Summary
Alan Salmoni is a multidisciplinary UX researcher, interaction designer and data scientist with 13+ years running his consultancy Thought Into Design, delivering user-centred research and prototypes for major public and private clients including DIT, ONS, NHS, Vodafone and The Economist Group. He bridges qualitative research and quantitative analysis, comfortable with Python, R, SAS and SPSS (and more recently Go and Julia), and has a track record of using data-driven insights to boost product performance—e.g., significantly increasing registration conversions for export services. Alan combines hands-on prototyping and production HTML/CSS/Node.js work with strategy, training and workshop facilitation, and has led teams in complex government programmes. His background includes a PhD in HCI and building a popular open-source stats tool (SalStat), reflecting a rare mix of academic rigour, practical coding, and product-focused design.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Human-computer interaction (psychology), PhD, Human-computer interaction (psychology) at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
BSc, Psychology, BSc, Psychology at University of Bristol
Italian, Tagalog