Bio - Amy Jo Kim
Amy Jo Kim, Ph.D. has been designing innovative online environments for over 15 years. Trained as a research scientist and software engineer, Kim's career in Behavioral Neuroscience was permanently derailed by a fascination with building systems that people use. She's now a leading specialist in Web community design, with a deep and diverse background in client-server engineering, multimedia interface design, and online gaming environments. 

Kim is the Founder and Creative Director of NAIMA, a design studio specializing in cutting-edge Web communities. NAIMA's clients include some of the most innovative and influential companies on the Net. She also teaches online community design at Stanford University, and has spoken and written extensively about Web communities, including recent feature articles for WIRED and  Web Techniques She lives near Half Moon Bay, California with her husband and son, and has recently completed her first book, Community-Building on the Web.

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