Information Architecture – Advice from Experts

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Information Architecture

Andy Kim

Irvine, CA

$500.0/min 5.0 13 $8.33/min

I will provide you with effective and actionable insight bespoke to your current needs. I'm a current UX lead @ Google; ex UX lead @ Amazon (6 yrs); Entrepreneur 4x w/ 1 exit; investor & mentor Over 23 years of product, programming & design experience for startups and for some of the most successful companies in the world like Google and Amazon. Good design should be empathetic, efficient, effective and empowering. I've been extremely fortunate to have billions of people globally use my products across these industries: AI, e-commerce, branding, hardware, maps, automotive, finance, entertainment, health, music, advertising, enterprise, real estate, and more. I try to provide clear, actionable guidance in the shortest amount of time possible. To do this, this is the typical breakdown of my calls: 1. Understand the business 2. Understand the product goal or problem (or top 3) 3. Define the ask(s) 4. I provide specific feedback to the asks 5. I provide broad feedback to the product 6. Customer ends the call equipped of next action items and is happy (hopefully)

Roberto Arias

Berlin, Germany

$120.0/min 5.0 8 $2/min

Information security expert. International experience across multiple businesses from fintech to healthcare. Giving expert advice in matter of information security and privacy: Ethical Hacking, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Assessments, Penetration Testing, Disaster Recovery Plans, Data Breaches, Cloud Security (AWS/GCP), GDPR compliance, cryptocurrencies and other related topics.

Irene Au

San Francisco Bay Area

$500.0/min 5.0 2 $8.33/min

Currently: - Operating Partner at Khosla Ventures - Yoga and meditation teacher at Avalon Art and Yoga - Chair of Board of Trustees, Bowman International School Previously: - VP Product Design, Udacity, 2012-2013 - Head of UX, Google, 2006-2012 (responsible for Google's look and feel across all products) - VP User Experience, Yahoo!, 1998-2006 (founded and built Yahoo's user experience and design practice and headed the team) - Interaction Designer, Netscape Communications, 1996-1998

Jérôme Gravel-Niquet

Montreal, Quebec

$250.0/min 5.0 0 $4.17/min

Full-stack web developer with a knack for entrepreneurship and education.

Ryan Short

Ottawa, Canada Area

$100.0/min 5.0 22 $1.67/min

As a Senior Digital Strategist, Ryan calls on 10 years of experience to solve problems and deliver quality strategic solutions across a wide-variety of platforms, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Desktop. He makes sure from start to finish that strategic objectives are met and that is vision is clear and measured through to the end of the project lifecycle. Ryan specializes in strategic business planning, information architecture and interaction design.

Edwin Veelo

San Francisco Bay Area

$150.0/min 5.0 5 $2.5/min

Advertising veteran in digital and integrated advertising, marketing and branding. Founder and President of Fitura, an organic supplements company. Mentor to tech and health food startups. Lover of all things entrepreneurial, from inventing new products and services, crafting business models to defining user experiences and designing interfaces.

Edmond Lau

Palo Alto

$1000.0/min 5.0 5 $16.67/min

Building the productivity suite for the mobile generation @ Quip. Previously, helped the team at Quora grow from 12 to 70. Built the onboarding and mentoring programs for new engineers, led engineering on user growth, and built everything from moderation tools, product features, recommendations, infrastructure, etc. Before Quora, led the analytics team at Ooyala and worked on search quality at Google. Blogger on engineering, productivity, and culture with essays featured and quoted on Forbes, Slate, and Techcrunch. More at http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/

Kevin Cheng

San Francisco, California

$200.0/min 4.9 14 $3.33/min

Not a ninja, rockstar, or guru. Co-Founder of Donna/Incredible Labs. Past: Product lead for #NewTwitter, Director of User Experience and Product Strategy at Raptr, Designer of Yahoo! Pipes. Ask me about product, design, comics, or whatever.

Michael Coletta

New York

$200.0/min 4.4 2 $3.33/min

Michael Coletta has served in a variety of high-level roles in the travel industry and at digital agencies, driving results spanning technology, business development, monetization, online marketing, product, and design. He has increased revenues in multiples for corporations and startups alike. Currently monitoring and advising on trends including: travel innovation, mobile applications, interconnected devices, personalization/big data, metasearch, sharing economy. Founder of Fantrotter and EuropeUpClose, Co-Organizer of Travel 2.0, Officer with Millennials in Travel, Committee Member with Travel+SocialGood, Board Member with NY Travel Festival.

Ikon Eco

San Francisco Bay Area

$60.0/min 5.0 1 $1/min

Resourceful and creative problem solver, driven by a passion to make things intuitively obvious and to create positive impact on people’s lives through product design. Constantly striving to deliver delightful and seamless experiences across people, touchpoints and technology. With more than 12 years of experience in driving web and mobile product vision, rapidly iterating new concepts and prototypes, collaborating cross-functionally with product management, engineering and user research to ensure a smooth product development process and to lead user experience designs from conception until launch. - Extensive experience in designing large-scale web and mobile applications. - Proven track record of driving design innovation and leading teams to success. - Recognized excellence in relationship management, facilitation and presentation skills. Specialties: • User Experience Design (Web and Mobile) • Interaction Design & Information Architecture • Experience Strategy and Vision • Experience Planning & Team Facilitation • Ideation and Concept Generation • User Research & Usability Testing • Rapid Prototyping

Paul Johnson

Greenville, SC

$120.0/min 5.0 1 $2/min

I combine art, science, and technology to create useful and delightful software experiences. I'm the cofounder, product manager, and UX designer for Pathwright.com, a modern platform for online education. Over the past 15 years, I've designed, developed, or managed hundreds of software and web products that hundreds of thousands of people touch, swipe, and click.

Shanta R. Nathwani

Toronto, Canada

$120.0/min 5.0 1 $2/min

Solutions Architect at Namara Technologies and former Instructor at Sheridan College of Web Design and Capstone courses. Specializes in educating and building WordPress online presences.

Jonathan Cutrell

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

$100.0/min 5.0 11 $1.67/min

Director of Technology / developer at Whiteboard, writer for the Tuts+ network, and author. Rails, JavaScript / jQuery, HTML, CSS, and Wordpress expert.

Steven Hoober

Kansas City, Missouri Area

$150.0/min 5.0 8 $2.5/min

Steven Hoober wrote the book on mobile design patterns, and is best known for his ongoing research into how people really use touchscreen phones and tablets. He has been doing mobile and multi-channel design since 1999, designing among the earliest mobile app stores and the first Google mobile search.

John Hamelink

Glasgow, Scotland

$100.0/min 5.0 1 $1.67/min

CTO, Find a Player - mobile app company with 60,000 monthly active users. Consultant specialising in building medium-large scale web applications. Expert in Phoenix, Elixir, OTP and Ruby.

Nadine Schaeffer

California Central Coast

$175.0/min 5.0 13 $2.92/min

I have been designing apps, websites and software for over 17 years. My clients have included Apple, Yahoo, Oracle, Intuit and a host of smaller companies and startups. I offer a full range of design services including research, information architecture, interaction design and mobile design.

Bob Sawey

Austin, Texas Area

$250.0/min 5.0 0 $4.17/min

UX Designer & Front-end Developer. Formerly creative technologist / generalist & solution architect. Love to help disconnected projects find cohesion.

Amit Deshpande

Bengaluru Area, India

$100.0/min 5.0 28 $1.67/min

Experience Strategist. Solver of Experience, Interaction, brand & perception problems. Injects Momentum. Advisor to young startups with a promise, solving for unique problems. Formerly led Experience at Yodlee and ESPN.

Kenzie Campbell

Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

$80.0/min 5.0 0 $1.33/min

Veteran web developer. Telecommuter.

Amy Jo Kim

Burlingame, CA

$350.0/min 5.0 1 $5.83/min

I help entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life using Lean Game Design techniques. I co-founded Shufflebrain, a design studio building smart games for a connected world. Our clients include Popcap, EA, Harmonix, eBay, nytimes.com, Netflix, Happify, Indiegogo, Age of Learning, and numerous startups. In 2007 we developed and launched an original Facebook brain game, Photograb, which we sold to Lumos Labs in 2009. This Fall, we're offering a 10-week bootcamp for startups who want to turbo-charge their MVP design process. I'm the author of Community Building on the Web (2000) and The Player's Journey (forthcoming 2014). I'm also an adjunct profession of Game Design at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where I co-developed the original game design curriculum. I have a B.A. in Experimental Psych, and a Ph.D in behavioral neuroscience. I look forward to getting in touch and helping you with your project.

Christopher Wallace

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

$200.0/min 5.0 4 $3.33/min

Chris is a founding partner of Lift UX, a user experience design & second screen app development company. He's a designer and developer with experience in WordPress development, leading a small virtual team, building software with a remote team, responsive design, developing for high-traffic websites and more. His team has built award-winning and Emmy-nominated products, constantly pushing the boundaries of technology and innovation. Chris has a wide range of experience designing and building websites for household names like Enterprise Rent-A-Car, AMC tv (The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad), WE tv, IFC, The Next Web, eBay and more. Chris has experience with growing and selling web properties with multiple verticals: upthemes.com, 365psd.com, designmoo.com, and mylibros.com. Topics: managing remote teams, WordPress development, web-based software development, process design, user experience design, branding, second screen app development.

Dominique C

Dubai, UAE

$400.0/min 5.0 0 $6.67/min

Cameron Hartis

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

Information Technologist specializing in security and high availability. 20 years of SQL and IT consulting experience.

Albert Lukaszewski

Bismarck, ND

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

Author: "MySQL for Python" (2012, Packt) Author: "Python" (2007-2011, NYTimes Co.) International Freelance Software Consultant for several years CTO of Larasco (software company in the UK) Chief Engineer of ACCESS (chief engineer is a position combining project management and information architecture) I have designed, developed, and managed software solutions and software companies around the globe, from Nepal to the Pacific Northwest.

Chris Reigelsperger

Washington, DC

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Independent IT Consultant & Service Provider; IT Ninja/Wizard; All around Tech Nerd

Tim Grace

Chicago, Illinois

$150.0/min N/A 6 $2.5/min

Senior Product Manager, currently at Trunk Club, previously at Signal, Cars.com, Apartments.com. Working at my second startup. Always learning, sometimes teaching.

Micheal Thabet

cairo

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I have more than 18 years experience in fitting-out & finishing projects like apartment, villas , landscape, swimming pool, kitchens , bathrooms, bedrooms , living rooms, dressing rooms, shops , pharmacies, restaurants, administration buildings, malls , interior & exterior design

Alexandru Bobeanu

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

If you are in need of someone to guide you through the fascinating process of making something from nothing. Than you should definitely put your trust in me. Cheers!

Claudio Balbo

Milano

$500.0/min N/A 0 $8.33/min

I worked 23 years as technology consultant in the Financial Service industry at Accenture and, since 6 years, I led the “IT Architecture and Methodologies” at Intesa Sanpaolo, one of the largest Banking groups in Europe. During my experiences I acquired a large exposure in shaping and driving strategic IT transformation initiatives

stephen mugatha

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

I am an Interior Designer with an aim of designing innovative and functional spaces focused on sustainability and creative aesthetic design.

Allan Caeg

Asia. Location-independent

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Building WinMeter.io #GoalExecution through OKRs. Also: UX Designer, Product Manager, and Lean Startup Practitioner

Colin Fitzpatrick

Ireland

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Over 20 years of Integration and Information Architect experience with Large enterprises in the Telco, Retail, Commerical property and Pharmaceutical industries.

Ammar Khalid

London

$1000.0/min N/A 0 $16.67/min

Ammar Khalid is Head of Network Engineering. He is well-versed with technologies from both technical and commercial perspectives. He is an expert in the areas of Information Technologies, Telecommunications and Technology Strategy. Working Groups Champion at UK5G (07.2019 - Present). UK5G is the national innovation network sponsored by DCMS to drive the promotion of research, collaboration and commercial application of 5G in the UK. He was a Senior Product Manager at Telefonica UK (12/2012 - 12/2021). He was Senior Product Manager (5G) at Virgin Media O2 (03.2021 - 12.2021), Technology Strategy Manager (02.2019 - 03.2021), Senior Test and Integration Engineer (12.2012 - 02.2019): leading architecture, design, and delivery of 5G IT programmes, Leading team of solution architects and designers for new technology development and commercial rollout of 5G, Leading all technical aspects of 5G products in the IT portfolio including architecture, solution design and service design. He is located in the UK.

Ali Alashqar

UAE

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Engineering consultancy, interior design consultancy and interior spaces Knowledge of the materials used in the main and preparatory kitchens, Dressing room, TV unit, bathroom counters, interior corridors and lighting

Hamzeh Hirzallah

Amman - Jordan

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

I am a PMI-certified project manager with over 13 years of experience in the IT and software field. I have a proven track record of delivering successful projects on time and on budget. I have a PMI PMP certificate. I am passionate about helping businesses and organizations achieve their goals through effective project management. In my consulting sessions, I offer practical and actionable advice based on my extensive experience in the field.

Charles McLaughlin Piche

Montreal, Canada

$120.0/min N/A 5 $2/min

SEO expert with 10 years experience. Audits, On-site SEO, Strategy, link diagnostic. I can help you find what's wrong with your website. English and French.

Chaya Jadhav

Zürich Area, Switzerland

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Entrepreneur, running a tech startup specializing in mobile platform.

Sean Johnson

Greater Chicago Area

$200.0/min N/A 29 $3.33/min

Sean is a partner and product lead at Digital Intent, helping companies like Groupon, Follett, Sittercity and HarperCollins build and grow new digital products. He is also a Lecturer of Marketing in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management. Sean has experience in product development, user experience, user acquisition and analytics. He runs the Chicago growth hacking meetup, is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs Council, and writes about marketing on Technori. Sean previously was the VP Product Development at Brill Street, where he was tasked with building an "eHarmony for jobs" algorithm-based candidate matching system. His team launched a beta in 3 months, and acquired 15,000 candidates in Chicago at $0.20 per in a 6 week period. Prior to that Sean worked in New York at GoalQuest, a higher ed marketing startup, where Sean led product development of UPeers, a white label university social network that was implemented on over 300 campuses around the country. GoalQuest was acquired in 2007 by EducationDynamics, where Sean served as the VP Creative Director. Sean has a degree in marketing from the University of Colorado. He's extremely pale.

Jonathan Courtney

Berlin

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

User Experience Designer and Product Strategist. Founder of UX design agency AJ&Smart. I work with everyone from startups to fortune 500s to solve their design problems.

Mark Bakker

Vancouver, Canada Area

$60.0/min N/A 8 $1/min

Passionate about Marketing that generates Recurring Revenue. BCIT Instructor. Entrepreneur. Trend Spotter.

Anthony Franco

Denver, CO

$120.0/min N/A 6 $2/min

Founded 6 successful companies. Comsero - 3D prototyping and consumer products EffectiveUI - a user experience agency acquired by WPP Skybeam - now the largest wireless ISP in the nation Pourhouse - a local bar and grill in Colorado Piper Software - marketing quality assurance software Zudia - small software development agency

Dagmar Gatell

Orlando, Florida

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

SEO Consulting, SEO Coaching & SEO Services for Entrepreneurs, turning your expertise into a global business by attracting your ideal clients and growing your go-to expert website and authority worldwide. Certified SEO master since September 2013. Learn more about Dagmar at http://dagmargatell.com.

Isaac Paavola

NYC & Chicago

$60.0/min N/A 2 $1/min

Working with design agencies, partnering with startups, and generally designing unique & challenging digital projects for the past 7 years. See: isaacpvl.com

Natasha Irizarry

NYC

$100.0/min N/A 3 $1.67/min

Currently working at OkCupid as a Product Designer. Contact me for questions on UX, design, or anything related to the two. Or dating...I often tell people I am "resident matchmaker". I have lots of experience in consumer facing web sites and mobile design.

Eugene Cook

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

$225.0/min N/A 0 $3.75/min

Attorney, MBA, ZCE, code geek, serial entrepreneur.

Jason Grant

Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

$100.0/min N/A 16 $1.67/min

Service Designer, Business Consultant, User Experience Strategist, Information Architect, Lean Startup and Agile expert, Business owner, Product Designer, very keen cyclist.

Spiros Kapetanakis

Athens, Greece

$100.0/min N/A 1 $1.67/min

Co-Founder of coLab workspace the first coworking place in greece @ colabathens, Co-Founder of coLab Igniter acceleration program @ colabigniter, Founder of Feelzer mobile app @ feelzer

Adeel Javaid

Canada, Hamilton

$600.0/min N/A 0 $10/min

I am Chartered IT Professional, Registered Scientist, CISA and DoD Certified Cybersecurity Expert, Caldera Certified Red Teaming Professional, Expert in Reverse Engineering and Member of IBM Security Community. I have more than 15 years of experience in cybersecurity, reverse engineering, penetration testing of web and mobile applications, malware analysis and digital forensics. I have done past projects with PwC, Skoda Minotti, DNX VC, Lum Chang, Syntervision, AI Chatbot, FourthRev and Loggi. I have discovered and reported more than 50 vulnerabilities to Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, Facebook and many other organizations. I have also found and reverse-engineered more than 20 hidden malwares, ransomwares and process injectors.

Mark Trammell

Santa Barbara, CA

$600.0/min N/A 0 $10/min

Design research. Formerly: Twitter, Digg, Obama for America. Pro bono: Gates Foundation, Clinton Global Initiative, MusiCares, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Designer-in-Residence for U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.

Michael Pons

New York, NY

$150.0/min N/A 23 $2.5/min

Specialties: • User Experience Design • Information Architecture • Product Development • Product Design • Product Prototyping • Web Design • Conversion Optimization • eCommerce Optimization • Multivariate Testing • Data Visualization • Strategic Branding • Corporate Identity Design