Amit Saxena
Research@Microsoft
- Role
- Researcher at Microsoft
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Amit Saxena
I love beautiful questions. I have 20+ years of working as a researcher with teams to help them ask better questions and then finding answers to shape product directions. I do this by using mixed methods research, establishing large scale insight programs, and crafting compelling stories to change hearts and minds of organizations about who the customers are. I have worked in some of world’s top tech companies- Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook- to understand readers, publishers, online shoppers, delivery drivers, procurement specialists, small business owners, software sellers, ad agencies, indie developers, and IT pros. My areas of expertise include: Understanding the right questions to investigate; designing and conducting mixed methods research including ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, diary studies, and design research; analyzing data to tell clear point of views; ideating with teams; and mentoring other researchers.
Experience
Researcher
Jan 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Education
School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi
B.Arch., Architecture
1991 — 1997
University of Washington
Ph.D., Learning Sciences
2004 — 2009
University of Maryland Baltimore County
M.F.A., Imaging and Digital Arts
2001 — 2004
Skills
- User Experience Design
- User Scenarios
- Scenario Focused Engineering
- Contextual Inquiry
- Usability Engineering
- User Research
- Eye Tracking
- Persona
- Cognitive Walkthroughs
- Experience Design
- Information Design
- User Interface Design
- Task Analysis
- Rapid Prototyping
- User Experience
- Reviews
- Workflow Analysis
- Human Computer Interaction
- Mobile Applications
- Usability
- Learning
- Research Design
- Mobile Devices
- User Interface
- Usability Testing
- Heuristic Evaluation
- Card Sorting
- Design Thinking
- Paper Prototyping
- Wire Framing
- Storyboarding
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Expert Reviews
- Wireframes
- Ethnography
- Information Architecture
- Mobile
- User-Centered Design
- Participatory Design
- Focus Groups
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