Kristy Blazo

Strategic research and design leader with global experience building and leading high-performance teams in envisioning and developing innovative products and services. 

I focus on aligning human insight with business goals and technology capability, ensuring meaningful, relevant and realistic insights and outputs.

20 years of practice in research and user experience, including 10 years running consulting and in-house design research, design strategy, digital and experience design teams in the United States and Australia. 

This broad range of experience allows for analogous and disruptive inspiration and insight across industry and craft. 

I have a passion for creating inclusive environments and reducing bias in research. This includes control of accurate and relevant data collection, eliminating unnecessary demographic categories.

My unique combination of design, anthropology and engineering training provides multiple perspectives, allowing for a solid understanding of the design process, human behavior and data synthesis.