Mandy Bradbury, PhD
Senior User Experience Researcher
About Mandy
I completed my PhD in Human Factors and Applied Cognition at North Carolina State University and currently work at Veracity Consulting as a Senior User Experience Researcher. While at Veracity, I have worked with several clients in the healthcare and financial tech industries. I am currently working as a consultant within the Department of Veteran Affairs. In additional to Veracity, I have also worked as a User Experience Researcher/Human Factors Engineer with four other amazing companies: Google, Lenovo, Lean Geeks, and User-View.
Overall, I am a user experience and human factors researcher, which means I am a user advocate. I am passionate about making the best product possible and strive to accomplish this goal via thoughtful research design, creative use of qualitative and quantitative methods to answer complex questions, and going deep into the analyses to generate a holistic understanding of users' needs and habits.
Oct 2021 -Present
Senior User Experience Researcher
Veracity Consulting
Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, and Instructor
North Carolina State University
July 2021 - Oct 2021
Qualitative UX Researcher
Google (via Akraya)
User Experience Researcher
User-View
June 2020 - June 2021
User Experience Research Co-op
Lenovo
August 2018 to April 2019
2018-2019
User Experience Researcher
Lean Geeks
August 2016 to Oct 2021
Research Assistant
Virginia Commonwealth University:
School of Medicine
Recreation Intern
The Disney College Program
Jan - May 2013 and Aug - Dec 2014
May 2015 to July 2016
My Work Experience
My Portfolio
My Skills
Methodology
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Task analysis, heuristic analysis, competitive analysis, component analysis, user acceptance testing, think-aloud protocols, interviews, surveys, focus groups, eye-tracking, facial expression detection, ethnographic research, journey mapping, personas/archetypes, usability testing, prototyping, dairy studies, stakeholder interviewing, etc.
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Software Packages Used: Axure, Survey Monkey, Qualtrics, eye-tracking, Jira, FACET, Premiere Pro, UserZoom, Loop11, Mural, Miro.
Data Analyses and Sense Making
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Familiar with both Qualitative and Quantitive Methods
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Qualitative: Interview, focus group, and open response data via thematic analysis and grounded theory
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Quantitive: Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics (e.g., Anova, t-tests, Regression, etc.)
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Software Packages Used: SPSS, JMP, Excel, Atlas.ti, R (Basic Understanding)
My Education
Community Involvement
Big Brother Big Sisters
Mentor
Jan 2017 to 2020
Developed an ongoing mentoring relationship with my awesome little sister. Provide guidance and support and plan visits between three and four times a month.
Interested in volunteering?
Aikido
August 2015 to Present
I started training in the martial art Aikido in the Summer of 2015. Since then, I have achieved my black belt and actively participate in the Wadokai Aikido community. I periodically attend classes in both Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA, participate in seminars and camps, and occasionally teach.
In case you're wondering.....What is Aikido?"
The Graduate Student Association (GSA)
Psychology Department Representative
August 2019 to 2020
https://orgs.ncsu.edu/gsa/
I am the elected representative for the Psychology department to the GSA. The GSA is a student-led group that represents and acts on behalf of graduate students at NCSU to improve the satisfaction and scholarship of our members during their time here. The GSA serves graduate students by participating in student government, appointing students to university standing committees, and developing internal programs to assist graduate students with research and funding
Graduate Association for Students in
Psychology (GRASP)
GSA Representative
May 2019 to 2020
As the GSA representative for psychology, I also serve on the GRASP Executive Board. I act as a liaison between the graduate school and the psychology graduate students, taking the concerns of GRASP to the GSA and the information learned from the GSA directly to psychology graduate students.
LEADs Peer Mentoring Collaborative
Peer Mentor
May 2018 to April 2019
Christopher Newport University
Triangle Alumni Association
Board Member
Feb 2018 to Feb 2019
As a peer mentor, I supported other graduate students in gaining skills that will better prepare them for the job market. My responsibilities included: attending professional workshops on mentoring, designing and implementing a mentoring initiative for my fellow graduate students and developing a mentoring resource website.
I was a founding member of the CNU Alumni Association in the Raleigh-Durham area. I attended board meetings and helped plan and setup of events.