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Maximize Performance.
Boost Satisfaction.
Reduce Cost.

Elevate your products, service and systems with human factors expertise and usability consulting tailored to your needs

Building The Right System

Building the right product, system or service is difficult because it requires aligning diverse user needs, technical constraints, and business goals and budget while minimizing risks and ensuring compliance

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We get it, and we want to help

Define what is the right system for your business and customers

Design and modeling solutions that align with needs and constraints

Test and validate solutions and performance to quantify success

Working With the Best Clients and Partners

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Some Featured Projects

NASA

Human Factors Engineering

Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) is the living quarters and research facility for astronauts visiting the Gateway, on the lunar space station.

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The Human Interface Panel (HIP), an emergency panel that is considered the last line of defense to save the space station and the astronaut was yet to be designed.

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Abbott

User Research

While Abbott's software grew in both capability and functionality, its performance and user experience relative to competitors remained unclear.
 

To clarify this, I conducted a competitive analysis to assess how Abbott's software measures up against other solutions on the market.

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Motivational Lecture

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Guiding others to discover, learn, and achieve

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics

  • User Needs & Research

  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)

  • Task Analysis and Use Error Analysis

  • Usability Testing

  • Validation & Summative Planning, Testing and Reporting

  • Regulatory Guidance (FDA, IEC 62366-1 & 60601, AAMI HE75, EU-MDR)

  • Mixed Research Methods

  • Creative Design Methods

  • Product Innovation

Hi, I'm Simon Shamoun, a human factors engineer, user researcher, and teacher.

 

As an independent consultant, adjunct lecturer at the University of Minnesota, and former NASA engineer, I specialize in designing the right products, services, and technologies.

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