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Phoenix, Arizona, United States

• Partnered with stakeholders to align research objectives with product roadmaps, timelines, and business needs, adapting methodologies to meet multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Facilitated and analyzed both qualitative and quantitative research to extract actionable, data-driven insights and design recommendations
• Produced high-quality research artifacts for both immediate use and long-term reference
• Translated complex, technical findings into clear, concise reports and presentations for a diverse array of stakeholders

Palo Alto (Remote), California, United States

• Worked with product managers, product designers, and other stakeholders to define and develop research questions evaluating user experience for a variety of educational apps
• Designed and facilitated foundational and evaluative research studies using a variety of quantitative and qualitative research methods, including surveys, statistical analysis, contextual inquiry, usability studies.
• Analyzed various forms of data from research to synthesize concrete, actionable insights for shaping product decisions
• Employed strong, engaging data visualizations and compelling narratives to communicate data-driven and user-motivated findings to product teams, executives, and other stakeholders

Cambridge, MA

• Designed, standardized, and implemented new online research protocols and processes to adapt research studies to an online context in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Lead recruitment efforts for study participants that resulted in more than 400 new participants
• Managed, trained, and led a team of more than 15 research assistants over two years to conduct studies and develop research skills
• Conducted statistical analysis for a number of research studies in R
• Led personal research project on the semantics of both and either, and presented results as a talk at Boston University Conference on Language Development 2020

London, United Kingdom (Remote)

• Worked to redesign large scale ESL curriculum structure to more effectively and naturally teach English
• Introduced relevant and interesting language learning topics best suited to a technological medium
• Helped to write fun, engaging, and effective educational content for online ESL lessons across different areas of language instruction

San Francisco Bay Area (Remote)

• Collaborated with other remote developers to design, implement, and refine a creative, engaging, and intuitive online English language curriculum for children ages 3 to 12
• Gained practical experience with Agile product management­ and Jira
• Spearheaded design and development of CEFR-based curriculum inspired by Cambridge English Starters/Movers/Flyers framework for 4-to-6-year age group
• Reviewed user experience recordings and user insight feedback and performed qualitative analysis to evaluate content efficacy and incorporate findings into subsequent iterations of the curriculum