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Ava M Allen, Ed.D.
User Research Lead, McKinsey & Company
BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Florida
MS in Human-Computer Interaction
DePaul University
EdD in Applied Learning Sciences
University of Miami
Never forget in the end, our work is for real people.
I enjoy playing golf, tennis, and a few instruments.
I love riding trains all over the country.
I enjoy giving back to the community.
I am happiest when work is meaningful.
2025 - Present
"Improving Your Capstone Experience" Workshop
University of Miami, Invited Guest Speaker for APLS course
Measurement-Driven Design Thinking: Industrial Engineers and UX Strategy
Selected as a conference track speaker and research paper published in conference proceedings
Institute of Industrial Engineers Annual Conference & Expo
2020 - 2024
Is Your Workflow 'Close-Minded'?
An engineering approach to finding research insights with a classic tool
ADPList.org Be More Festival
Meet Ava Allen - MS HCI Alum
DePaul University
Living Minimally Viable: Managing the Designer's Psyche
Women Talk Design: Lightening Talks
Before 2020
DePaul Graduate Student Ambassador, Prospective Student Panels (2020-2021)
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Disney DDSI Tech Talk, "UX: Humanizing Technology" (2019)
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Track Speaker, Florida Blue SDLC Conference “Leveraging BPMO in Initiative Work” (2011)
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Track Speaker, Florida Blue SDLC Conference “Avoid Automating Bad Processes: Business Requirements Readiness” (2010)
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