Andrew Wright

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About Andrew Wright

Andrew is a Principal Human Factors Consultant at Tactix Sener, primarily supporting the transport, nuclear and defence industries throughout the product and system lifecycle and providing Experience Design in Digital and Built Environments. Andrew primarily works in safety critical industries though is comfortable working in diverse domains and delivering on human factors projects from bespoke to large scale. Experienced with a range of methods – task analysis, data gathering, focus groups, human-machine interface, usability, human computer interaction, inclusive design, human error analysis, system of systems analysis. Andrew holds a MSc in Psychology with a Human Factors specialisation, and a BSc in Movement Science with a Biomechanics major. Andrew has applied human factors across a range of Information Technology, OHS, product design, transport and industrial operations in the U.S. and Australia. He is experienced in media recording and production. Andrew is director of Wright Moves Consulting, a human factors consultancy focused on making systems work for people. Andrew consults extensively in the nuclear industry, including a recent major project for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organsiation (ANSTO), resulting in the ANSTO Human Factors Integration Plan. Andrew lectured in ergonomics and human factors at the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong 2015-2022. He is a former member Research Associate at the Australian Health Services Research Institute (AHSRI), where he researched the usability of technology and equipment. Andrew served on the National Executive Board of the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) from 2016 – 2022, including as General Secretary (2020-2022), and served as the professional development officer for the NSW HFESA branch and on the NSW Branch Committee, 2015-2019. Andrew has presented and published on human factors on a range of topics, including co-authorship on the recent “The What, Why and How of Good Work Design: The Perspective of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia, presented at the 2021 Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE) conference and published in the conference proceedings. Andrew is a member of Systems Engineers Society of Australia (SESA), and a member of International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), and a member of the Human Systems Integration (HIS) writing group providing all HSI for the upcoming 5th edition of the INCOSE Systems Engineering Manual: A guide for System Life Cycle Processes and Activities