About

A Little About Julie

Julie's favorite thing in the world is to help companies use design thinking to reinvent a product space. She has particularly been a thought leader in techniques for needfinding research, rapid experimentation and cross platform experience design.

Julie is also a recognized educator at Stanford, where she is on the faculty of the d.School and the Computer Science department. 

Julie has a BS in Symbolic Systems and a MA in Communication, both with a specialization in Human Computer Interaction from Stanford University.

A Little About Ellen

Ellen gets her kicks by creating user-centered design strategies. No really, she does. As a Principal and Founder of Sliced Bread Design, Ellen manages company operations and spearheads project strategy. She’s worked with some of the biggest companies around, including Adobe, Hewlett Packard and Intuit. She’s led design and research projects for everything from mobile technologies to voice interfaces to desktop and web applications.

Before founding Sliced Bread Design in 2001, Ellen was Product Design Lead at Financial Engines and a member of the research staff at Interval Research Corporation. She’s just about done it all: taught courses in Interaction Design at Stanford University, published design articles, and presented at international conferences. Ellen graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a BS in Symbolic Systems and an MS in Computer Science with a specialization in Human Computer Interaction.