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Leanne Waldal
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Director of Research @ HOVER Inc.

About Me

Research and analytics leader and expert with 20+ years of experience scaling and leading and maturing teams and practices at tech companies. I lead teams using mixed methods of research, with analytics, to inform strategic decisions. My leadership focuses on working cross-functionally, with local and global teams, to manage research and analytics as a collaborative team sport. Research and strategy leader with 20+ years experience managing teams and operations, programs and practices, learning and development, globally at tech companies: - Designing and planning customer centered and experience strategies - Connecting an organization's goals with individual teams and their work - Expanding relationships and collaborations to increase efficiencies Areas of expertise: team leadership and operations and growth, research operations, people management, business development, cross functional collaboration, customer centricity and maturity models, practice and program definition, collaboration, strategy and planning, design thinking, qualitative and quantitative research, UX metrics, user experience benchmarking, measuring value of design, data analytics, B2B, B2C, B2B2C Strengthsfinder Strengths: WOO, Analytical, Communication, Futuristic, Command

My Skills

  • Information Architecture
  • User Centered Design
  • User Experience
  • User Interface
  • User Research

My Career

Director of ResearchHOVER Inc.June 2021
Current

Director, Research and Strategyprojekt202January 2020 - June 2021

Director of Research and International GrowthBOLD -

Research ConsultantSelf-employedApril 2019 - January 2020

Senior Director, Product ResearchNew Relic, Inc.June 2018 - March 2019

My Education

University of WashingtonBS, BA, Statistics, Economic

My Details

Country
  • United States
Languages
    Years of Experience
    • 15+ years
    Timezone
    • Pacific Standard Time
    Member Since
    • May 2, 2020

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