Vetted User Research Professionals

Ose Okpamen

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Mid-level Product Manager specializing in UX, growth, and data-driven product strategy

London, UK12y exp

“Product manager from edTech focused on AI-driven, B2B HR training simulations (live work-scenario platforms). Demonstrated measurable funnel improvement by diagnosing a registration drop-off issue, coordinating a cross-functional fix (including Android), and delivering ahead of schedule, resulting in a 20% increase in sign-ons. Has shipped/managed products on web and mobile.”

Josivan Silva

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Senior Unity/C# Developer specializing in 3D/VR visualization and industrial automation

13y exp

“Real-time VFX artist specializing in Unity VR/mobile optimization; shipped a Doctor Strange-inspired portal effect for a standalone Meta Quest 2 project ("Projeto Multiverso UNINASSAU") using a custom vertex-offset shader and carefully managed overdraw to hit 50+ FPS. Also building sci-fi VFX (explosions, lasers, environmental effects) for an in-development game ("Star Warfare") and uses AI tools to speed iteration, debugging, and documentation.”

“Industrial IoT engineer with nearly 3 years of experience building and redesigning deployed factory devices across hardware and firmware. He turned a student-built prototype into a robust industrial motor monitoring product, optimized real-time packet throughput to 0.3 seconds, and later created a lower-cost cold-storage monitoring device that expanded into new customer segments like movie theaters.”

“Frontend-focused engineer with full-stack capability (Node/Express + MongoDB/MySQL) who emphasizes scalable quality practices: PR-driven reviews, CI quality gates, and a full testing pyramid (Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library, Cypress/Playwright). Built complex React + TypeScript role-based dashboards/workflows using reusable component architecture and layered state management (React Query/SWR, Context for auth/roles), with strong performance and UX polish (Lighthouse, lazy loading, accessibility, responsive design).”

“Built and marketed a live free-to-play web word game (Techies WordFinder) from scratch using the Lovable AI platform, reaching 100+ users in under a month. Iterated quickly based on player feedback, reporting a 28% UX improvement and +32 seconds average time per user, and demonstrates practical live-ops and F2P analytics/A-B testing knowledge.”

“Product-focused F2P operator with hands-on experience shipping and optimizing a live social casino game on iOS/Android. Led a board-style progression meta and solved fairness-vs-economy constraints by designing a volatility model for dice RNG, validated through offline modeling and live cohort tests, delivering strong engagement and monetization lifts.”

“UX/Product Designer with end-to-end case-study experience on Verizon personalization, combining deep user research with iterative prototyping to address privacy/data-tracking trust issues and drive measurable conversion impact (estimated 0.5% lift; ~$750K annual revenue). Also designed a Work Safety Management System at Inova Solutions, simplifying complex real-time alerting, compliance, and role-based permission workflows using motion prototypes and progressive disclosure, and collaborates closely with engineers with working HTML/CSS/JavaScript knowledge.”

“Senior product designer focused on high-polish growth/marketing creative across social and web, citing work on "Red Bean" (social app promotion) and "House to Home" (website + AI feature/shipping launch). Emphasizes scalable systems—Figma foundations/tokens + auto-layout components and modular CapCut templates—to produce high-volume, multi-format assets quickly while maintaining brand consistency and clarity.”

Kalia Joseph

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Junior UX/UI Designer specializing in product MVPs and usability testing

Tampa, Florida2y exp

“Product/UX designer with experience designing creator-facing web platforms, including Anthem Nation OS—an AI-assisted music content syndication system—where they turned complex automation into guided onboarding, channel connection, and campaign setup flows. Also redesigning a governance/training website (INoSC/GovernanceAlive) to make dense multi-stakeholder curriculum content navigable and scannable, using iterative prototyping in Figma/Framer with motion via Lottie.”

Fabio Silva

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Senior UX/UI & Product Designer specializing in brand-led digital experiences

Lisbon, Portugal10y exp

“Product designer with 6 years of fully-remote experience who has designed data-heavy products across music analytics (Tracks—multi-platform song performance tracking, TestFlight-ready) and iGaming/sports betting (Oddsscanner). Known for building scalable Figma design systems and translating complex, high-volume data into clean, fast, user-friendly experiences through research and close dev collaboration.”

“Product/UX designer who built an end-to-end mental health app combining journaling, mood tracking, therapist booking, and AI-supported insights. Emphasizes translating complex technical workflows into predictable, emotionally safe experiences using rapid prototyping (Figma/Framer), usability testing, and strong component-system collaboration with engineers (React-aware, basic HTML/CSS).”

Khaled Alseidi

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Mid-level Product Manager specializing in SaaS, AI, and EdTech

Illinois, USA5y exp

“Mobile and web product professional with experience across SaaS, EdTech, and logistics solutions. Familiar with F2P monetization concepts (battle passes, skins, shop items) and can articulate core live-ops and experimentation approaches (A/B testing, conversion/revenue measurement), though has not managed F2P mechanics in a live game.”

Mahgoub Gaafar

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Senior Product Manager specializing in AI-driven engagement and gamification

Dubai, UAE7y exp

“F2P product/game designer with live-ops experience on an NBC Group-owned mobile app in the MENA region (~200k users), driving personalization (segmented ads/trivia) and monetization (regional pricing, LTOs, season pass). Owns the full delivery lifecycle—PRDs/backlog through QA/UAT and release—and uses retention/conversion metrics and A/B testing to tune rewards and the game economy.”

Merub SHAIKH

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Junior Software Engineer specializing in full-stack web development and test automation

Chicago, IL3y exp

“Full-stack engineer who built and owned a production workflow/kanban-style drag-and-drop system in Next.js (App Router) with Postgres/Prisma, including reusable component abstractions, Cypress E2E coverage, and post-launch performance/bug ownership. Notable for measurable impact (25% faster UI dev, ~30% query perf improvement) and for leading an incremental Express→NestJS migration that reduced technical debt (~40%) through better structure, docs, and team enablement.”