Research Portfolio

Do you ever find yourself seeing the vision but not knowing the steps to get there? Excited by potential yet burdened by the choices you need to make?

I’m here to help you get from point A to point B, as efficiently as possible. I do this by leveraging tools such as strategic research, market and data analysis, co-design, workshop facilitation, mentorship, and team engagement.

The following case studies demonstrate how I empower teams to go from ambiguity to clarity and progress.

0-to-1 Strategic Research for Udemy’s for AI-Powered Learning Tools

Problem Space: In 2024, Udemy began to pivot to becoming an “AI-powered skills learning platform,” igniting debate amongst consumers and concerns from instructors on the platform. This lead to a growing need for research to understand how to strategically introduce these innovative capabilities.

Research Impact:
– Illuminated a crucial point that the ability to trust the AI Assistant is a critical need for adoption by learners
– Empowered Udemy to navigate a controversial feature launch by building relationships with instructors and identifying their key concerns and questions in the GenAI space.
– Enabled the team to invest more effort into improving prompt/recommendation quality









Rippling Dashboards Exploratory Research









GitLab Navigation & IA Redesign

GitLab – System Usability Scale Survey Research

I conducted a quarterly assessment of GitLab’s perceived usability between 2020-2021. In this video series, I delivered key insights into the top themes gathered from the survey data and opportunities for improvement.

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Workshop Facilitation