Ergoweb Corporate Information -- About Us

About Ergoweb®, Inc.

Ergoweb, Inc. was established January 1, 1995 to commercialize industrial job assessment software then under development at the University of Utah. The privately held company has since grown to become a leading one-stop source for the ergonomics market, focusing primarily on physical ergonomics issues such as workplace and human centered equipment assessment and design.

As a pioneering web site in the ergonomics category, ergoweb.com quickly grew to be a focal point for the ergonomics industry, and remains the most popular ergonomics specific web site to this day. Responding to market demand, Ergoweb began publishing a variety of news and information resources to the ergonomics professional and applied communities, including case studies, a buyer’s guide, general topic web news, and detailed professional subscription based news. A discussion forum we began in 1994 continues to be the most popular and respected information sharing forum in the ergonomics industry.

Trust and Security

Ergoweb works hard to gain and maintain the trust of our clients and visitors. Credibility, integrity, trust and security remain major components of our business model.

BBB Accredited Seal: The Better Business Bureau recognizes Ergoweb Inc. for meeting their tough accredited standards, agreeing and being held accountable to the highest principles of business ethics and voluntary self-regulation, and demonstrating a proven record of marketplace honesty and integrity.

Vision and Purpose

Our Purpose

To assist individuals and organizations in understanding and applying ergonomics and human factors to improve human and organizational performance.

Our Vision

Ergoweb seeks to enrich the lives of people in their work and leisure, thereby improving the common good.
For our employees, we do this by providing the ways and means to understand and conduct our duties in an effective, efficient and fulfilling manner.
For our customers, we do this by providing knowledge, services and products that will improve performance among their employees and their customers, and therefore their business.
For our industry, partners and the general public, we do this by contributing to understanding the nature and benefits of ergonomics, and by publicizing and demonstrating that value within our means.

Senior Management

Peter Budnick, PhD, CPE, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer

Peter Budnick has served as President and CEO of Ergoweb since 1995. He has been a leading force in the Ergoweb project since its inception in 1992, when the project was still based at the University of Utah, and has since guided Ergoweb from an academic project to an industry leading company.

Immediately prior to Ergoweb, Peter held a Research Associate position, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, and was a private consultant to industry for many years before that. He also holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Michigan Technological University. With over 23 years of experience in ergonomics, Peter is a widely recognized contributor to the field, and is a highly regarded publisher, author, speaker and entrepreneur.

Peter is a Full Member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), and was honored as the 2006 recipient of the Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award. He also chairs the HFES Media Relations Committee.

Among his professional activities, Peter has served as Director and President, Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE), and is a board member for the Foundation for Professionalism in Ergonomics.