David Carr

Current

• Human Factors Consultant at Advanced Technology Centre
• Human Factors Consultant at BAE Systems

Past

• Human Factors Consultant at BAE Systems Naval Ships
• Human Factors Consultant at BAe Systems Land and Sea Systems
• Human Factors Consultant at YARD

• Human Factors Consultant at YARD
• Human Factors Consultant at BAeSEMA
• Ergonomist at Davis Associates
• User Interface Designer at Rank Xerox
• Human Factors Researcher at ITT
• Human Factors Researcher at ITT Europe
• Human Factors Researcher at Alcatel Europe
• Human Factors Student at BNR Research

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Education

• Loughborough University

Connections

106 connections

Industry

Research

Websites

• Chalmers Symposium video

David Carr’s Summary

David is a professional ergonomist with over twenty years experience in Human Factors and usability. His expertise includes both User Interface design and physical ergonomics.

He is a pragmatically focussed, hands-on specialist with a particular interest in working with large technical teams to facilitate user involvement and maximise Human Factors design. influence. For several years he he has been involved in numerous naval platform and equipment programmes, as well Human Factors research studies and contracts for commercial clients in the Oil & Gas, Transportation, Power, Transportation, Chemical and Telecommunications sectors.

David has published numerous articles in conference proceedings and technical journals.

David Carr’s Specialties:

Influencing projects so that Human Factors issues are addressed in mainstream development activities

Providing expertise in processes for integrating Human Factors into programme management.

Including users in human-centred development.

Design and assessment of software-based user interfaces, hardware equipment, and working spaces.

Conducting task analyses to support design specification, assessment and manpower and workload analyses.

Designing and conducting usability trials.

David Carr’s Experience

• Human Factors Consultant

  Advanced Technology Centre

  (Research industry)

  2006 — Present (4 years )

• Human Factors Consultant

  BAE Systems

  (Public Company; Research industry)

  2000 — Present (10 years )

• Human Factors Consultant

  BAE Systems Naval Ships

  (Research industry)

  2001 — 2006 (5 years )

• Human Factors Consultant

  BAe Systems Land and Sea Systems

  (Research industry)

  1997 — 2005 (8 years )

• Human Factors Consultant

  YARD

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1990 — 2000 (10 years )

• Human Factors Consultant

  YARD

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1990 — 2000 (10 years )

• Human Factors Consultant

  BAeSEMA

  (Research industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years )

• Ergonomist

  Davis Associates

  (Research industry)

  1989 — 1990 (1 year )

• User Interface Designer

  Rank Xerox

  (Research industry)

  1987 — 1989 (2 years )

• Human Factors Researcher

  ITT

  (Research industry)

  1985 — 1987 (2 years )

• Human Factors Researcher

  ITT Europe

  (Research industry)

  1985 — 1987 (2 years )

• Human Factors Researcher

  Alcatel Europe

  (Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)

  1985 — 1986 (1 year )

• Human Factors Student

  BNR Research

  (Research industry)

  1983 — 1984 (1 year )

  Human Factors student, working in the HF/ID department

David Carr’s Education

• Loughborough University

  Ergonomics , 1981 — 1985

Additional Information

David Carr’s Websites:

• Chalmers Symposium video

David Carr’s Interests:

Human Factors, Ergonomics

David Carr’s Groups:

•    Maritime Network
•    BAE Systems Employee & Alumni Network
•    Human Factors professionals
•    Ergonomics
•    Human Factors

David Carr’s Contact Settings

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