- Elevated from Senior Researcher to the inaugural role of UX Research Director. Advocated for the establishment of this position, citing heightened demand for UX Research team services driven by our track record of delivering high value and fostering successful business relationships.- Led and grew a team of 9 researchers, and managed budget growth from $1M to $2.7M through successful business development.- Delivered end-to-end strategy and research, collaborating with cross-functional teams of designers, product managers, engineers, and sales managers.- Managed, hired, and led strategic engagement with research vendors, ensuring quality deliverables that mapped to company OKRs and research team goals of equity and inclusion- Pioneered an embedded UX Researcher model to support multiple product workstreams, fostering user-centric workflow and diversifying research methodologies throughout product development. - Operationalized team processes, including equitable hiring practices, project pipelining, and creating Research Operations roles.- Empowered reports to conduct primary and proactive research, designed mentorship program to advance researcher skillset and support career development, and retooled vendor partnership to support collaborative research. - Instituted inclusive research practices in participant recruitment, developed enterprise initiative to integrate DEI principles into product development, and led equity & inclusion business division initiatives.

- Conducted and delivered 20+ user research studies, aligning cross-functional teams on user experience vision and business priorities.- Developed and launched participant recruitment platforms, ensuring compliance with privacy and legal standards.- Spearheaded the first in-house DEI focused longitudinal study, supporting the “Backing Black Owned Business” initiative.

- Led user research for a cloud-based collections management system, translating insights into strategic design decisions.- Authored essays, edited articles, and contributed to exhibition plans as an art historian and curatorial consultant.- Background acted in television shows such as Law and Order: SVU, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and The Deuce.

- Researched and organized exhibitions and commissioned site-specific work from contemporary artists.- Exhibitions won funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, achieved record-breaking attendance, and received feature length media coverage including The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR.

- Researched and organized exhibitions, acquired art for the permanent collection, and created content for the museum's digital experience. - Co-led patron groups to the Venice Biennale, gave public lectures, trained docents, and led outreach to the Twin Cities' South and Southeast Asian communities.

- Conducted research and fieldwork in India, Singapore, Thailand, China, and Indonesia, exploring cross-cultural artistic exchange along historical Indian Ocean trade routes.

- Developed syllabi and taught core art history courses for class sizes of 200 undergraduate students, fostering academic growth and intellectual curiosity among students.

- Specialized in South Asian art with a minor in Chinese art, conducted extensive research in south India and southern China, wrote a book-length dissertation on multicultural diasporic networks and architectural design along premodern Indian Ocean trade routes.- Taught three sections of "Masterpieces of Western Art" to class sizes of 10-20 students, a course required for all Columbia undergraduates as part of the common curriculum, and was a teaching assistant for "Masterpieces of Indian Art" and "Italian Renaissance Sculpture." Students awarded me a gold nugget teaching award, published on a student-run course evaluation site: https://www.culpa.info/prof/3421- Secured $200K+ in competitive grants and fellowships for completing coursework, research, and writing.

- Interned in the Drawings and Prints Department and performed administrative duties in the Ratti Textile Center.

- Conducted research in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and wrote copy for Let's Go: India 2000- Hired and managed staff of researcher-writers and assistant editor and edited Let's Go: Israel 2001

- Proudly picked as a kid researcher and reporter for Penny Power/Zillions, a magazine that was an offshoot of Consumer Reports but for kids. Got to try out stuff like water toys and fast food, then wrote up my thoughts for articles.