UX-radio, Inc. was created by Lara Fedoroff out of a love for user-centered design, information architecture, content strategy, interaction and design. UX-Radio, is a podcast about IA, UX and Design. The show features collaborative discussions with industry experts with the purpose to inspire, educate and share resources with the community.
She is currently the Vice President of Product and Delivery at Philosophie. Previously, she was the Director of Design at Tradesy, she led UX teams at eHarmony and RPA creating experiences for well-known clients like Royal Caribbean, Capital Group, Farmers Insurance, QuickBooks By Intuit, Los Angeles Clippers and Apartments.com. Lara is an active member of the community and served as the Communications Director on the Information Architecture Institute Board of Directors, as the Global Executive Producer of World IA Day in 2015 and as Executive Producer of World IA Day in Los Angeles for 2014.
We are thrilled to have Chris Chandler as the Co-host! Chris Chandler is a Delivery Lead and Product Strategy Principal at Philosophie. He spent the last decade creating world class innovative solutions for Disney and Fandango where he worked as the User Experience Director at Fandango and Disney.
Chris is very active in the Southern California User Experience community. He is a co-founder of LA UX Meetup, the largest local meetup for UX Professionals in the country. He lectures on Information Architecture and User Centered Design at UCLA and Santa Monica College. He also currently sits on the Advisory Board at AIGA Los Angeles.
He believes that launching successful software projects requires clear business goals, a proven technology delivery methodology, and a commitment to design excellence in the service of your customers. Chris has been obsessed with balancing these forces for most of his career and he thinks he’s beginning to understand how to put it all together.
Elijah Walsh assists with the audio production of UX Radio. He is a trained and media-savvy audio engineer with an extensive knowledge and deep-rooted background in professional audio applications. Elijah currently heads up Recording & Mixing Things, an online audio mixing and editing service, where he operates as an audio engineer and producer in music and broadcast.
His activity ranges, from independent start-up entities in their humble beginnings, to large-scale, fully established corporate clients. He appreciates bridging the audio gap between both sides of the spectrum, achieving great sound through collaboration.
Ben McMaster helps the UX-radio website/podcast run smoothly. He is a product strategist and software engineer living in Venice, CA. Originally from Spokane, WA, Ben graduated from University of Portland in computer science. While working in banking software, Ben discovered a passion for designing and coding Flash-animated websites for local Portland restaurants. Soon he was building micro-sites and games for large automotive and entertainment brands (ever made your own South Park character?). Later Ben founded Vimify (a platform for lifestyle training programs) after finding a passion for fitness/nutrition. Ben loves creating intuitive and beautiful user interfaces powered by apps that solve real problems. He also loves surfing, guacamole, 90’s hip-hop, old Cadillacs, golfing, Peanut M&Ms, and salsa dancing.
Cameron Meshell created the musical segments for UX-Radio podcasts. He is a native of Shreveport, LA, Cameron Meshell is a naturally gifted musician who plays multiple instruments at a professional level, first taking up the drum kit at age nine. “That’s when I really discovered music,” Cameron recalls fondly. “I grew up with a metal head older brother who was a drummer, so I learned to play drums and then moved on to the guitar, bass and piano.”
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We are tremendously grateful for Perry Anne Norton who lead the effort of audio production and voice over for the show from 2013-2019. She has over 20 years of media production experience as a producer and voice for National Public Radio, USA Networks, the Sci-Fi Channel, documentary film, numerous dot-com incubations, and hundreds of audio projects. She was also marcom manager for Sonos, the wireless digital music system.
Perry currently runs PanRight Productions, which provides inexpensive, creative audio solutions for marketing, education, and training. Her podcasting clients range from McGraw-Hill’s Professional Division to the non-profit sector.
Perry specializes in voiceovers. She is the official voice for Barnes and Noble and CDC’s Pandemic Flu campaign, but is not above creating voices for laughing pigs and evil sorceresses. She also provides music supervision, and cites playing guitar at clubs from the Ritz to CBGBs as among her most exhilarating life experiences. Perry periodically writes for national publications such as Electronic Musician as well.
PanRight Productions’ overall mission is to put all of these skills into play to help those with a passion for education, marketing, or self-expression make a greater impact on their audience and clients.
For more information, visit www.panright.com.
If you are interested in appearing as a guest on the show or have topic suggestions, please DM us on Twitter @uxradio.