Karin Schmidlin

Karin Schmidlin, BA, MDM, is a Lecturer at the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business. She is presently the UX Mentor at Design Lab and a Lecturer at the University of Waterloo’s Stratford Campus. Karin earned her Master of Digital Media (MDM) for the Center for Digital Media Vancouver. She teaches BET 350 - Customer Experience Design.

Expertise:

• UX
• Digital strategy

Teaching

• BET 350 - Customer Experience Design

Education

• Master of Digital Media (MDM), Center for Digital Media Vancouver (University of British Columbia / Simon Fraser University / Emily Carr University of Art and Design / British Columbia Institute of Technology), 2010
• Bachelor of Arts, Performing Arts, Zurich University of the Arts, 1989

Academic Positions

• Lecturer, Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, University of Waterloo, 2018
• Lecturer, User Experience Design and Innovation, University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, 2017 – present
• UX Instructor, University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, 2012 - 2017
• Faculty, New Media and Web Development, British Colombia Institute of Technology, 2006 - 2012

Industry Experience

• UX Mentor, Design Lab, 2016 – present
• UX Design Lead and Manager, Jamii – the Virtual Incubator, Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, University of Waterloo, 2012 – 2017
• Lead Educator, UX, Brainstation Waterloo, 2015
• Digital Strategist/Multimedia Manager, Allegra Print Web, 2011 – 2013
• Project Manager, User Experience Designer, Allegra Print Web, 2010 – 2011
• Communications Coordinator, IATSE Local 891, 2000 – 2008
• Team Leader, UBS, 1998 – 2000

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Jamii: A Virtual Incubation Platform for Entrepreneurs presented at the annual Canadian Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE), Quebec City (2017).
• Virtual Learning for Entrepreneurs: A Conceptual Model, D. Sparkes, K. Schmidlin, M. Hsu, presented at the Education and Information Systems, Technology and Applications Conference (EISTA), Orlando, Florida (2016). Winner of the Session’s Best Paper Award.
• The Virtual Incubation Program: Empowering Virtual Entrepreneurship Education, K. Schmidlin, D. Sparkes, International Higher Education and Teaching Conference (HETL), Anchorage, Alaska (2014).

Awards and Honours