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Kayla Sanoy

Senior UX Researcher

With a background in marketing, research, and the arts, Kayla approaches every client project with creativity, results orientation, and attention to detail. With extensive experience building relationships with non-profits and local businesses, she has a passion for cultivating meaningful connections. She brings this people-focused passion to research with a focus on empathy. She particularly enjoys applying qualitative research methods to shape the future of consumer technology.

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Something unique about you summed up in one sentence:

I’m an American-Canadian dual citizen and spent my summers as a kid visiting family in western Canada.

Your favorite part of working at Bold Insight

The culture and team!

In your spare time (or if you had spare time), you would absolutely do this:

Listen to The Pitch. I have listened to almost every episode and am obsessed with startup-based podcasts.

Your favorite city in the world is...and why?

Canmore…more of a small mountain town than a city, but the skiing and views are amazing!

You cannot start the day without doing this:

Drinking coffee and listening to music.

Your ultimate celebrity dinner party guest list would include:

Stephen Colbert, Ryan Reynolds, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Jennifer Lawrence

Long-term personal or professional goal?

Give a TEDx talk.

Any other facts to share?

I love trying new adventure sports! So far I’ve been skydiving, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, dirt biking, and skiing. Heli-skiing is still on the list!

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Webisode: Possible impact if in-person human factors research is not considered essential

Apr 30, 2020

Conducting research to inform development of safe and effective medical devices is essential and with modifications and precautions, in-person research can be conducted safely and effectively.

Now is the ideal time to improve the UX of your mobile app

Apr 23, 2020

As the demand for app-based services grows, now may be the time to invest in UX research to identify needed improvements and enhancements.

Human factors research in the times of COVID

Apr 22, 2020

Human factors research in the support of medical and drug delivery device commercialization is essential and we should be planning on a return to in-person research as soon as is possible by applying all available and practical protective measures.