I lead the design team of Novility, a start-up that developed a training system based on motion tracking and voice recognition technologies, to teach hotel housekeepers the correct procedures, ergonomic movements and required English language skills to perform their job efficiently and free of injuries.

By using a user user-centered design approach, I helped ATAG design an oven with features that people actually want to use in their kitchens. We created an award-winning product that can support experienced cooks while at the same time guiding novice users.

Deep Brain Stimulation is a technique that alleviates some of the symptoms of Parkinson’s patients by introducing an electrode into a precise area of the brain and stimulating it with an electrical charge. I was part of the VanBerlo team that helped Sapiens, a Dutch medical startup, to identify user-related challenges that medical professionals would face throughout the procedure, and to design their software for brain surgery planning.

A rapidly graying population will bring a lot of strain to the care industry, where nurses will have a hard time keeping up with the extra pressure. In this project, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and carried out by a consortium of research institutes and private companies, I was tasked with analyzing the user needs of nurses and care receivers, and to identify use cases for which remotely operated robots could lend a helping hand as an alternative to the shortage of workforce.