Dan Padgett, Phd Email & Phone Number

Colorado Springs, Co, Us

- Improved Rocket’s ability to conduct user research by developing user research standards, guidelines, and templates; mentoring team members on qualitative and quantitative research methods and cognitive psychology; defining processes for research prioritization; and discovering channels for recruiting participants.- Expanded the scope of Rocket’s UX design service to the US Space Force by advocating for opportunities to incorporate service design and define design standards based on observational research, interviews, and collaboration with stakeholders.- Defined a strategy to improve the information architecture for the Astro design system by identifying opportunities to increase findability of website content and revise problematic product categories based on results of a tree test and secondary research.- Contributed to improving and creating 3 patterns and components and 3 design system guidelines for Rocket’s flagship design system by delivering insights from competitive research, user research, and literature reviews, and collaborating with design and development teams.

- Increased efficiency of the Rocket design team to deliver value by creating an end-to-end experience strategy for onboarding designers to the Astro design system and Figma library by discovering insights through interviews with designers and managers, and facilitating virtual workshops with key stakeholders and leadership.- Derived a key design strategy for a 3D visualization application through generative qualitative research that identified user needs, business goals, and technical limitations; and used task analysis, heuristic evaluations, and design reviews to refine the strategy and interface design.- Improved how research is communicated and utilized by redesigning the structure of research reports to better emphasize insights, decisions, and impact on product design.

Aleut Federal was contracted to provide a UX Design team for Air Force CyberWorx, the Air Force’s lead problem-solving organization. CyberWorx takes on a wide range of Air Force problems using human-centered design (HCD) and offers HCD education and outreach to the Department of Defense (DoD).- Transformed resourcing and budgeting across the Air Force Academy with an innovative product and service design strategy based on insights derived from 17 user interviews with 34 participants and refined during a 1.5 day design workshop with stakeholders.- Enabled over 400 contracting professionals to identify and assess sourcing solutions from over 4,000 vendors worldwide by leading user interviews, design workshops, and usability testing to design a cross-platform system with applications for desktop, table, and mobile. Our design was praised by senior Air Force leadership (including both the former and current Chief of Staff of the Air Force).- Modernized mission planning for Air Force pilots by conducting interviews, card sorts, task analysis, and usability testing to redesign and optimize planning software, which reduced errors and lowered time on task while ensuring consistency between the application and the hardware in the aircraft cockpit. - Facilitated creation of and alignment on design strategies for 10 projects by conducting contextual inquiries and interviews and leading in-person and remote design workshops with dozens of participants that included users, stakeholders, and senior leadership.

Akytech Consulting was contracted to provide a Learning Management System (LMS) team for the US Air Force Academy. The team focused on implementing an LMS and enhancing course delivery by designing trainings and digital products that met the needs of faculty, staff, and cadets.- Saved over 915 hours of annual work for cadet assessments by using contextual inquiries, journey maps, prototypes, wireframes, and testing to design and develop two digital products.- Accumulated a 46.3% boost in traffic to a faculty resource website by leading a redesign effort that incorporated user interviews, personas, journey maps, information architecture, and wireframes.- Accelerated the adoption of a Learning Management System (LMS) by researching, conceptualizing, and designing over 17 web-based products used by more than 4,600 staff, faculty, and cadets. - Streamlined how 600 faculty submit cadet evaluations twice a year by conducting user research and leveraging analytics to determine how a web-based tool should behave to optimize the evaluation process based on user behavior.

- Produced over 80 student-centered, accessible learning experiences used in 3-5 courses each semester and 1-2 each summer (26 courses total). - Improved user-experience (+7% in satisfaction to 87.4% average) by leveraging information architecture, wireframing, user flows, user research, and A/B testing to iterate on learning experiences. - Attained high ratings (over 92% average) on my ability to listen, empathize, and treat students with fairness and respect.- Improved tracking and assessment of students' critical thinking skills in accordance with the college's Quality Enhancement Plan by working with the Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum committee.- Adapted Kagan structures for discussions of technical material for face-to-face and online courses.- Developed and delivered an online Introduction to Logic course with Canvas using Boettcher and Conrad's principles.- Interviewed prospective adjunct faculty and appraised teaching quality of adjuncts who taught during the semester.

- Developed an algorithm for revising beliefs in light of new data by appealing to insights from Bayesian probability theory.- Delivered 12 research papers at regional and national conferences.- Organized 3 professional conferences.- Formatted an edited volume with LaTeX for Oxford University Press.- Maintained 3-4 independent and collaborative research projects at any given time.- Assessed student progress by writing and grading quizzes, tests, and papers.

- Instruction for the GRE for individuals and groups.- Promoted the company's GRE course.

- Taught SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, MCAT Verbal, and academic subjects for individuals, small groups, and classes.- Promoted the company's GRE courses through marketing presentations.- Increased private tutoring customer base by developing relationships with clients.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Philosophy

Activities and Societies: American Philosophical Association, Society of Christian PhilosophersDissertation titled "A Relational View.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics, Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Tau (Philosophy Honor Society), Delta Epsilon Iota Honor SocietyGraduated cum laude, with highest.