Speaker Bio

Erin Malone

Erin Malone came to Yahoo! 4 years ago to build the internal Pattern Library. During her tenure, her role has expanded to include launching the public Pattern Library and managing the Platform UED team, which is responsible for designing system-wide components and best practices in the areas of Social, Personalization, Membership and Vertical Search. She was the founding editor-in-chief of Boxes and Arrows, and a founding member and recent advisory council member of the IA Institute. Her professional credits include running the west coast UI team at AOL and being creative director and chief IA at Altavista and Zip2. She holds a BFA and MFA in design.