Hello!
I'm the Sr. User Research Manager at Blizzard Entertainment where I manage a team of researchers responsible for titles such as World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Hearthstone, and others.
Before joining Blizzard I worked at EA as their Sr. Manger of User Research working on titles such as FIFA, Mass Effect, and Battlefront. Before EA I was with Ubisoft Montreal as the User Research Lead on the Far Cry franchise. I shipped Far Cry 3, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, and Far Cry 4 and a good amount of Far Cry Primal.
I have spoken at a number of industry events, including GDC, SIGGRAPH, CHI, and the #GamesUR IGDA summit.
Before all of that, I was a MSc student (completed in 2011) and Researcher at the University of Saskatchewan. I received my Honours in Computer Science at the U of S in 2009; focusing my studies on HCI, Software Engineering and Computer Graphics. During my time as a graduate student I studied the areas of usability, psychology and user experience in video games.
If you would like to contact me please feel free to send me an email at: ian (at) ianlivingston (dot) ca or connect with me on LinkedIn
Thanks,
Ian
