Working with startups, small business and government agencies to uncover valuable insights about users and define their product vision. Helping businesses seeking to overhaul and elevate their user experience by planning and executing proven research strategies.https://futureproofux.com/

Trader specializing in US equities markets, operating an independent trading practice from a fully equipped home office. Following technical analysis over fundamentals with a focus on volume based strategies and COT, I leverage my background in user research to navigate sentiment and other market complexities to identify high probability trade setups. Proficient in trading derivatives, both long and short, creating trading strategies with an over 70% success rate. Perfomance of 12%… Show more Trader specializing in US equities markets, operating an independent trading practice from a fully equipped home office. Following technical analysis over fundamentals with a focus on volume based strategies and COT, I leverage my background in user research to navigate sentiment and other market complexities to identify high probability trade setups. Proficient in trading derivatives, both long and short, creating trading strategies with an over 70% success rate. Perfomance of 12% portfolio gain for 2023 within < 2% accepted risk profile. Passionate about maintaining autonomy while delivering consistently profitable outcomes. Show less

Led the research on the Learning product as part of a co-located team in the Workday Europe HQ. Planning and running high profile studies in usability, ethnographic study and contextual inquiry through onsite visits with customers. Communicating and presenting research insights at key leadership meetings to support major proposals and foster UX influence on product direction. Coaching junior researchers, designers and product managers in research methodologies and study planning.

My passion for user research allowed me to move into a focused role with IBM with scope to plan and carry out my own research initiatives for several portfolio projects, namely IBM's learning product Kenexa. I gained experience in usability testing, user interviews, ethnographic study and field research to improve accesibility.

I was the given the opportunity to do an intensive 3 month design camp in Austin, Texas to learn design thinking. Learning how to define problems and develop a user-centric approach. I gained UX experience in the creation of design artifacts such as Personas, User Journey Maps, Storyboards and Service Design Blueprints, as well as visual design skills from using Adobe, Invision, Balsamiq and Sketch. My background as a developer provided me with the skills to showcase design concepts through the… Show more I was the given the opportunity to do an intensive 3 month design camp in Austin, Texas to learn design thinking. Learning how to define problems and develop a user-centric approach. I gained UX experience in the creation of design artifacts such as Personas, User Journey Maps, Storyboards and Service Design Blueprints, as well as visual design skills from using Adobe, Invision, Balsamiq and Sketch. My background as a developer provided me with the skills to showcase design concepts through the creation of richly interactive front-end prototypes using web-based technologies and tools like Axure, Webflow and Framer. Show less

Web technologies including HTML5, PHP, CSS3, SASS and Javascript, jQuery, Bootstrap, AngularJS as well as content management systems like Wordpress and Squarespace.

Teaching kids aged between 10-16 the fundamentals of programming through Javascript. Developing course plans and exercises for various levels of aptitude. Also taught a class in video post-production using Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Managing all incoming and outgoing goods for large broadcasting companies like RTE, TV3, and TG4. Designing brochures and brand information for company events and sales initiatives.