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Mary McInnis

Senior UX Researcher

With a rich background of experience in automotive, Mary spent 10 years as a mechanical engineer in the industry, with roles in design, manufacturing, and quality. Her entry point to the user experience began there, in design validation testing. She has conducted qualitative and quantitative research in human factors and UX, on projects involving attentional, perceptual, cognitive load, and cognitive bias considerations. She is particularly interested in behavior change design, with training and experience in designing and testing behavioral interventions. Mary has a MS in Engineering Management from the University of Detroit-Mercy, and a MS in Human Factors Psychology from the University of Idaho.

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Something unique about you summed up in one sentence:

I can’t go slow on a bike.

Your favorite part of working at Bold Insight

All the humans here are so spectacularly human.

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

Write, preferably in a bougie local coffee shop with like eight different kinds of milk.

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

McCall, Idaho. Because they have “every zestful sport” of course.

You cannot start the day without doing this:

Mixing up my proprietary Gen X tincture.

Your ultimate celebrity dinner party guest list would include:

Nikki Giovanni, Russell Brand, Peter Singer, Trevor Noah

Long-term personal or professional goal?

Maximize my reach in removing barriers to people living meaningful, thriving lives.

Any other facts to share?

Anyone here crazy enough to make a career pivot from mechanical engineer to yoga studio owner? [raises hand]

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5 takeaways for human factors practitioners from the HFES Health Care Symposium FDA workshops

Apr 5, 2018

Healthcare symposium provides clarity for interpretation of FDA guidance documents related to human factors engineering.

In-vehicle UX research: Here’s one recommendation that hasn’t changed in 10 years

Feb 26, 2018

I found myself discussing what can be done to increase the extent to which voice recognition systems are seen as a benefit rather than an annoyance with the research sponsors, and I said the same things as I said 10 years ago… improve the system to support and recognize more natural speech patterns.

The future of fan engagement: How do you measure goosebumps?

Feb 19, 2018

One of the CES presentations I attended was a panel in the sports technology track called, The Future of Fan Engagement. The panel discussed cutting-edge research in the sports tech market and perspectives on the relationship between emergent media technologies and...