John Krahenbuhl - Axure RP Prototyping Cookbook

John Henry Krahenbuhl has over 20 years of experience in architecting practical, cost-effective, innovative solutions. Being a creative thinker and having an entrepreneurial spirit has enabled him to be the lead or co-inventor on numerous utility patent applications. He is a multifaceted, collaborative management professional, highly skilled at managing products through the entire life cycle, from design to obsolescence, including specification and use case definitions, schematic and PCB layouts, production software implementation, and hardware implementation. He's a passionate, resourceful leader who demands and delivers excellence in design and user experience.

The love and encouragement of my family, made this work possible. I would like to thank my wonderful wife, Melissa, for her limitless love, motivation, faith, and support. I would also like to thank my children Matthew, Jason, Lauryn, and Henry. Seeing the world through your eyes inspires me. I would like to thank my Aunt Teddi Robinson for her determination and drive, and for always inspiring us to follow our dreams.

And lastly, I would like to thank Nikola Tesla for his vision and contribution to modern society. May your accomplishments one day be fully appreciated by the masses.

Anant Athale has a passion for software engineering. His areas of practice include web and mobile user interface architecture, enterprise Java architecture, and big data architecture. He has two issued patents and has a Master's degree in Engineering from Arizona State University.

Ildik Balla is a user experience consultant / interaction designer currently living in Sydney, Australia. Her experience of over six years in the field includes working on mobile, web, and desktop applications ranging from simple sites to complex back office solutions and e-commerce platforms. Specializing in interaction design and medium-fidelity prototyping, she has used Axure as her tool of choice for the past five years. She is a proficient-to-expert user of Axure 6.0 and all versions above that. As a part of her dedication and desire to become an expert user of Axure, she successfully completed several training courses in Axure prototyping for web and mobile led by Ritch MacefieldEurope's only English language trainer at the time (www.axperts.com).

She is currently working as UX consultant for reInteractive (www.reinteractive.net), Australia's largest Ruby on Rails-focussed development company producing custom web-based software for a diverse range of clients. More specifically, in this role she is in charge of requirements analysis, information architecture, interaction design, and user testing for complex web applications and business intelligence solutions. Some of her short articles about UX, interaction design, and prototyping can be found on the reInteractive company blog. Before moving to Australia, she was a long-term employee of REEA (www.reea.net), a web development company based in Tirgu-Mures, Romania. During her six years of employment, she had a great opportunity not only in her role as a UX/interaction designer on exciting and challenging projects, such as brand campaigns, interactive social engagement platforms, and complex administrative solutions, but also in establishing and leading a small team of junior interaction designers.

She is a regular attendee of the yearly Axure World web event and similar Axure and UX-related events around the virtual space. She is reasonably active on LinkedIn forums and of course, the Axure forum as well, sharing knowledge, asking questions, and sometimes discussing controversial user experience topics. She has also just recently been interviewed by one of the Axure community's most well-known authors, Ezra Schwartz, in regard to her experience with shared projects. A version of this interview will be published in Ezra's latest book about prototyping with Axure RP Pro.

In her spare time, she is often found taking pictures, travelling, riding, and learning new languages, though usually not all at the same time.

Melissa Krahenbuhl is a certified professional life coach and has over 20 years of experience in accounting, administration, and organizational development.

She received numerous acknowledgements during the 10 plus years she spent at Motorola Mobility.

I would like to thank my husband, John, and our children for encouraging me every day to love unconditionally, dream big, and laugh often.

Jessamyn Smallenburg earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, followed by a Master of Information Science degree with a specialization in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has consulted on usability, user experience, and information architecture for both the health insurance and automobile industries.

Her goals are to create top-notch IA structures and user experiences to facilitate learning and interaction. When she is not working, she is inquiring into psychological concepts and pursuing the perfection of photographic technique. Her graduate school projects and nature photography portfolio are located on her website, www.jessamynsmallenburg.com.

I am thankful for the stellar education provided at my alma mater and for the opportunity to contribute to Packt Publishing's book on Axure RP Pro. Ultimately, it is all rooted in my thankfulness for the love of learning instilled in me by my parents and their parents before them.

Wahne Lducia Tubman