Leigh-Ellen Potter

Current

• Lecturer at Griffith University
• Business Analyst at Microsoft

Past

• Consultant at PwC Consulting
• Usability Consultant at Australian Bureau of Statistics

Education

• Griffith University

Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Leigh-Ellen Potter’s Summary

Industry experience in usability, project management, PeopleSoft, technical writing.
Academic experience in course convening, lecturing, tutoring and mentoring in the areas of information systems, software engineering and project management.
PhD in IT exploring the differences between IT professionals and users.
Specific interest in improving the user experience, improving the relationship between IT professionals and users, and attracting people to the IT industry.

Leigh-Ellen Potter’s Specialties:

Usability, user experience, project management

Leigh-Ellen Potter’s Experience

• Lecturer

  Griffith University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  Currently holds this position

• Business Analyst

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

• Consultant

  PwC Consulting

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; PwC; Management Consulting industry)

  March 2001 — February 2003 (2 years )

  PeopleSoft consultant

• Usability Consultant

  Australian Bureau of Statistics

  (Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  1999 — 2000 (1 year )

  Member of the usability team, based in Brisbane. Worked on development guidelines and standards and usability evaluation

Leigh-Ellen Potter’s Education

• Griffith University

  PhD , Information Systems/HCI , 2003 — 2008

  Undergrad degree in IT with first class honours majoring in Information Systems, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. Received two Griffith awards for Academic Excellence

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