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Leiah Verdone

Senior UX Researcher

Leiah brings a unique background in health sciences to every project. She has clinical work experience with patient groups in a variety of healthcare populations which adds invaluable insight into human factors and UX considerations of medical devices and other health-related technology and products. Her passion for the latest tech drives her curiosity and desire to find creative ways to solve existing problems. Leiah has a BS in Health Sciences from Aurora University.

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Something unique about you summed up in one sentence

I lived in three countries before the age of 7.

Your favorite part of working at Bold Insight

Literally everything. It’s an exciting work environment where you get to feel challenged and inspired, while still having fun and enjoying the company of cool people (and pups)!

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

Binge watch Korean dramas.

How long have you been in the UX field?

3+ years

You cannot start the day without doing this:

Ha! Opening your eyes. These trick questions can’t get past me…

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

Seoul. The food, the people, and the overall vibe make it a must-revisit city for me.

Your ultimate celebrity dinner party guest list would include:

If it’s a maximum of 4 other guests, whichever 4 members of BTS are available at the time.

Long-term personal or professional goal?

One day I’d love to build my dream house or go on tour with a big-name performer as a backup dancer.

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When it comes to voice print UX, what is our role as researchers?

Oct 30, 2018

During a recent study, we asked participants how long they thought they would have to speak in order for their voice to be uniquely recognized (i.e., voice print). While their estimates varied widely - from 30 seconds to 30 minutes - most people said about three to...

UX principles for robot design: Have we begun to baseline?

Oct 5, 2018

As the robotics industry continues to find its way into our lives, we can begin to identify UX design principles to apply to this tech to increase the acceptance of robots and improve the human-robot interaction experience.

AI benefits from GPU, not CPU advancements

Sep 21, 2018

A quick follow-up to our blog posts about AI… The name of the game is no longer Moore's Law where we see processors getting exponentially faster. AI technology is driven not by computing processes of the past, but from an evolution beyond central processing unit (CPU)...