About Patrick Neeman
Patrick Neeman is currently the Director of User Experience Design at Workday. He joined Workda through their acquisition of Evisort, where he was the Vice President of User Experience and Research. He was also the Senior Director of User Experience at Knowable, the Senior Director of User Experience at Icertis, the Director of Product Design at Apptio, and the Director of User Experience at Jobvite. After a complete redesign of the application, Jobvite received a Webby Award for employment and the Deloitte What Works Award. His background includes two IPOs, two acquisitions, and two acquisition transitions.
His previous experience includes working as a social media and user experience consultant for Microsoft, building a user experience team from one to 25 at a consultancy, working on the prelaunch team at Orbitz, and the successful launch of several startup sites. And yes, he has been a product manager.
Companies Patrick has worked with include Microsoft, MySpace, Realtor.com, Move.com, Orbitz, News Corp, Paramount, Stamps.com, Escrow.com, Comcast, Disney, Amgen, Paul Mitchell, Numonyx, Cadence, Wasserman Media Group, and eBay.
Patrick lives in Seattle, Washington.
Featured
- Alltop — Social Media, User Interface
- Six Revisions — 20 Websites That Help You Master User Interface Design
- UX Booth — 11 User Experience Designers You Should Follow
- Pushing Pixels — 20 Design Blogs for UI Developers
- A Better User Experience — 10 Must-Read Articles on Web Usability
- Slideshare Presentation of the Day — From Application To Interview: How To Get A Great UX Job
Other blogs
UX Matters
Freelance Switch
Onward Search
Speaking engagements
2015
- General Assembly Panel – Seattle, WA: 11/11
Panel – User Experience: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - University of Washington – Seattle, WA: 11/10
Hunting Unicorns - UX Strategies Summit – San Francisco, CA: 11/2
Panel – Taking The Risk - Future of Web Design – San Francisco, CA: 10/30
Career Paths of User Experience - Giant Conference – Charleston, SC: 6/12
Hunting Unicorns - UX Strategies Summit – San Francisco, CA: 6/9
Enterprise UX: The Next Last Frontier - Seattle of Washington Speaker Series – Seattle, WA: 2/13
Hunting Unicorns
2014
- University of Washington – Seattle, WA
- LavaCon – Portland, OR: 10/11
User Experience for Content Strategists and Technical Writers - LavaCon – Portland, OR: 10/13
Hunting Unicorns - UX Strategies Summit – San Francisco, CA: 6/12
Hunting Unicorns - Refresh Seattle – Seattle, WA: 5/21
Hunting Unicorns - UX Mastery, UX Careers Webinar – Virtual: 3/1
- UX Careers with Troy Parke – Seattle, WA: 1/11
2013
- UX Careers with Troy Parke – Seattle, WA: 12/10
- General Assembly – San Francisco, CA: 7/15
How to Get a Great UX Job - SoCal UX Camp – Garden Grove, CA: 6/1
How to Get a Great UX Job - OCUX.org – Irvine, CA: 2/23
How to Get a Great UX Job
2012
- Usability Counts UX Resume and Portfolio Bootcamp – San Francisco, CA: 11/13
How to Get a Great UX Job - Jobvite UX Resume and Portfolio Bootcamp – Burlingame, CA: 6/19
Resume Revamp: How to Stand Out from the Pack
Networking Works: Using Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn for Jobs - UX Speakeasy Conference – San Diego, CA: 3/31
From Application to Interview: Getting a Great UX Job
2009
- Scrum Club – Los Angeles, CA: 7/08
Scrum and UX - Online Marketing Summit – Portland, OR: 6/29
Big Brands Panel - Online Marketing Summit – Orange County, CA: 6/16
Hitting The Target: A Simple But Successful Approach To Market A Small Business On The Web - The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup – Santa Monica, CA: 3/28
Panel – Agile and UX
2008
- TechDays ’08 – Costa Mesa, CA: 11/13
- Barcamp LA – Santa Monica, CA: 10/25
- So Cal .NET Architecture – Santa Ana, CA: 10/16
- The Los Angeles User Experience Meetup – Santa Monica, CA: 7/24
2007
- IASA – San Diego, CA: 10/15
- SDSIC: Mashups are in your Future! – San Diego, CA: 2/27
You can contact him at pat@usabilitycounts.com.
