Speaker Bio

Jane Jao

Jane Jao is an interaction designer at Yahoo! where she has worked on properties such as Yahoo! Mobile, Yahoo! Maps, and Yahoo! Local where she was instrumental in evolving the product from a search tool to a community oriented guide. Prior to Yahoo!, she worked with several web consultancies including frog design. Her clients included Adobe, Alias|Wavefront, and San Francisco International Airport. Through her decade of design experience, Jane has helped develop and employ a wide array of storytelling and prototyping techniques for projects which ranged from mobile applications to retail floor designs to museum kiosks. Currently, she is exploring alternative means of effectively conveying and testing product concepts including methods such as comics, video and photographic storyboards.