Perficient Usability Director to Lead Panel at UPA 2005.AUSTIN, Texas -- Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PRFT PRFT Partially Relaxed Fourier Transform PRFT Preflight ), a leading information technology consulting Information technology consulting (IT consulting or business and technology services) is a field that focuses on advising businesses on how best to use information technology to meet their business objectives. firm in the central United States The Central United States is sometimes conceived as between the Eastern United States and Western United States as part of a three-region model, roughly coincident with the Midwestern United States plus the western and central portions of the Southern United States; the term is , announced today that Usability Practice Director, Charlotte Schwendeman, will lead a panel discussion at the 13th annual Usability Professionals' Association The Usability Professionals’ Association is a professional association for people interested in usability. According to the UPA web site, The Usability Professionals’ Association supports usability specialists, people from all aspects of human-centered design, conference the week of June 26-July 1 in Montreal, Canada. Ms. Schwendeman's panel, entitled User-Centered Design: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Practice, will feature notable usability professionals discussing topics of industry relevance. In addition to Ms. Schwendeman, scheduled panel members include Carol Righi, Ph.D., President, Righi Interface Engineering; Richar Hall, Ph.D., Professor, Information Science and Technology, University of Missouri at Rolla; and Jerry Weinberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, SIU SIU Southern Illinois University SIU Seafarers International Union SIU Special Investigations Unit SIU Schiller International University SIU Special Investigative Unit SIU Salem International University SIU Societá Italiana di Urologia at Edwardsville. "I'm delighted to present at UPA's annual conference," said Schwendeman. "This event is one of the premiere annual gatherings for the human-computer interaction community and will help Perficient further its status as a trendsetter in the industry," UPA (Ultra Port Architecture) A high-speed interconnect between the CPU and memory from Sun. It uses a packet-switched crossbar architecture that can transfer more than 100 MBytes/sec. 2005 is expected to attract nearly 400 designers, usability analysts, web developers, human factors engineers, information architects, usability analysts and consultants from around the world. "Our subject matter experts are the very best in their respective fields and invitations to lead discussions at industry conferences are great opportunities for Perficient to share knowledge," said Jeffrey Davis, Perficient's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Perficient's usability practice is unparalleled in the services industry and truly a key differentiator for the firm." About Perficient Perficient is a leading information technology consulting firm serving Global 2000 and midsize companies in the central United States. Perficient helps clients gain competitive advantage by using Internet-based technologies to make their businesses more responsive to market opportunities and threats, strengthen relationships with customers, suppliers and partners, improve productivity and reduce information technology costs. Our solutions enable our clients to operate a real-time enterprise that dynamically adapts business processes and the systems that support them to the changing demands of an increasingly global, Internet-driven and competitive marketplace. Perficient is an award-winning "Premier Level" IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) business partner, a TeamTIBCO partner and a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. For more information about Perficient, which has more than 510 professionals in the central United States and Canada, please visit www.perficient.com. IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both. 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