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Dr. Andre is quoted in a Tech News Daily article regarding the ergonomic effects of using e-readers: Who Killed the E-Reader? ...
Dr. Andre will speak as an invited panelist on "FDA Human Factors Compliance"at the American Society for Quality Usability Event, taking place on March 21, 2013...
Dr. Andre organizes and moderates FDA Human Factors Panel at the 2013 HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. Tony Watson, Ron Kaye and Molly Story participated in the session, which covered the history of the FDA human factors team, an update on the human factors draft guidance and a review of the new draft guidance on medical devices for home health care...
Dr. Andre moderates closing plenary address featuring Dr. Kellie Taylor, Deputy Director of the FDA's DMEPA group. Dr. Taylor spoke about the unique requirements for validating combination drug products and her group's role in overseeing all human factors validation efforts for these products...
Dr. Andre announces that the 2014 HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare will take place on March 17-19 in Chicago, IL...
Dr. Andre is quoted in a Wall Street Journal article regarding the recent trend of increasingly large touchscreen phones: Phones Are a Big-Screen Hit but a Bit of a Fashion Challenge ...
Dr. Andre presented a plenary session address at the PDA's 2012 "Universe of Pre filled Syringes and Injection Devices" Conference in Las Vegas, NV on October 16,2012. Dr. Andre shared the stage with Kathy Lee, of the FDA. His address, entitled "The Human Factors Top 10 List", discussed the top 10 most critical mistakes made by drug delivery device and biopharma companies when attempting to obtain FDA Human Factors approval for a combination product...
Dr. Anthony Andre is elected as Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Recognition of this honor will be made on Tuesday, October 23, at the Opening Plenary Session of the 2012 HFES Annual Meeting in Boston, MA...
Dr. Andre quoted in recent San Jose Mercury News article, Pedal pusher: Desk-bike marketer hopes to get more workers into shape, with his take on a new desk-bike...
Dr. Andre to host and chair the 2013 HFES Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care! The Symposium, titled "Advancing the Cause" will be held March 11-13, 2013, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland....
Dr. Andre to give podium presentation entitled "The Human Factors Top 10 List: Answers to the 10 Most Important Human Factors Questions for Obtaining FDA Approval for your Drug Delivery Device" at the 2012 PDA Universe of Pre-Filled Syringes and Injection Devices Conference, October 15-17, Las Vegas, NV....
Dr. Andre presents invited talk on incorporating human factors inputs into early device design and selection activities and moderates FDA human factors panel at the 2012 Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care...
Dr. Andre presents opening plenary address at the 2012 Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care. The symposium was created, organized and chaired by Dr. Andre, in coordination with the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of which he is the Immediate Past President. The symposium, held March 12-14 in Baltimore, was attended by 450 human factors professionals, health care industry representatives, health care provides and regulatory personnel...
IAA/Usernomics has moved our offices and research facility a short distance to the prestigious city of Saratoga, CA. We have built a new custom usability testing facility and welcome the change of venue after 19 years in Cupertino, CA. Click here for pictures of Dr. Andre during the construction of our new lab!...
IAA conducts comprehensive AED/CPR study in France. Read the recent whitepaper to find out which AEDs passed and which failed!...
Dr. Anthony Andre to Chair the HFES 2012 Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care (June 2011)...
Dr. Andre gives webinar presentation on "What Makes a Pre-Filled Syringe Usable and Ergonomic? Critical Human Factors Design Attributes and Interacting Factors, sponsored by the Parental Drug Association (PDA), July 14, 2011...
IAA leads Human Factors program that results in EU and FDA approval for the new Asante "Pearl" Insulin Pump. Details are found at: http://www.asantesolutions.com (June 2011)...
IAA wins contract with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), the world's largest professional services firm (May 2011)...
Dr. Andre presents "Put Down that Workstation! How Software Usability and Expertise IS Office Ergonomics" as an Invited Speaker of the Bay Area Ergonomics Roundtable, held at the "We've Got your Back!" store in Los Gatos, CA May 18, 2011...
IAA conducted human factors/ergonomics analyses toward optimizing the design and user experience of the Peregrine Wearable Computer Interface ...
IAA helped incorporate ergonomics properties into the new Meglio handle/holder for the iPad. The design serves several common use cases and provides a flexible number of ways to hold, manipulate or stand the device...
Dr. Andre is quoted in recent blog discussing the user experience challenges associated with the recent trend of more complex applications used on mobile devices...
Dr. Andre featured on Dan Mulhern's radio show, "Everyday Leadership", discussing ergonomics in the workplace. (December 2010)...
Dr. Andre starts term as President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (Sept 2010)...
Dr. Andre serves as the Host Chair for the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting in San Francisco (Sept 2010)...
Dr. Andre organized and chaired a recent discussion panel titled "Blasphemy or Pragmatics? When NOT to Follow User-Centered Design Techniques" (Sept 2010)...
Dr. Andre speaks on medical device human factors at the "Universe of pre-filled syringes and injection devices" conference in Las Vegas (October 2010)...
Dr. Andre gives invited presentation "How software usability, expertise and workload impact ergonomics" to the UC Berkeley Ergonomics Summer Institute Course (July 2010)...
Dr. Andre gives invited presentation "To Err is Human, To Foresee is Human Factors: Improving Patient Safety Through Usability Engineering" to the Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference (March 2010)...
Dr. Andre is elected next President of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society HFES (August 2009)...
IAA wins the prestigious 2009 User Centered Design Award from the HFES Product Design Technical Group for their design of the Cardiac Science AED PowerHeart G3 Plus (August 2009)...
Dr. Andre is recipient of the San Jose State University, 2009 Davidson College of Engineering Oustanding Lecturer Award (2009)...

	Human Factors & Ergonomics Society
	Usability Professionals Association
	BayCHI
	Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
	Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics

Clients by Industry

IAA clients include business, government, and research organizations from around the world. The breadth of clients is indicative of our commitment to improving the man-machine interface, and the quality we bring to every project.

A brief list of our clients are listed below. A more detailed list will be available at a later date. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at (408) 342-9052.

Aviation

Boeing
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Lockheed Martin
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Optimal Synthesis

Medical

Abbott Diabetes Care (ADC)
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Vascular
AcelRx
Acuson
Alexza Molecular
Align Technology
AP Pharma
Apotheus Laboratories, Ltd./IDEO
Applied BioSystems
Applied Immune Systems (AIS)/ rPr Gencell
Baxter
Bayer
Biocon
Biogen Idec
Biomarin
Boehlinger Ingelheim
Calibra Medical
Cardiac Science
Cardionet
Commwell Medical
Consortium for the Advancement
of Patient Safety (CAPS)
CU Medical Systems, Inc.
DEKA
Douglas Pharmaceuticals
Enject
Genentech
GlaxoSmithKline
Genomic Health

Hansen Medical
Hospira
Laerdal Medical
Lash Group
MedQuest
MannKind
Novare Medical
Novo Nordisk
OralCam Inc.
Palomar Medical/Health
Par Pharmaceutical
Perclose
Pfizer
Philips Medical
Radiant Medical
Revance Therapeutics
Rhythm Pharma
Safety Syringes, Inc.
Sanofi-Aventis
St. Renatus
Stephanie Barnes
Sun Pharma
SurgiVision, Ltd.
Tandem Medical
Teva Pharmaceuticals
Thoratec Corporation
Valeant Pharmaceuticals
Vertex
Worldheart
Ziosoft Imaging

Software

2Wire
3M
3 Ring Technology
Accept Software
Altschuller Melvoin & Glasser (AM&G)
Architectural Data Systems
Battelle Memorial Institute
Bizfinity
Cadence Design Systems
Ciena
Clarus
Healthy Computing
Honeywell
Hyperion Solutions

Ingersoll-Rand
Integretech
Intertop Corp.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Lawrence Berkeley Labs
MontaVista
Nuance
Paragon
Perigis Corporation
Pixar Animation Studios
Pubsub
Transcom CRC
Ultriva
Veeco
VMWare