Catriona Campbell named one of top 100 UK Internet individuals

Catriona Campbell, founder and chairman of The Usability Company and vice chair of the British HCI Group, was one of 100 individuals to be recognised for their contribution to the development of the Internet over the last 10 years, by online marketing group E-Consultancy this month.

At an event hosted by E-Consultancy to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Tim Berners Lee met the selected 'contributors'. Nominated individuals were selected by 100 industry opinion formers, and E-Consultancy's 25,000 registered website users. More than 600 names made it to the nomination list, and a shortlist of 100 was invited to attend 'An Internet Decade' at the start of October.

The awards were created for UK individuals rather than companies. They were also designed to recognise not just those with high public profiles, but also those people who have contributed 'behind the scenes'.

Commenting on this recoginition, Campbell said: 'I'm proud to be named as a contributing force to the Internet revolution in the UK, and I'm sure the next decade will be just as exciting. A great deal of work remains in promoting Web usability and accessibility to the masses, but I'm pleased to be a part of this technology evolution.' Campbell was also voted one of the Top 50 most influential people in the Internet industry by Internet Magazine in 2002.

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