Virginia has thirty-nine years of experience in the areas of product design, Customer Centered
Participatory Design processes, and product lifecycle management. She is also known in the Human Computer Interaction and Usability Communities for her innovative techniques for collecting and incorporating user/customer feedback throughout the product lifecycle. In July 2014, Virginia founded and established the HirLan Institute of Human Factors with labs in Carlsbad, California and a Consortium arrangement in London, UK. HirLan has been supporting Top Ten pharma/medical device companies, as well as start-ups with consulting and testing services for the last 15 years. These services are in conjunction with their clients’ FDA 510(k) and CE mark applications, as well as establishing Human Factors Processes and SOPs.

Virginia holds a PhD in Cognitive-Experimental Psychology from SUNY Binghamton, and a Master of
Science (ABT) in Applied Technology, Systems Science from SUNY Binghamton.