Alexandra Traverse
UX Professional
Greater Boston Area
B.S. Engineering Psychology, Tufts University
Usability Team Mentor @ eClinicalWorks
Experience
Jan. 2022 - Present
Usability Team Mentor (UX Jr. Manager)
eClinicalWorks
Interviewed, onboarded, and mentored a team of 10 usability specialists across 40+ distinct projects per quarter in user research and UX design
Oversaw writing, editing, formatting, publishing, and subsequent employee training on a 100-page global, design guidelines rewrite
Developed and delivered quarterly UX training sessions for over 1,200 employees
Nov. 2020 - Jan. 2022
Usability Specialist (UX Generalist)
eClinicalWorks
Represented the company at a national conference by presenting to over 600 customers
Reduced team backlog by 73% in 4 months by implementing a new review process
Conducted a heuristic evaluation to uncover over 300 areas of concern in a new clinical application
May 2019 – Oct. 2020
Human Factors Researcher
IDSS Corp. at Tufts University
Designed and conducted iterative usability testing for novel airport luggage screening software and hardware
Applied good UX practices within the requirements of a highly regulated industry
Jan. 2020 – Jul. 2020
Teaching Assistant
Tufts University Human Factors Engineering Department
Assessed 40 students’ work for Human Factors in Product Design (graduate-level course)
Executed regular decisions on grading and rubric policies
Education
Aug. 2016 - May 2020
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Psychology
Tufts University
Minors in Studio Art and Human Development
3.82 GPA, Summa cum laude
Recipient of the de Florez Prize in Human Engineering (2020)
Skills and Certifications
Technical Skills
Brainstorming (Miro)
Prototyping (Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator, UXPin)
Usability Testing (UserZoom, Qualtrics)
Management (Jira, SharePoint)
Documentation and analysis (Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel)
Soft Skills
Public Speaking
Employee training
Presenting
Cross-functional communication
Creativity
Continuous process improvement
Certifications
NN/g UX Certificate (2022)
Interaction Design Foundation Affordances Certificate (2022)
Interaction Design Foundation Accessibility Certificate (2022)
UserZoom Core Certificate (2020)