Lindsay A. Tack, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Greater Denver Area

Cross Product-level UX Research and Strategy Lead for Willis Towers Watson’s suite of Talent & Reward products - a suite of enterprise web software products for the Human Capital Management industry.

Greater Denver Area

As a User Experience Researcher at Kaiser Permanente, I was responsible for defining, planning, and executing contextual research, user research, human factors research, usability evaluations, and usability tests (lab, remote, and in-person). Additional methods and activities applied included card sorting, leading in-person iterative design workshops, workflow analysis and definition, information architecture definition, & digital prototyping.

Boulder, Co

My responsibilities included UX research and UX/UI design for software, web and mobile applications, designing and conducting usability evaluations with real end users, performing heuristic evaluations, conducting human factors and requirements compliance evaluations (for DoD and commercial unmanned aviation), requirements specification, cognitive and task analysis, and statistical analysis. I applied these skills across a wide range of industry applications for customers such as the Veteran's… Show more My responsibilities included UX research and UX/UI design for software, web and mobile applications, designing and conducting usability evaluations with real end users, performing heuristic evaluations, conducting human factors and requirements compliance evaluations (for DoD and commercial unmanned aviation), requirements specification, cognitive and task analysis, and statistical analysis. I applied these skills across a wide range of industry applications for customers such as the Veteran's Health Administration, NASA, US Army, US Navy, US Marines, commercial unmanned aviation companies, as well as a host of other private and commercial clients. Show less

Boulder, Co

I was a graduate research assistant on a project funded by the National Science Foundation that examined the cognitive learning mechanisms underlying effective/ineffective use of the iclicker system in classrooms. I also worked on a project funded by NASA examining which components of training environments should be matched to testing environments (i.e., the real world) in order to maximize retention and transfer of trained skills outside of the original learning environment. Under both of… Show more I was a graduate research assistant on a project funded by the National Science Foundation that examined the cognitive learning mechanisms underlying effective/ineffective use of the iclicker system in classrooms. I also worked on a project funded by NASA examining which components of training environments should be matched to testing environments (i.e., the real world) in order to maximize retention and transfer of trained skills outside of the original learning environment. Under both of these projects, I conducted all phases of the research process from developing research questions from theory, design and execution, to analysis and delivery of results. Show less

I was a lab instructor for 2 semesters of Advanced Cognitive Psychology and 7 semesters of Statistics and Research Methods, the latter of which I was responsible for teaching students how to conduct statistical analyses in R programming language. As a GTA for General Psychology, Introductory Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology, I was responsible for guest lecturing, assisting students during office hours, proctoring exams, and grading papers.

Broomfield, Co

I was responsible for conducting a formal research and market review and evaluation of past, present, and state of the art in psychometric testing and assessment tools used in and/or applicable to career guidance. Final recommendations and deliverables provided the basis of the final product that is currently being piloted in the Rocky Mountain region to support research-based approaches to early career development and guidance.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

I was an undergraduate research assistant in both Cognitive Psychology and Industrial Organizational (I/O) Psychology labs. For the Cognitive lab I was responsible for running experimental subjects, data entry, experimental design and implementation, data analysis, and conference presentations. For the I/O lab I was responsible for running experimental subjects as well as coding qualitative data from session video tapes.As an undergraduate TA I was responsible for grading papers.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Dual Ph.D. Cognitive Psychology & Cognitive Science

Activities and Societies: Center for Research on Training Institute of Cognitive Science Rocky Mountain Psychological Association *.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Cognitive Psychology

Activities and Societies: Center for Research on Training Institute of Cognitive Science * Master's thesis titled "The Clicker Technique.

B.S., Psychology

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Psi Chi National Honor Society National Society of Collegiate Scholars Dean's List.

Transferred Universities, Psychology, German

Activities and Societies: Golden Key National Honor Society

High School Diploma, High School

Activities and Societies: Varsity Soccer Team, Varsity Cross Country Team, National Honor Society, German Club, JV Soccer, JV Cross Country