Resume
Work
Experience
January 2026 - Present
Human Factors Engineer | Johnson and Johnson
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Conducted FDA-regulated formative and summative assessments for cardiac and ECMO medical devices in alignment with ISO, FDA and EMA guidance
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Created standardized templates detailing FDA Human Factors guidelines for company-wide activity
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Designed and executed usability testing, including task analysis, protocol development, moderation, data collection, and findings to identify use-related risks and design improvements, collaborating with engineering and clinical stakeholders
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Documented study results and usability evidence to support design decisions and regulatory submissions, strengthening traceability between user needs, hazards, and design controls
January 2025 - January 2026
UX Research Associate | Bentley University User Experience Center
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Research Associate for global consulting group specializing in research, design, and strategy services for software,
medical devices, and product development
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Executed FDA-approved Human Factors validation study on IV medical device, assessing usability risks and validating
design safety per regulatory guidelines
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Designed three prototypes with Figma, conducted and analyzed 21 usability testing interviews on Dovetail, and analyzed
30 moderated card-sorting sessions and 140 unmoderated tree-tests with Optimal for leading e-commerce website -
Conducted an accessibility usability study for a leading financial software company; used Dovetail to analyze 75 participant interviews and generated eight deliverables (guidelines, feedback processes, accessibility policy, etc.) with 300+ actionable recommendations for stakeholders
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Designed and facilitated an AI design thinking retreat for senior leadership at a top insurance provider, generating new
frameworks to streamline processes and enhance organizational strategy
May 2023 - May 2024
Marketing Intern | Workiva
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Led end-to-end UX website redesign to improve membership, including creating discussion guides, conducting three member surveys with 500 participants and 12 usability testing interviews, codifying and analyzing results, rendering mockups, and presenting recommendations to leadership, resulting in a 25% increase in membership
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Reduced team production time by 50% by updating and managing all content and communications channels for a
community of 5,000+ members -
Improved member experience by conducting market research and streamlining the end-to-end event process for 25+ quarterly virtual and in-person events, including registration, production, attendance tracking, and reporting
September 2022 - May 2025
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Psychology Research Methods | University of Vermont Family Development
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Conducted research study for the psychophysiology responses to stress while using social media, including conducting
protocol on 40 participants, data entry and cleaning, transcribing interviews, coding interview data, and training
participants on research protocols -
Assisted as a teaching assistant with student-led research projects and surveys of over 500 participants
Education
2025- Anticipated: May 2026
Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business | Master of Science Human Factors in Information Design
Relevant Coursework: Foundations in Human Factors, Multimodal Experience Design, Testing and Assessment Program, Qualitative Research, Ethnography for Design
2020-2024
University of Vermont | Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Science
Skills
HF/UE Research: Usability Testing, Summative and Formative Studies, Ethnography, Root Cause Analysis, Eye tracking, Surveys, Use-Related Risk Analysis, uFMEA, Contextual Inquiry, Heuristic Evaluation, ISO, FDA Known Use Problems
Tools: Figma, SPSS, Dovetail, Qualtrics, R, Python, Arduino, Optimal, Adobe, Lovable, Bolt, HFMEA, Framer, Adobe XD