Jim Kalbach Profile
Jim is currently the Head of Customer Success at MURAL. Previously, he worked in various design-related consulting roles for large companies, such as eBay, Audi, SONY, Elsevier Science, LexisNexis, and Citrix.
Before moving back to the US in 2013 after living for fifteen years in Germany, Jim was the co-founder of the European Information Architecture conferences. He also founded the IA Konferenz, a leading UX design event in Germany.
For many years, he was an editor with Boxes and Arrows, a leading online journal for user experience information. He also served on the advisory board of the Information Architecture Institute in 2007 and 2005.
Music is a main creative outlet outside of work. He played bass in a local jazz combo in Hamburg Germany, where he used to live with his wife, Nathalie, and our cat, Niles. He is now involved in the local jazz scene in NJ and NY, primarily with the jam session at the Brightside Tavern in Jersey City.
In 2007, Jim published his first full-length book, Designing Web Navigation (O'Reilly, 2007). His second book, Mapping Experiences (O'Reilly, 2016) was a #1 bestseller on Amazon in the Business Development section.