Sheena Desai

Sheena specialises in:

• Usability testing and the evaluation of interactive products and interfaces.
• Ergonomics and workstation design.

Biography

Sheena has been with System Concepts since September 2010.  She holds a BSc (Human Kinetics and Ergonomics; Organisational Psychology), BSc Hons (Human Kinetics and Ergonomics) and MSc (Ergonomics) from Rhodes University in South Africa.  Findings from her Honours and Masters dissertations have been published in the Journal of Work (‘Pushing and pulling, technique and load effects: An electromyographical study’) and the Ergonomics Society of South Africa Journal (‘The effects of load and gradient on hand force responses during dynamic pushing and pulling tasks’).  She is an associate member of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors and a member of the Usability Professionals’ Association.

Prior to joining System Concepts, Sheena worked as a Consultant for InterAction of Bath, where she was involved in office and physical ergonomic assessments and developing and delivering training courses. 

Client Projects / Case Studies

• Conducting user testing of a software toolkit, used to perform seismic rock property analyses and predictions, with Subject Matter Experts for BP. 
• Conducting a competitor analysis of software for modems, for a leading network service provider.
• Conducting user testing of new designs for a leading network provider’s mobile site in the UK and Spain, to determine how different countries react and respond to visual elements, wording and labelling. 
• Conducting user testing of mobile device applications to explore user preferences for navigation, labelling and menus, on physical keypad and touch screen devices.
• Conducting user testing of mobile device applications for a leading network operator, to validate how well the concepts support current social networking behaviour.

Real life interests

• CrossFit
• Dabbling in adventure sports when I have the chance (surfing, white water rafting, paragliding, parasailing).