Christina Pineda

Christina Pineda

UX Research 🧐 in New York City, She/Her/Hers

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Chicago, IL

• Spearheaded 4 high-impact research initiatives over 1 year, conducting user research, synthesizing mixed-method data, and presenting 300+ actionable insights to executive leadership, driving strategic product decisions and improving customer experiences across 8 hardware/software projects.

• Demonstrated leadership by mentoring 4 UX interns, facilitating bi-weekly research roundtables and quarterly retros for a 60+ person team, fostering continuous learning and knowledge sharing, and pioneering an AI Hackathon project resulting in an AI deployment product to enhance user experiences.

2021 — 2022

• Conducted 12+ user interviews and synthesized qualitative data alongside Senior Researchers, observing and analyzing real-time critical events with first responders to generate insights that informed UX leadership and the product team.

• Presented research findings to key stakeholders, surfacing deployment and customer experience issues on 2 projects, and created testing materials that improved installation and detection accuracy of license plate readers by 85%.

2020 — 2020
Consultant at Deloitte Consulting
Chicago, IL

• Collaborated closely with UI developers, designing and delivering 100+ high-fidelity prototypes for a 4-page application based on 2 months of research and 4 healthcare workflows, while actively participating in all SAFE Agile Scrum ceremonies to align on functional designs and workflows.

• Created comprehensive design systems, user flows, and style guides for 3 projects across 2 industries, establishing consistent UI standards, and supported product owners by gathering requirements, writing user stories and acceptance criteria, and presenting at 8 internal events on various topics, including wellness, storytelling, recruitment, and mentorship.

2018 — 2020
Business Analyst at Deloitte Consulting
Chicago, IL

• Tested delivered platforms across multiple projects in 3 industries, identifying UI defects and collaborating closely with developers to resolve issues, ensuring a high-quality user experience.

• Played a pivotal role in user onboarding and adoption by initiating the creation of a comprehensive ~100-page user manual for a custom-designed analytics application, utilized globally by new users, and developed a high-priority daily progress tracker and status update for a critical 250+ person project, enabling timely delivery.

2017 — 2017
Chicago, IL
  • Tested platforms across industries resolving 90% UI defects. Gathered requirements during 2-week client workshop for SAP analytics app. Organized Design Thinking and UX education sessions including Deloitte Greenhouse and Doblin tour.

Side Projects

2024

Partnering with Palash Bera (ITM & SCM Department Dean and Machine Learning/DataMining/Analytics Professor) on setting up and establishing the university's first ever HCI Lab.

Awards

2024

Awarded for MSI's L6Q Quick Deploy ALPR Camera

2023

Awarded for MSI's V700 Body Worn Camera

Features

Certifications

2019
SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 (SPS02)SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 (SPS02) from SAP