Education
University of California, Berkeley
Master, Information Systems and Management -Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Civil Engineering -Work Experience
Verkada
2022-03-01 - 2023-04-01
Verkada
Mahana
2021-08-01 - 2021-12-01
Mahana
Chegg Inc.
2015-03-01 - 2021-03-01
Chegg Inc.
SF Bay Area Companies
2008-01-01 - 2015-02-01
SF Bay Area Companies
Yahoo
2007-03-01 - 2007-12-01
Yahoo
Adobe
2004-07-01 - 2006-12-01
Adobe
Oracle
2002-12-01 - 2004-07-01
Oracle
Skills
Summary
I help create meaningful experiences in useful products and services by imparting user understanding into iterative design cycles. Track record of many projects achieving measurable improvement in engagement, conversion and retention. • Years of wide-ranging experience across projects, team configuration, platforms, products, and industries. • Ability to determine and implement usability methods/techniques that will yield the most effective insights in various stages of development cycle. • Make broader impact by supporting other researchers in their work and helping non-researchers understand how UX research can help them be successful Specialties: • Help teams determine and prioritize research questions and develop research roadmap based on available resource • Plan, design, and conduct: task analysis, heuristic evaluations, competitive analysis, contextual inquiry, formative interviewing, RITE studies, participatory design, and usability testing. • Analyze data and identify user needs, behaviors and preferences that are meaningful for each project and translate them into objectives that Product and Design can act upon. • Communicate via multiple channels, impactful insights from relevant research and experiences within and outside of immediate project, to help cross functional teams and high level stakeholders make better decisions faster. • Hire, mentor, support and manage senior to intern level researchers to accomplish objectives beyond any individual • Develop recruiting resources and establish basic research processes and infrastructure for organizations without prior Research function