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Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Leading the management, planning, and staff assignments for all research projects within the User Research team of 30+ staffDirectly manage 4 members of the research team and supporting their career growthDeveloped a Project Management Information System to track and manage project status, balance project prioritization, staff assignments, project.

Worked as a part time freelancer on a project to project basisDefined, planned and conducted user research studies for clients through Applause's Platform. Primarily worked for clients within the Game IndustryDelivered reports and presented compelling insights to the Product and Design team clientsProvided actionable feedback to guide Product and Design.

United States

Led and managed the user research team for Virtually Human StudioConducted qualitative and quantitative research including discovery-focused, co-design, usability testing, interviews, mixed-methods, and focus groups for concepts and prototypes.Synthesized and analyzed qualitative and quantitative research data to inform design decisionsCollaborated with.

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Leading and managing the User Research team at PikPok:In my tenure at PikPok, I have grown the User Research team from 2 researchers, to 8 total, including establishing the Market Research department, and hiring an operations manager to assist with the recruitment and management of user testing proccesses. I expanded the research methodologies beyond.

Wellington, New Zealand

Worked as a team of two to manage research planning and strategy for 7+ game projectsDesigned, moderated, and observed user research studies for PikPok's development teamsPresented user research study findings to relevant stakeholders and discussed ways to improve the overall user experience (increasing enjoyment, resolving issues found, etc.)Worked.

Worked for Tobii Pro Insight on a contract basis performing data collection and data analysis roles for user research studiesConducted user research studies for external clients through the use of eyetracking glassesAssisted in survey creation for upcoming research studies

Cary, NC

Moderated and observed qualitative user experience playtests for Epic Games’ products & published titles (Fortnite, Unreal Engine 4, Battle Breakers, Spyjinx, Spellbreak, Epic Games Store). Methodologies included: Usability playtests, Large scale playtests, Benchmarking, Surveys, Think Aloud, A/B TestingCollect and analyze results from qualitative studies.

Orlando, Florida Area

Designed and conducted 20+ usability tests and playtests on 8+ video game titles and commercial products for studios such as Wargaming.net, THQ Nordic, Creative Assembly, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Methodologies included: Large scale playtests, usability playtests, Think Aloud, Focus Groups, Surveys. Expert Analysis. Conducted research on the origin.

Research focused on the application of welfare tradeoff ratios in decision-making processes of pro-health behaviors, morality, and workplace interactions. Duties include: assisting in the development of ideas, models and theoretical framework for research projects regarding health psychology; assisting in the development and presentation of conference.

Research focused on political affiliation and disgust, the Side-Effect Effect, welfare tradeoff ratios, and viewpoints on police use of force. Duties include: assisting in development of ideas, models, posters and theoretical framework for research projects; data collection, input, and analysis for studies; assisting in the development and presentation of.

Setup and disassemble A/V and furniture for campus events.

Provide administrative support including employee records management, filing and archivingAssist with orientations, policy development and staff event planningParticipate in evaluation of current Human Resources processes and implementation of improvements to streamline and gain efficiencyAssist with benefit plan renewals and Open EnrollmentMake.

Game Design Masters

Activities and Societies: Conducted Master's Thesis on Defining and Measuring Player Immersion where I identified key characteristics that.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: eSports at CNU: Founder and President of CNUs competitive Video Game club PAIDEIA: CNU Undergraduate Research.