United States

UX Research

UX Testing

Master of Arts - MA

Bachelor of Science - BS

Brian Tang

UX Researcher II

Usability Testing

Qualitative research

Communication

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Time management

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Team player

Organisation skills

Presentation skills

Customer service

Content research

User research

Airtable

Canva

Miro

Zendesk

Workday

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

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Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

• Worked with the Microsoft's Azure IaaS team to execute benchmarks and moderate end-to-end usability studies 
• Collaborated with product managers, designers, engineers, and other researchers to define research goals and design research projects
• Recruited and sourced participants through different channels based on the needs and goals of the research study
• Presented research insights with stakeholders to identify pain points within the Azure cloud portal and worked alongside design teams to drive impact and meaningful change to the UI based on the findings.

• Conducted end-to-end qualitative user research studies with Fortune 500 Companies such as Microsoft, Google, and Expedia
• Communicated with product managers, engineers, and designers to understand client needs in order to create appropriate research study plans and goals 
• Utilized various methodologies such as semi-structured interviews, technical benchmarks, cognitive walkthroughs, concept testing, and usability studies to gather data from study participants
• Analyzed data and created slide decks and presentations with detailed insights to showcase findings and recommendations to stakeholders

• Assessed and analyzed videos to ensure that our panelists meet technical and performance quality standards regarding their reviews of different online websites
• Reviewed multiple types of remote tests, including tree tests, site walk-throughs, and card sorting tasks, and draw proper conclusions to effectively provide appropriate coaching and feedback to panelists
• Collaborated with the rest of the Panelist team to update coaching templates in order to provide clear, concise, and consistent material to the panelists

•  Collaborated within cross-functional teams to develop survey and interview questions to better understand users’ overall experience with Swing tennis mobile application’s UI
• Designed surveys and conducted multiple semi-structured user interviews and moderated usability tests with local recreational tennis players
•  Synthesized both qualitative and quantitative data into a written report and presented findings to the CEO and design team
•  Presented findings to the product team and CEO through written reports to inform iterative app designs and business decisions

• Worked with my direct supervisor to administer a comprehensive neuropsychological battery to adults and geriatric populations.  
• Patient population included individuals with Parkinson's Disease, ADHD, schizophrenia, MCI, and different affective disorders.  
• Collaborated with a licensed neuropsychologist to do intake interviews, assessment battery development, administration and scoring of tests, interpretation of results, and comprehensive report writing.

• Provided weekly therapy sessions to individuals with anxiety, ADHD, and depression 
• Sustained a 95% attendance rate across all clients and used aspects of CBT and DBT to promote quality of life, emotion regulation skills, and healthy interpersonal skills.  
• Worked closely with a licensed clinical psychologist to perform diagnostic interviews, case conceptualizations, treatment planning and intervention, and clinical documentation.

• Worked with the Principal Investigator to develop different research projects examining the relationship between empathy and trait anhedonia.  
• Led a team of undergraduate researchers and trained them in the administration of different neuropsychological tests and participant recruitment.
• Used Microsoft Excel to track and input data and SPSS to run different statistical analyses (ANCOVAs, correlation matrices) for my thesis project.

• Learned and utilized an extensive neuropsychological battery and tested local and collegiate athletes at baseline level.
• Created a scoring tool via Microsoft Excel to efficiently score and produce norms based on participant characteristics and performance.
• Worked with other research assistants to  prepare testing material and office environment.
• Interacted with parents and participants and attended local events to promote the study.
• Used Microsoft Excel to track participant data and to track individual follow-up neuropsychological sessions.

• Helped score a wide range of neuropsychological assessments and questionnaires in an extensive neuropsychological battery administered to patients with TBI.
• Updated and maintained several databases using SPSS.

• Interacted with and worked with individuals with Williams Syndrome
• Entered, sorted, and maintained confidential research data.
• Transcribed and encoded videos of data assessments using coding tool ELAN.
• Used Microsoft Excel to collect data and run statistical analyses. 
• Tested WS population as well as a typical developing population with a musical task battery to engage behavioral and affective aspects of cognition.
• Presented posters at Society for Neuroscience conferences in regards to musical research and WS.

Qingyan Wang

Student

Sarah Bai

UX Researcher

Ori Huang

Grad Student

Tommie Huynh

User Researcher

Luann See

UX Design Student

Hyeji Kim

UI/UX Design Student

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