About Me

UX Researcher Shaping
Agile Product Decisions.


Background

I work across UX research, product strategy, and business decision making, with more than 8 years of experience in business and product environments. This background helps me understand how teams actually make decisions and how research can influence what gets prioritized and built.

Approach

I design research to fit real product delivery environments, especially Agile teams. I focus on clear scope definition, strong stakeholder alignment, and methods that match decision needs. My goal is to ensure research outputs directly support product tradeoffs rather than sit as standalone insights.

Moving Forward

I aim to build research practices that are deeply embedded in product development, where user understanding continuously informs strategy, prioritization, and design decisions in real time.

Mixed Methods Research Accessibility Strategy Information Architecture Product Management Agile Research Practice Business Strategy AI and UX

Status

Open to opportunities

Focus

UX Research in Agile product teams

Education

M.S. Human-Computer Interaction,
DePaul University

Location

Illinois and Remote

Tools and Methods

Research toolkit

Figma
FigJam
Miro
Maze
Optimal Workshop
Qualtrics
Dovetail
Google Analytics
Notion
Slack
Zoom
Teams
Jira
Confluence
Canva
MS Office
IBM SPSS
UserTesting
Airtable
Google Forms

Credentials

Licenses & Certifications

Project Management Institute

Agile UX Research

Agile UX Research

LinkedIn

Figma Essential Training

Figma

LinkedIn

Using AI for UX Design and Research

Issued Feb 2026

AI for Design Artificial Intelligence

LinkedIn

Design Thinking: Data Intelligence

Issued Oct 2023

Design Thinking Data Intelligence

CITI Program

Social and Behavioral Research

Issued Feb 2025 · Expires Feb 2028
Credential ID 67675080

Research Ethics IRB

CITI Program

Human Subjects Research

Issued Feb 2025 · Expires Feb 2028
Credential ID 67761220

Research Ethics IRB

Google Digital Academy

Google Analytics Certification

Issued Dec 2023 · Expired Dec 2024
Credential ID 90211150

Google Analytics Data Analysis

Soliya

International Student Connect Program

Cross-cultural Communication

Recknors Corporate Training & Workshops

TEFL: Teaching English As A Foreign Language

Communication Teaching

SMEDA

Import Export Documentation & Procedures

Business Operations Trade Documentation

Beyond the Work

What I've been up to

Mehak cuddling Leo, her late cat

The one & only

My first ever pet. His name is Leo. He is no more but I miss him very much.

Mehak at the Microsoft sign in Redmond, Washington

Redmond, WA

Visited Microsoft HQ in Redmond, Washington.

Side quest

A short-lived modelling hobby.

Mehak at DePaul University Blue Demon Welcome 2023 event

DePaul University 2023

Blue Demon through and through.

Freshly baked burnt basque cheesecake in parchment paper

Stress baking

First try at burnt basque cheesecake. Turned out pretty good.

Mehak posing with a go-kart and helmet at a race track

Need for speed

Speed is very much one of my things.

Mehak waving in front of the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago

Chicago, IL

Chicago spirit in full bloom.