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Redmond, Washington, Us

Sandy, Utah, Us

Sandy, Utah, Us

-Uncovering new opportunities for innovation through foundational research including in-depth interviews, ethnography, surveys, and logs analysis.-Enabling efficient product design by conducting regular and rapid generative (contextual inquiry, interviews) and evaluative (moderated usability testing, concept testing) research in design sprints. -Streamlined research process through creating a customer research panel by screening and recruiting 1000 credit union members.-Significantly improved insight into regular product feedback surveys by designing a program to categorize and summarize data.-Providing regular “design-thinking” related learning opportunities for the entire product team.

-Conducted generative research to better understand up and coming artist's beliefs, struggles, and aspirations related to marketing and selling their art.-Ran usability tests during the design of the Website to ensure a delightful and efficient experience.In addition to UX research, being in a team of 5 people launching a new venture I helped where ever I could which included:-Marketing Unibrow through Facebook and Instagram.-Assisting the founder in defining the business strategy.-Researching and creating first drafts of legally required user agreements and incorporation documents.

American Fork, Ut, Us

-Managed a team that introduced UX research practices that leveraged qualitative and quantitative data to improve product development in a large and fast moving product organization-Partnered with product teams and leaders to make better user-centered design decisions by utilizing usability studies, in-depth interviews, diary studies, surveys, experience maps, data analytics, remote and in-person moderated usability studies, and contextual inquiry-Reduced development costs and improved product ease of use by regularly conducting usability testing, focusing on the early stages of development-Created a customer research group by identifying key groups of users and building relationships with them

Austin, Tx, Us

- Prospected, educated, and qualified sales-ready opportunities in a B2B setting- Targeted leadership in medium to enterprise level companies and became confident in negotiating with C-level executives in preparation for new contracts- Consistently met or exceeded quota

-Won a national competition through the D-prize organization to fund the creation of Kuishi, a non-profit organization, with the mission of reducing schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease in Uganda-Conducted rapid-assessment research, then designed and implemented three different interventions to improve reduction rates of schistosomiasis in low performing areas of Uganda-Delivered a report from our research and implementation findings, advising the Ugandan Ministry of Health on cost-effective, sustainable solutions to improve their current programs

Provo, Ut, Us

-Designed and ran a field experiment relating to conflict resolution and participatory development in western Uganda that involved eight enumerators, one-hundred and sixty rural villages, and over one thousand participants-Designed surveys and trained enumerators to administer the survey for a large multi-university research project-Led a group of students to a remote and challenging area of Uganda to gather data for a NGO evaluation experiment

Provo, Ut, Us

-Teach/Co-teach classes on topics related to social innovation such as impact evaluation and needs assessment-Create tests and grade student assignments-Manage online portion of class

Provo, Ut, Us

Managed social media accounts and assisted in marketing the minor on campus. Kept up to date reports on demographic trends within the minor. Researched best practices for university internship programs

Provo, Ut, Us

I conducted an impact assessment of Rising Star Outreach's work with leprosy colonies near Chennai, India. I Specifically evaluated their microloan program, and piloted exploratory research on the impact of stigma for people living in leprosy colonies.

-Trained in MEI curriculum and coached small business owners in Ghana via their online platform.-Traveled to Accra,Ghana to officially launch MEI in West Africa-Recruited clients-Designed a website: ghanamei.com-found and secured partnerships with SME related organizations in Ghana-Ran case studies on small businesses in Ghana

I was the team leader of a group of students, and we worked with a start up microfranchise called Achatina Snail Farms. We accomplished creating training materials and a fanchisee operating manual. I worked primarily on generating business strategies to ensure a simple, profitable, and sustainable franchise business.