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Patrick Kennedy

Senior Consultant
Step Two Designs

Overview

Patrick brings over 10 years of experience in the digital media and web industry to our consulting team.

His expertise covers the following areas:

  • information architecture
  • ethnographic and design research techniques
  • usability testing and evaluation
  • prototyping and modelling
  • information management strategy
  • mentoring and training
  • best practice web design and development

Patrick's contribution to a project can include activities such as evaluating the usability of records classification schemes, providing mentoring on website audience modelling, developing an intranet strategy and redesigning the information architecture for large websites and intranets.

Over the years, Patrick has advised a wide range of clients, across private and public sectors, both in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Some of the recent clients Patrick has worked with are Canon, Geoscience Australia, the ATO, Sutherland Shire Council, Caltex, Freehills and the South Australian Police. Other organisations that Patrick has applied his expertise for include AMP, Arnott's, Cabinet Office e-Government Unit (UK), flybe (UK), Heineken, Hewlett-Packard, HFC Bank (UK), Kellogg's, Optus, Panasonic, Porsche (UK), Renault (UK), Subaru, Tourism NSW, Transport for London (UK) and Woolworths. He also has experience working with several charitable and not-for-profit organisations.

Patrick's Speaking Roles

IBM Summer School 2008
10 January 2008
Melbourne, Australia
One-day workshop on "Information Architecture essentials"

OzCHI 2007
29-30 November 2007
Adelaide, Australia
Conference presentation on "Mentoring Collaborative User Centred Design"

Information Architecture Fundamentals
26 October 2007
Canberra, Australia

OZ-IA 2007
22-23 September 2007
Sydney, Australia
Conference presentation on"Collaborative Information Architecture"

Information Architecture Fundamentals
24 August 2007
Sydney, Australia

Open Publish 2007
1-3 August 2007
Sydney, Australia
Conference presentation on "Information Architecture best practices"

 

Memberships

  • Usability Professionals Association (UPA)
  • Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia (CHISIG)
  • Web Standards Group (WSG)
  • Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA)
  • Web Industry Professionals Association (WIPA)
  • Information Architecture Institute (IAI)

Qualifications

  • BEng in Computer Systems Engineering, UTS (1999)
  • Diploma of Engineering Practice, UTS (1999)
  • Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment (2007)
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