usability testing

Emerald Ocean Insights is a Latino-owned management consulting firm based in Los Angeles specializing in strategic planning, organizational alignment, and stakeholder facilitation for government agencies and mission-driven organizations. It helps leaders surface hidden complexity, build authentic consensus, and drive change through structured facilitation and human-centered design, using its proprietary Emerald Ocean Framework methodology.

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End to End User Research is a women-owned, women-led company that provides usability labs and focus group rooms for human factors and user experience research studies. It also conducts remote studies and travels to meet customers. The company has a staff of experienced researchers, recruiters, and support staff, and offers research services including recruiting, usability testing, focus groups, eye-tracking, ethnography, sensory evaluation, and contracting.

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Evolving Web is a Montreal-based full-service digital agency founded in 2007 by Suzanne Dergacheva and Alex Dergachev. It designs and builds inclusive, scalable digital platforms using open-source technologies for higher education, government, non-profit, and healthcare organizations. It is a Diamond Certified Drupal Partner and offers strategy, design, development, training, and ongoing support.

Accessibility auditscontent migrationDrupal developmentmanaged hostingmultilingual websitesNext.jsperformance optimizationReactSEO auditstrainingUX and UI designweb developmentWordPress development

Firecat Studio is a digital agency based in San Antonio, Texas, established in 2008. It focuses on design thinking and innovation, providing experience design, user research, and digital marketing services to enterprise, government, non-profit, education, and small business clients. The team includes UX experts, digital artists, online communications, marketing, video, and web veterans.

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First Tek is an IT services provider that connects IT professionals with opportunities at companies. It offers staffing services, permanent placement, project management, digital innovation services (strategy and research, design, development), and strategic solutions including enterprise solutions and QA and testing. The company has multiple offices in the US and India and serves clients across industries such as financial services, healthcare, government, manufacturing, and telecommunications.

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Fleet Alliance is a woman-owned small business specializing in Human Systems Integration (HSI) across the full acquisition lifecycle. Founded in 2022, it brings more than 22 years of experience supporting large defense acquisition programs and government R&D initiatives funded through SBIRs and similar programs. It serves defense, government, and industry clients including the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Coast Guard, NASA, and NIH.

Heuristic evaluations and cognitive walkthroughshuman factors engineeringHuman modeling and CAD-based evaluationsHuman performance testinginstructional systems designIterative prototypingPhysical and cognitive ergonomicsSimulation-based and embedded training solutionsStaffing of specialized professionalsStandards compliance (MIL-STD-1472, ASTM F1166)Task analysisTest and Evaluation supportWorkload and situation awareness assessments

Focus Insite is a qualitative market research recruitment firm headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serving participants nationwide. It recruits verified participants for qualitative research studies, specializing in consumer, B2B, medical, patient and caregiver, and technical studies. The company also offers translation and transcription services through its Transcription Café brand and moderation services.

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GenUI is a software development consultancy founded in Seattle that partners with organizations as technical co-founders to design, build, and ship AI-powered software products. The team brings expertise in agentic AI, cloud architecture, product design, and modern development practices, working embedded alongside product teams. They have shipped products used by millions across healthcare, enterprise software, consumer applications, and emerging technology sectors.

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Good Run Research & Recreation is a consumer market research firm based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 2010, the company delivers creative, custom qualitative and quantitative research solutions, translating what consumers say, do, and feel into actionable business insights. They help new brands build presence and established brands maintain relevance.

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Gungchil Consulting LLC provides information technology services for commercial and government clients in the United States. Its services include Section 508/accessibility compliance, Agile transition support, quality control, data visualization and analytics, PMO, governance and management, environment and tool management, and cloud transformations. The company offers software lifecycle project development from requirements gathering through design, testing, deployment, and operations and maintenance.

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ImageX is a digital agency that provides strategy, design, development, and ongoing support services for websites, specializing as a Drupal web design and development company. It offers UI testing, UX, design, Drupal web development, and ongoing Drupal support under one roof, and also provides digital marketing services including SEO, content strategy, paid ads, social media, and email marketing.

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Interactive Knowledge (IK) is a digital solutions firm that combines technologists and creatives to build innovative digital products for institutions. Since 1991, the company has crafted digital projects for leading institutions, offering content strategy, system integration, user experience design, and web design and development.

AI integrationscontent strategydata visualizationlearning management systemsmaintenancesystem integrationtouchscreen experiencestraininguser experience designweb design & development

Interactive Strategies is a people-first digital agency based in Washington, D.C., founded in 2001. The agency brings together brand, strategy, design, content, technology, and marketing to serve nonprofits, companies, and associations, with a team of 90+ strategists, designers, developers, marketers, and writers.

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Johnetta Marie Designs is a freelance and contract instructional design practice that blends instructional design, UX, and visual storytelling to create custom eLearning. It helps mission-driven teams turn learning goals into interactive, inclusive training, working across industries such as law, mental health, and STEM.

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Jumpseat Research is a Human Factors research firm led by PhD-level experts, working with real users in real-world conditions through hands-on studies, simulation-based testing, and field research. Its expertise spans military and commercial applications, including human-autonomous teaming, cognitive load and situational awareness optimization, and decision aids. The company operates world-class usability labs in Austin, TX, and delivers full-service UI/UX research with a PhD-level Human Factors researcher.

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KBUX LLC is operated by Kimberly Benfield, a UX designer, website builder, and accessibility specialist based in Grand Junction, CO, serving clients nationwide. She designs and builds accessible digital experiences, including accessible WordPress and Squarespace websites, accessible PDFs, interactive forms, accessibility audits, and UX reviews, with a focus on clarity, usability, and compliance with accessibility standards.

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Kwikpoint is a publisher of visual communication and reference materials that use point-to-picture illustrations to communicate independent of spoken language. Its products serve military, medical, law enforcement, first responder, travel, and corporate training needs, and it holds a U.S. patent for its point-to-picture approach. Kwikpoint also develops custom visual guides and cross-media courseware.

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