Hey there 🙌🏼 Nice to e-meet you!
I am a Human Factors Research Lead at UserWise Consulting where I get to work on a breadth of medical devices ranging from at-home in vitro diagnostic test kits to cutting-edge surgical robots. I specialize in conducting early and late stage usability studies.
I am a graduate from the MS in Human Systems Engineering program at Arizona State University (ASU) 🔱. At ASU, I worked at the Center for Human, AI and Robot Teaming (CHART) Lab on DARPA’s project - Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teaming (Project ASIST). I worked at Research Collective on Healthcare Human Factors and User Experience in Tempe, AZ before joining UserWise Consulting in San Jose, CA.
You At my job, I wear many hats - I am a Researcher, a Leader, a Consultant, a Supervisor, and more recently… a Podcast Host!
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What am I like outside of work? I’m glad you asked.
🧑🏽🍳 A Corona Chef
This is my way of saying the pandemic turned me into one of the banana bread baking, dalgona coffee brewing hooligans. As an amateur cook and a food enthusiast, I most frequently find myself cooking Indian, Italian, Mexican and Asian cuisines when I’m not dumping all the leftovers into a “stir-fry” 😌.
Here are a few of my recent culinary endeavors. Clockwise from left:
Teriyaki Chicken and Broccoli w/ Rice
Bloody Beans (Garbanzo beans, beets and Brussels sprouts)
Homemade red velvet cake in a berry bath
🤓 Language Nerd
Being born in South India, which has totally different languages for each state, multi-lingual households are very common. However, I had always been fascinated by words, etymology and languages in general. I grew up bilingual speaking in Telugu and English. At school I gained fluency in Hindi and French which were my chosen language electives. In college I took Spanish and I am currently in the process of learning German.
🗺 Travel Junkie
I’ve been fortunate to be able to travel and visit 14 different countries across Asia, Europe and North America. I’m grateful to say I have a warm bed and a meal in all of these countries with open invitations from the friends I've made, traveling. My most recent and favorite trip is one within the US (pre-pandemic), to Hawaii. Be it the trek ⛰ to the top of Haleakalā or the surf 🌊 on the coast of Maui, Hawaii was breathtaking.
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A few snippets into my life - work and play!
