Jef Davis
UX PRODUCT DESIGN ANTHROPOLOGY
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About
Research | Architecture | Innovation | Design | Strategy
- Start-up to Fortune 500: APAC | EU | NYC | SF | LA
- Creative Lean leadership/ Remote/ X-functional teams
- Award-winning B2B/ B2C/ SaaS/ Enterprise/ Mobile
- Lead Research, Strategy + Design on 100s of releases
- Professor, Author, Speaker, Maker, Mentor, Misfit, More…
I explore & create the conditions of possibility…
- US-Based | US Citizen | Vax++
- Anschauung | Jugaad | Kaizen
- CULTURE | ETHICS | INCLUSION | SUSTAINABILITY
Experience
LEADERSHIP
15+ years leading international, multicultural, cross-functional teams spanning 16 timezones researching, designing, testing, building, deploying, maintaining successful enterprise-level entities for a wide variety of start-ups, agencies, and household name Fortune 500 companies.
DELIVERED
15+ years: iOS, Android, Ethereum, SaaS, Enterprise, LXPs, Mac, Win, Oracle, SaleForce, in-flight entertainment systems, kiosks, proprietary trading systems, social networking sites, apps, games, etc.
CORE COMPETENCIES
→ Years of experience as a designer creating products across multiple platforms.→ The experience and ability to lead complex design projects and to be the client-facing lead.
→ Proven success pitching and winning project work with skill in presenting (selling) solutions to clients.
→ Experience estimating project resource needs for proposals and resourcing.
→ Effectively navigate complex organizations and build consensus on large initiatives.
→ Experience managing and mentoring interaction designers.
→ World-class skills in UX strategy and the ability to manage teams throughout an iterative design process.
→ Provide thought leadership to innovation, design and business communities.
→ Empathy. Great design is based upon a deep understanding of human behavior, values, concerns, desires, and methods.
RESEARCH
Qualitative/ Quantitative, Behavioral/ Attitudinal, Direct/ Indirect. Designed, administered, and monitored the testing scripts/ flows, prepared documentation, organized facilities and recruitment, payments; MOTS, ER. Monitoring: lighting, audio/video, catering, client staging, writing up and disseminating final reports with prioritized recommendations for invested stakeholders.
- Defined and measured quantitative UX goals and metrics in collaboration with the team.
- Examined existing data and product designs to generate hypotheses, plans, and research.
- Created statistical models to understand and communicate user experience.
- Drove change by communicating findings to stakeholders.
- Convincing and actionable for both research experts and non-experts.
- Drove initiatives, prioritized and initiated research to quantify, qualify, validate, and improve UX.
- Supported product development and design with thorough qualitative insights
Education
MFA: HCI | Interaction Design
Pratt Institute | NYC
BFA: Information Design
University of Maryland | MD
Minors: Fine Art, Behavioral Science
