Short Version

Dan Brown has been practicing information architecture and user
experience design since 1994. Through his consulting work in both
public and private sectors, he has improved enterprise communications
for both Federal and Fortune 500 clients, currently the Federal
Communications Commission. Dan writes and speaks frequently on
information architecture, and contributed to the inaugural issue of UX
Matters, a new online magazine dedicated to user experience design.
Dan is very active in the local Washington, DC information
architecture community, and serves on the advisory board for the
Information Architecture Institute. He’s currently writing a book on
documentation.

Longer Version

Dan Brown, user experience lead for Computech, Inc., has been practicing information architecture and user experience design since 1994. Through his consulting work in both public and private sectors, he has improved enterprise communications for both Federal and Fortune 500 clients, including The Federal Communications Commission, The Postal Service, US Airways, Fannie Mae, First USA, British Telecom, Special Olympics, AOL, and the World Bank. Prior to working for Computech, Dan spent two years as a Federal employee, leading the Content Management program for the Transportation Security Administration, a federal agency within the Department of Homeland Security.

Dan has taught classes at Duke, Georgetown, and American Universities and has written articles for the CHI Bulletin and Interactive Television Today (itvt.com). He is a regular contributor to Boxes and Arrows, an online magazine dedicated to information architecture. In 2002, Dan collaborated with information architects around the world to establish the Information Architecture Institute, the first professional organization dedicated to the craft.

In late 2003, Dan spoke at Digital Government’s Getting Ready for Content Management conference and in Spring 2004 at E-Gov’s Knowledge Management conference. Later that year, Dan moderated a panel for FedWeb on integrating information architecture into projects in progress. At the Fall 2004 Postal Forum, Dan led a workshop for small businesses called ‘Five Tips for Improving Web Traffic.’ Most recently, Dan taught a pre-conference tutorial at the 2005 IA Summit on using Microsoft Visio and presented two posters, including one on the information architecture of networked music players.

He is very active in the local Washington, DC information architecture community, organizing regular workshops and bimonthly reading groups. Dan lives in Bethesda, MD in a newly renovated 1922 bungalow with his wife and many, many pets.

More about Dan:

• Dan’s articles at Boxes & Arrows
• Dan’s article on IA 2.0 for UX Matters
• Dan’s portfolio (out of date — send me an email to see more recent work)
• Dan’s resume in PDF and Word

Livia Labate nominated me for the 2005-2006 term of the Information Architecture Institute Board of Directors. She said some very nice things and didn’t even get paid all that much to say them:

Dan Brown is an IA machine. He writes, networks, teaches, organizes events, presents and discusses IA in a multitude of places, and even finds time to do great real work. When Dan is talking about IA you feel like you trully have the power to change the world. Dan’s energy and passion for the practice is the type of profile our board needs to fullfil its mission to help the Institute advance the field and promote the practice of information architecture. Learn more about Dan Brown on http://www.greenonions.com.