founded: in 1997 by Leanne Waldal other offices? nope, just San Francisco ipo? no, privately held corp? California S Corp memberships: UPA, ACM, among others humor: charming wit quality of services: superb happiness is: fixed bugs chocolate: dark want more? contact us privacy policy for recruiting and scheduling people for usability studies, usability research and usability projects. We only use the information you provide to determine if you are qualified for a research project, and, if qualified, to schedule you to participate in a usability study. specialities: OTIVO specializes in Web testing and research: functionality testing, browser testing, usability testing, browser research, and usability research. We also often test mobile applications and test web sites in mobile interfaces on cellphones and PDA's. We develop and implement testing protocols and work with our clients to improve user interfaces, production specifications, visual and style guidelines, and process flow. OTIVO serves a broad spectrum of clients - dotcoms, startups, established companies, from large to small, from content to commerce to community providers, online banking, application service providers, from Web sites to Web developers to advertising agencies - and tests in everything from Lynx to AOL to MSIE to Firefox to Safari and wireless devices. What ties OTIVO's clients together is the desire to have independent validation that their Web site/application provides a problem-free experience for their users and customers.