• Established and led research programs for three product areas in AI Platform

• Effectively communicated research findings to stakeholders across the organization

• Identified and explored new product opportunity areas through comprehensive studies

• Conducted 200+ user interviews to validate key product concepts and gather insights

• Expertise in qualitative and quantitative research methods, including user testing and usability testing

• Synthesized complex data into actionable recommendations for product development.

UX Researcher for Augmented Reality team investigating how Google can use new technologies to help users better navigate the world.

• Established agile qualitative rolling-research program, delivering timely insights to cross-functional mobile-AR team

• Implemented novel AR mixed methods, validating concepts rapidly

• Led research-driven concept ideation through interviews and intercept studies

• Communicated findings to de-risk and empower product and design teams effectively

• Demonstrated strong leadership in prioritizing and allocating resources based on research insights

• Webby Award winner and a Best Invention award!

• Led and executed end-to-end quantitative, qualitative and market research initiatives as the sole researcher at a ~100 person custom AI/ML software startup

• Leveraged research insights to drive a remarkable 213% increase in sales margins by expanding and enhancing AI offerings

• Implemented a user insights bot and facilitated regular user feedback competitions to foster a user-centric mindset

• Guided cross-functional teams in iterative processes to continuously enhance understanding and empathy toward the user base

While a Product Fellow at NEA I as placed at a portfolio company Catalina Labs:

• Product Owner and Scrum Master for mobile application. Set overall direction for companies largest product. Post redesign, mobile traffic time-on-app rose 22%.

• Implemented analytics and a culture of data decision making throughout the company for product focus and validation.

• Established and rolled out better development practices for team in order to improve productivity and product quality, including design guidelines, timeline estimates, Agile development, and regular bug triaging.

High Fidelity is a social VR platform for creating and interacting in virtual worlds.

In this Product role I focus on conducting market, technical and design research to create the next generation of virtual reality products.

• Synthesized knowledge of user pain points and industry best practices to design immersive UI.

• Identified most intuitive interactions and universal VR design patterns by leveraging user expectations.

• Lead user studies to diagnose key pain points and create actionable processes for continual improvement.

• Winner of the SF Virtual Reality Hackathon with a social collaboration project in competition with 45+ teams.

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