Resume

 

Hartley Ochavillo
Email:hochavillo@gmail.com
 

Hartley Ochavillo

A User Experience Researcher dedicated to making experiences more Human-Centered

 

Education

  • University of California Berkeley 2011
    BA in Psychology

  • General Assembly Los Angeles 2017
    UX Design Certificate


Professional Experience

Psychology (UX Researcher) , Honda Research and Development, America
Torrance, CA
July 2018 – Present

  • Introduced and pioneered Agile development to Honda Research and Development America

  • Advocated for naturalistic User Experiences and technology that would provide those experiences

  • Brought fundamental psychological insight on the wants and needs of automobile owners and occupants

  • Create actionable psychological insight that is core to new User Experiences within vehicles

  • Validated customer acceptance and usability on newer non-screen based technologies

  • Researched and validated new User Experiences related to Audio and Haptic experiences

  • Research and validated core needs and requirements for features that help newer drivers to drive safer

Product Manager, Simple Matters LLC
Santa Monica, CA
February 3, 2016 – June 30, 2018

  • Advised content and feature changes based on Market Research, User Testing, and normal contextual use

  • Created and implemented evaluation procedures for content, interactions, and visual designs

  • Used human factor principals and environmental context to inform app re-designs and interactions

  • Developed and implemented research methodologies and statistical analysis plans to test and evaluate product usage and app prototypes

  • Developed and conducted contextual research and interviews to identify needs and uses of our product

  • Conducted Market Research to identify the needs of current and potential user demographics.

  • Created reports, presentations, sketches, wireframes, mockups, and personas to inform, propose, and summarize research data gathered, solutions to UX issues, visual updates, and proposed features

  • Conducted independent UX Projects and contextual research for our product, as well as lead and instructed other staff members on how to conduct contextual field research.

  • Generated technical issue reports, bug reports, and QA reports

 

Research Assistant
Relationships and Social Cognition Lab (RASCL) – University of California: Berkeley, Berkeley, California
August 14, 2014- June 2015

  • Successfully launched long-term psychological study on the education achievement gap

  • Design and implement social-psychological research experiments

  • Organize and train other Researchers to run experiments

  • Social Behavioral Data Analysis

  • Statistical Analysis

 

Museum Education Researcher (Field Trip Explainer)
The Exploratorium – San Francisco California
February 1, 2013- June 10, 2015

  • Showcase, present, and lead activities of scientific phenomena to varying demographics

  • Create, design, and implement hands-on scientific presentations, demonstrations, and activities

  • Statistical analysis of data collected via user testing

  • Conducted user testing, observational studies, and anecdotal studies of exhibit use in the museum

  • Reported feedback to exhibit developers and offered suggestions to improve design

 


Computer Skills:

Software:

Axure, Microsoft Office, Open Office, and Google Office (Docs, Sheets, Presentation) Software, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Jira, Firebase

Coding Languages:
Html5, CSS, Python

Understanding and familiarity of Windows Platform (Vista, 7, 8, 10), Android OS, iOS