Simera Professional Key (SPK)

Karen D

Data Scientist / Researcher

$ 4,600-$ 9,600/month

10+ yrs exp

Skills

  • data mining
  • data modeling
  • Machine Learning
  • Market Research
  • Product Knowledge
  • Product Marketing
  • Applied Statistics
  • Data Science
  • Mediation
  • Outreach
  • User Flows
  • User Interviews
  • User Personas
  • User Research
  • Web Researcher

Karen D

Data Scientist / Researcher

$ 4,600-$ 9,600/month

10+ yrs exp

Skills

  • data mining
  • data modeling
  • Machine Learning
  • Market Research
  • Product Knowledge
  • Product Marketing
  • Applied Statistics
  • Data Science
  • Mediation
  • Outreach
  • User Flows
  • User Interviews
  • User Personas
  • User Research
  • Web Researcher

Data Scientist / Researcher

GRM
January 2023 - August 2023

• Perform data science-based procedures and statistical analysis to evaluate social factors and behavioral outcomes. • Implement research techniques and predictive analysis to better understand user needs and demand for technological products. • Collaborate with team members to collect appropriate data sets for research and evaluation. • Work with executives and other business leaders to identify opportunities for improvement. • Create reports with recommendations and findings for internal teams, stakeholders, and external clients. • Work with existing KPIs to measure the effectiveness of business decisions utilizing statistics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. ​

Research Scientist

GRM Tucson
January 2023 - present

Data science-based procedures and statistical analysis to evaluate social factors and behavioral outcomes

Senior Data Science Ambassador / Data Analyst

University of Arizona
August 2020 - May 2022

• Conducted survey assessments to help identify data science user needs across interdisciplinary programs. • Directed several data science workshops on Statistics, Machine Learning, Sentiment Analysis, and Clustering, among other procedures. • Organized & hosted industry-focused panels at events including Research Bazaar Arizona and Women in Data Science Tucson. Featured panelists consisted mostly of researchers & data scientists working in high-profile companies such as Facebook, IBM, & Amazon. • Hosted mentorship sessions for other Data Science Ambassadors in order to help promote data science, research, and career development opportunities among different communities. • Helped create spaces and tools to facilitate networking activities such as Gather.Town conference meetings and other events. • Has provided over fifty data science consults to researchers from several disciplines.

Behavioral Quantitative Researcher - Lead

University of Arizona
August 2017 - May 2022

• Conducted survey assessments and research projects to evaluate relationships between user behaviors, music, video games, and other media. • Explored people’s motivations for consuming technological products. • Collaborated with UI/UX team and market researchers to interpret UX specifications and provide behavioral insights. • Discussed behavioral assessments about consumers’ attitudes and needs with fellow scientists and researchers. • Presented reports and research findings for management and stakeholders. • Computed visualizations to help illustrate research findings for different audiences. • Translated documents to facilitate meetings (English and Spanish). • Used a wide range of methodological approaches to collect and interpret data. • Engaged in interdisciplinary collaborations for research. • Identified trends and patterns in behavioral data and conducted tests when required.

Behavioral Quantitative Researcher Data Analyst

University of Arizona
August 2017 - May 2022

Survey assessments and research projects to evaluate relationships between user behaviors and media

UX Researcher

TrendsDom (Independent)
March 2012 - June 2017

• Conducted surveys and interviews to evaluate product performance and users’ behaviors. • Researched market trends and communicated findings to stakeholders. • Created user personas to better understand consumer needs and behavioral patterns linked to products. • Collaborated with product development teams. • Led product usability tests. • Served as bilingual liaison for meetings with international stakeholders and colleagues.

UX Researcher Graphic designer

TrendsDom
March 2012 - June 2017

Surveys, interviews, and usability tests to evaluate product performance and user behaviors