About

Richard Mander is a product design leader experienced in bringing new technology products to market.

In the 1990s he worked at Apple for seven years developing future technologies and products, his final role at Apple was as Group Manager of the immersive photo visualization technology QuickTimeVR. He then worked for six years with Zanzara, a consulting company which helps companies make new technology products easy-to-use. Originally from New Zealand, Richard returned there in 2004 as Chief Technology Officer for Navman, a designer and manufacturer of car and boat GPS products. In 2006 he became CEO at HumanWare, a company which designs and manufactures information access devices for blind, low vision, and learning disabled people. In 2008 he returned to the USA as CEO of BigScreenLive, a Seattle based company developing a software-as-a-service platform to make the internet more accessible for seniors.

Richard holds a number of patents relating to interaction design technologies. In 2004 was awarded the World Class New Zealander award for helping New Zealand companies improve their products for the US market. He was awarded the Company Leader of the Year award in 2007 for his work at HumanWare.

Richard earned a PhD in Educational Psychology from Stanford University, MA from the University of Auckland, and BA from the University of Canterbury.

Richard is an advocate of customer-centered product design and is passionate about making technology work ‘for the rest of us’. For more information or to connect with Richard go to his LinkedIn profile.

You can contact Richard at richard.mander@me.com

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Richard Mander is passionate about making products work 'for the rest of us'.