Shahtab Wahid is an Interaction Designer on the User Experience (UX) Team at Bloomberg LP, a data, news, and analytics provider for the financial community. At Bloomberg, he is dedicated to researching user practices and designing the next generation of collaboration tools for the financial markets. Broadly, his research expertise lies in design methods, social tools, and interruptive systems. He earned a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech.