Ya G.

UX Researcher

Seattle, Washington, United States14 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Pioneered research on generative AI at GitHub.
Led global research team at Microsoft.
Extensive experience in user experience research.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a User Experience Researcher with expertise in SaaS and digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

User ResearchUser Experience Design

Other Skills

Qualitative ResearchResearchData AnalysisAffinity DiagrammingRapid PrototypingUsability TestingContextual InquiryQuantitative AnalyticsCognitive Task AnalysisInstructional DesignGame DesignPublic RelationsSPSSPsychologyChinese

Experience

14 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Github

Staff Researcher

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

At GitHub, I study how generative AI is transforming developer workflows and the future of software creation. Hired as the first dedicated researcher for GitHub Copilot.
Now: Copilot Coding Agents, GitHub Mobile, strategic initiatives
Previously: Copilot for Business, GitHub Extensibility, GitHub Metrics, GitHub Spark

Qualitative ResearchUser ResearchUser Experience DesignResearchData Analysis

Microsoft

Senior User Research Manager, Cloud + AI Studio

Jan 2020 – Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Led and built a global research team to enable digital transformation for customer care professionals.

Uber

User Experience Researcher

May 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Led research for Marketplace Health, Investments, and Experiments. Focused on Uber products for data and global operation.
Data: real-time monitoring and diagnose, forecasting, analysis, reporting, finance, and experimentation tool suites.
Operation: configuration, automation, workflow toolsets.

Chobanian group

User Experience Researcher

Sep 2015 – May 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Led UX research projects at design agency in Software-Defined Networking, IoT, and B2B Marketplace industries.
Responsible for scope definition, research planning, screening, recruiting, execution, synthesis, client management, and presentation.
Projects ranged from exploratory research, product concept, service design, UI redesign, usability testing to heuristic evaluation, including international research in the Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Mid East and North America.
Collaborated closely with data scientists, UI/UX designers, product managers, and engineers.
Evangelized user research through internal and external workshops and brainstorm sessions.

Bloomboard, inc.

User Experience Researcher

Jan 2015 – Aug 2015 · 7 mos · Greater Pittsburgh Area

Collaborated with a highly interdisciplinary team to design a remote coaching experience for K-12 educator professional development.

University of washington

3 roles

Research Assistant at Human Centered Design & Engineering Department

Sep 2013 – Jun 2014 · 9 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Informational practices and collaborative structures within GENI community.
Advisor: Dr. Charlotte P. Lee

Research Assistant at Social Cognitive Lab

Sep 2012 – Jun 2013 · 9 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Designed experiments, managed data and ran subjects for project Slice judgment credibility and body languages using implicit association test (IAT).
Advisor: Dr. Anthony Greenwald

Research Assistant at Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences

Sep 2010 – Jun 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Greater Seattle Area

Investigated infants’ social cognitive development through eye-gaze and joint engagement. Designed and developed coding systems for ongoing projects.
Advisor: Dr. Rechele Brooks

University of california, berkeley

Research Assistant at Berkeley Early Learning Lab

Jun 2013 – Aug 2013 · 2 mos · Berkeley, CA

Conducted independent research in Cognitive Development field. Applied looking time, eye tracking, exploratory play and other behavioral methods to investigate probabilistic reasoning and statistical inference in social cognition.
Advisor: Dr. Fei Xu