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Blink UX

Principal UX Researcher

• Led 40+ end-to-end strategic research engagements across industries for clients including Google, Microsoft, Robinhood, Amazon, Meta, Bosch, JP Morgan, and Qualcomm; examples include…

• Partnered with quantitative researchers and data analysts to integrate qualitative insights with behavioral and product data into cohesive, strategy-driving narratives.
• Recognized as internal expert in foundational methods with depth of experience crafting deliverables such as journey maps, mental models, archetypes, and thinking styles.
• Spearheaded Blink's AI-in-research practice: mapped AI-powered use cases across the research lifecycle, created practice guides, secured tool approvals, and presented case studies org-wide.
• Built and maintained a research practice repository (playbooks, templates, and workflow guides) adopted across Blink's 30+ person practice; coached researchers and cross-functional partners in research best practices; mentored 4 senior researchers, multiple promoted or moved into in-house roles.
• Served as scoping SME on complex research proposals, crafting methodologies and cost estimates that contributed to multiple project wins.
• Speaker at 4 industry conferences (ConveyUX, SF Design Week, San Diego Design Week) and podcast guest on UX Pursuit, covering UX leadership, DEI in design, and career transitions into research.

Super Dark LLC

Co-founder & Lead Researcher

• Co-founded a Kickstarter-funded board game about the role of dark money in politics; led end-to-end research and manufacturing strategy from concept to shipped product, achieving 2× funding goal ($25,693), 400+ copies sold.
• Established a longitudinal playtesting program across two cities and 100+ players to refine game mechanics and optimize balance.
• Owned manufacturing strategy from concept to shipped product; collaborated with factory to prototype and ship quality products at scale.

Miroculus

User Research Intern

• Led the first usability study for a lab automation instrument at a biotech startup; presented findings to C-suite in a company-wide workshop.
• Designed pneumatic leak test fixtures in SolidWorks for a component of the same instrument, earning the trust and partnership needed to ensure user needs were represented in product decisions.

Schlumberger

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

• Designed tooling and fixtures in SolidWorks to automate assembly of a safety-critical component; applied contextual inquiry on the shop floor to translate assembler knowledge into a standardized process, achieving 77% reduction in lead time and 79% increase in precision.
• Applied lean methodology and value stream mapping to optimize shop floor processes, generating $181K in annual savings.
• Collaborated with supply chain and engineering to improve design for manufacturability for complex industrial product lines.
• Directly managed a team of 14 assemblers (including performance reviews and career development) to ship $18M+ in products annually.