John Akers Email & Phone Number

John Akers is a Principal Product Designer at Intuit. He possess expertise in usability testing, user research, user centered design, information architecture, user experience and 22 more skills. He is proficient in English. Colleagues describe him as "I had the pleasure of working with John on re-imagining several experiences in Intuit's HR organization. I found him to be an excellent partner to product managers and technologists alike - he understands the complexity of systems, and delivers meticulous, detailed, high caliber designs - all the while helping partners arrive at solutions that truly address their problem at its root. He takes excellent ownership to deliver great results. His work ethic, instinct, and strong collaboration skills make him a valuable asset to transform any experience. I'd gladly work with John again! " and "It's been a pleasure working with John at Intuit. He does a great job at keeping his users' needs in mind as he works through technical challenges. A particular strength of John's is working with prototyping tools. I've seen him learn multiple tools and figure out how to use them in innovative ways that give his interactive prototypes a lot of flexibility. He's generous in sharing his knowledge with others of us using the same tools. John and I co-taught a seminar on the Flex prototyping tool, and I was very impressed with the depth of knowledge that he shared with our class. John is a great asset to a user experience organization."

Listed skills include Usability Testing, User Research, User Centered Design, Information Architecture, and 23 others.

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  Principal Product Designer

  Intuit

  Aug 2011 - Present - Greater San Diego Area