Hi! 👋 I'm Braden, welcome to my space on the internet.

I believe all people are born as creative little researchers & I'm grateful to work as one full-time.

🤝 UX Research & Strategy
🚐 Digital nomad living the van life
🎓 Mentor for UX students
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💞 I use mixed methods to enable clients to understand the humans they care about in the financial, retail, government, manufacturing, housing, & healthcare industries.

Topics I enjoy learning & sharing about:
🧪 Mixing qual + quant methods
👏 Collaborating with Data Science
🤖 UX of AI & Machine Learning
📚 Design Theory
🧠 Cognitive Science
🚐 Van life & digital nomads

My journey to UX:
🦸🏻‍♂️ Zip-line tour guide & team-building facilitator
🧠 B.S. Psychology
👶🏽 Studied infant cognitive development
🇮🇳 Non-profit volunteer in Chennai, India
🎓 M.S. Human Computer Interaction Design
🎯 UX Research & Strategy at a consulting firm

I’m actively trying to get better at:
📈 R & Python data science skills
🙏 Practicing meditation & gratitude
🧗🏻 Climbing rocks

📆  Put some time on my calendar, I'm always down to chat.