Sylver Consulting’s Brianna Sylver & Mozilla’s Cori Schauer to Present at Northwestern Univ

EVANSTON, Ill. - April 25, 2013 - PRLog -- Sylver’s founder and president, Brianna Sylver, announced today that she, along with Mozilla’s user experience research lead, Cori Schauer, will be speaking at Northwestern University on May 7, 2013. In their one hour talk, Sylver and Schauer will dive into their topic, “Designing for the Next 2 Billion Users: Firefox OS Focuses on Emerging Markets” where they will share key learnings and impacts of Sylver Consulting and Mozilla’s collaborative work together in Brazil and Colombia.

Mozilla has designed an open mobile platform to bring the Internet to a new set of users in emerging markets. Firefox OS is set to launch into emerging markets worldwide beginning Summer 2013. During the presentation, attendees will get an opportunity to see the device, learn about its development and appreciate what it means to truly know your user and how that knowledge has supported Mozilla in creating a better user experience.

The public is invited to attend this event on May 7, 2013 from 4-5pm CST at Northwestern University’s Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center located at 2133 Sheridan Rd, Room 1.350 in Evanston, IL 60208.

About Brianna Sylver

Brianna is a researcher, strategist and worldwide speaker, specialized in diverse market research methodologies, design ethnography, creative problem solving, strategy and innovation. Many organizations including GE, Marriott International, Pepsico, Amway, Mozilla and NASA have hired her company to assimilate and interpret the aspirational and functional needs of their stakeholders into actionable guidelines, resulting in new products, services and/or businesses. Brianna holds a BFA in communication design from the University of Buffalo and a masters degree in human-centered communication design and design strategy from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

About Cori Schauer

Cori leads the user experience research team at Mozilla. She has 13 years of experience working for various clients in a diverse array of industry sectors. Prior to Mozilla, Cori was an ethnographer for the Human Space Flight program at NASA. Cori is a pragmatist who believes in making research accessible and actionable. She uses design research methods to uncover issues, identify opportunities, start conversations, create consensus, and build the right solutions. Cori holds a BA in professional writing, English, and cultural anthropology and a masters of design in communication planning and information design from Carnegie Mellon University.