C.V.

Eric Harris

EXPERTISE

UX research methods, User-Centered Design methods, Usability testing & evaluation, Product and Service Design, Prototyping, Development, Inclusive design, Internet of Things, Older & disabled people.

EXPERIENCE

HEAD OF RESEARCH | RiDC |

March 2014-present
Commissioned work providing insight for: industry, government and the third sector. Designing research to better understand the needs of older and disabled people. Providing expertise in accessible and inclusive design. Informing product and service design though ideation and usability testing.

RESEARCH FELLOW | University of Sussex |

Oct 2000-Dec 2013
On various EPSRC funded IRC research projects investigating the role of pervasive computing technologies which support new forms of human-computer interaction. Developing device and infrastructure technologies, design methodologies and system architectures.

CONSULTANT & TECHNOLOGY FACILITATOR | InQbate-University of Sussex |

October 2006-September 2009
£5M government funded project building a Centre of Excellence in Teaching & Learning in Creativity at the University of Sussex. Involved in the complete design process from conception through to delivery. Consultant in the design and build phases and facilitator in its implementation.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER | Geodetic Int. Ltd. |

1997-1999
Hexapod robotic development company. Involved in feasibility studies and applications work for product placement, including designing technical solutions for machine integration into customer processes. Delivering solutions for process controllers (plc’s), production information systems (verification and validation) and 3rd party equipment.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR (EMEA) | Inex Vision Systems |

1993-1996
Global machine vision systems company. All company engineering issues (development, service & inventory), within Europe, the near East and Africa. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of operations in Clearwater, Florida.

APPLICATIONS / DEVELOPMENT MANAGER | Inex Vision Systems |

1991-1993
Systems Integration Project Engineering leading teams of hardware, software and mechanical engineers concerned with management, systems integration and the design of capital equipment for the food, pharmaceutical and packaging industries.

NAVIGATION OFFICER & DECK CADET | Bowker & King| T & J Harrison Line |

1976-1981

KEY WORK CONTRIBUTIONS

Operations and Technical Director with full management responsibility for all associated staff within European, African and Near East operations. Budget responsibility for Applications, Development and Service departments.
“CE” marking of capital equipment. Taken from pre-certification through to creation of Technical Construction Files for the certification of capital equipment to meet conformity to European Directives. Consultant to American capital equipment businesses within corporation. Installed equipment base value of approximately £500M +
Designed and built sensor driven devices to aid research. Typically wireless (RFID, Xbee, 802.11, Pingers etc.) and multi sensor (tactile, image based, biometric etc.) devices.
Leading Research and Development teams across continents involving supplier and customer partners.
Technology consultant to Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning in Creativity. Helped design and deliver a fully integrated IT infrastructure to support an innovative configurable Audio Visual environment within the University of Sussex.
Pervasive and Ubiquitous computing Research Fellow at the University of Sussex. At the forefront of device and infrastructure technology developments. Exponent of UCD (User Centered Deign) methodologies.

EDUCATION

M.Sc. Robotics | Vision systems
1990 Coventry University
Pg.D. Robotics
1989 Coventry University
B.Sc. Maritime Technology
1985 UWIST
Navigation Officer’s F.G Certificate of Competency
1980 UK Government

PUBLICATIONS

I have over 40 peer reviewed publications in conference, journals and technical papers. Click here for a full list.

CONTACT ME

Email me at ericandharis at gmail dot com.

2016 Eric Harris