Michael E. Stiso

UX and human factors

By training, I'm a cognitive psychologist. By practice, I'm both an applied researcher and a UXer.

Michael Stiso in a mind map Educated in cognitive psychology (Ph.D.), with specialties in expert performance, situation awareness, decision making, perception and learning. Experience in UX, in industries like enterprise software, digital farming, maritime, energy, banking and telecommunications, doing things like designing software platforms, running design sprints, prototyping (AI, Figma, etc.), testing usability, task analyses and making dashboards; in HCI, in areas like military operations, emergency response, naval aviation, air traffic control and drone command, making things like command systems, instructional systems and decision-support systems. Has worked on projects like Insight Platform, National Security, Information Visualization, Wind Farm Analytics, Maritime Refueling, Coffee Ecosystem, Sewer Corrosion, Drone command. educated in cognitive psychology (Ph.D.) with specialties in expert performance situation awareness decision making perception learning experience in UX in industries like enterprise software digital farming maritime energy banking telecommunications doing things like designing software platforms running design sprints prototyping (AI, Figma, etc.) testing usability task analyses making dashboards HCI in areas like military operations emergency response naval aviation air traffic control drone command making things like command systems instructional systems decision-support systems has worked on projects like Insight Platform National Security Information Visualization Wind Farm Analytics Maritime Refueling Coffee Ecosystem Sewer Corrosion Drone command
  • educated in
    • cognitive psychology (Ph.D.)
      • with specialties in
        • expert performance
        • situation awareness
        • decision making
        • perception
        • learning
  • experience in
    • UX
      • in industries like
        • enterprise software
        • digital farming
        • maritime
        • energy
        • banking
        • telecommunications
      • doing things like
        • designing software platforms
        • running design sprints
        • prototyping (AI, Figma, etc.)
        • testing usability
        • task analyses
        • making dashboards
    • HCI
      • in areas like
        • military operations
        • emergency response
        • naval aviation
        • air traffic control
        • drone command
      • making things like
        • command systems
        • instructional systems
        • decision-support systems

The thread connecting my work is an interest in helping expert users build and maintain situation awareness and make effective decisions in dynamic situations, and I have pursued that both in research labs and in commercial settings.