of the THINK network to implement best practices. Led numerous engagements as User Experience Architect and in supplemental roles as strategist and executive producer. Clients: Agilent, Hyperion, Commworks, others.

Co-founded New York City information architecture, application design, and technology consulting firm. Clients: Innovative Artists, AAM, Big Pictures, Strategic Resources Corp., DMCD Museum Design, others.

Established New York City application design, and information technology consulting practice with an emphasis on user experience and clientele in the creative industries. Clients: Ogilvy and Mather, Barnes and Noble Publishing, Stewart Tabori & Chang Publishing, Take 2 Interactive, others.

Established application design and information technology consulting practice with clientele of creative professionals. Clients: Christiansen & Fritsch/CF2GS, FCB, Allied Arts, Hunt Marketing Group, Sonic Design, Olsen-Sundberg Architects, others.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Produced 1st International Aldus Developer's Conference for Developer Support/3rd Party Marketing department. (Aldus was eventually acquired by Adobe.)

Bachelor'S, English

User Experience

Diploma, English Language And Literature, General