Ed Ney

About Ed Ney

Accomplished and award-winning UX research & strategy professional with demonstrated leadership and success across product, brand, & consulting environments – as a strategic individual contributor/consultant as well as a manager of teams & operational programs. Extensive experience with user-centered product & design teams across a wide variety of industries and verticals. Expertise in UX maturity and processes - with deep understanding of the methods needed at all stages of a product lifecycle. Highly skilled in custom research design, generative and evaluative methods, consultative relationships, cross-functional team building, service and product design thinking & leadership, data analysis/insight generation/storytelling, strategic account/program/project management and execution.

Experience

1. Senior Uxr, Product & Service Design (Google Labs Beam Project Starline)

   Google

   Mar 2025 — Present

Education

• University of Iowa

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Sociology

  1992 — 1996

• Iowa State University

  Graduate Certificate Program, Human Computer Interaction

  2018 — 2019

Skills

• Qualitative Research
• Survey Research
• Brand Equity
• Customer Insight
• Market Research
• Quantitative Research
• Marketing Research
• Analytics
• Consumer Behaviour
• Usability Testing
• Survey Design
• Market Analysis
• Consumer Behavior
• Marketing
• Marketing Communications
• Integrated Marketing
• Advertising Research
• Competitive Analysis
• Online Research
• Segmentation
• Focus Groups
• Digital Marketing
• Questionnaire Design
• Competitive Intelligence
• Marketing Strategy
• Primary Research
• Consumer Insight