Karen K.
Product Design | Speech Recognition | User Experience | Information Technology
Specialties: Conversation design, HRI, designing robot communication and robot intent, product design, designing experiences on physical devices, speech recognition, voice user interface design, inter...see more
- Consumer Electronics
- Information Technology Data & Telecom
€350
/hr
- Pre-vetted expert
- Confirmed hourly rate
- Available on short notice
Experience
Senior Conversation Designer
Google3 years
Current position
Nov 2019 - PresentGoogle LLC is the company behind the Google search engine, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Conversation Designer
Google (via randstad)11 months
Dec 2018 - Nov 2019
Google LLC is the company behind the Google search engine, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Experience Design Leader/Consultant
Robot Futures Consulting GmbH5 years
Current position
Sep 2017 - PresentRobot Futures Consulting offers design services to help companies design experiences and products with current and emerging technologies including speech recognition, conversational int...see more
Director of Experience
Zoox Inc.1 year
Jul 2015 - Dec 2016
As Director of Experience, I led a team of designers, product managers and program managers to define the experience that passengers, pedestrians, and other drivers will have with an au...see more
Co-Founder and Head of Product Design
Sensilk9 months
Oct 2013 - Jul 2014
Sensilk was a smart clothing company dedicated to merging fashion and technology. We developed a special conductive fiber technology for comfortable, continuous and accurate biometric m...see more
Product Designer/Consultant - Hardware/Software
Freelance2 years
Jun 2013 - Jul 2015
I help create meaningful and connected experiences in the physical world. I guide strategy and design of both hardware and software. Clients included: Samsung/SDA: Samsung Design Ameri...see more
Principal Device Interaction Designer
Jawbone3 years
Sep 2010 - Jun 2013
First as the sole Device Interaction Designer, and then as manager of a small team, I was responsible for designing usable and intuitive audio and physical experiences on Jawbone device...see more
Senior Voice User Experience Designer
Microsoft/Tellme Networks6 years
Jan 2005 - Aug 2010
At Tellme then Microsoft, I led complex voice and multi-modal design efforts from inception to deployment. This included up-front user research, brainstorming, experience prototyping, u...see more
Senior VUI Engineer
Vocent Solutions2 years
Nov 2002 - Dec 2004
Vocent Solutions develops packaged voice authentication solutions that automate the verification of caller identities.
VUI Designer
Nuance Communications4 years
Oct 1998 - Nov 2002
Nuance Communications is an American multinational corporation primarily engaged in the development of speech recognition software and scanning applications. Its headquarters are in Bur...see more
Industries, roles and expertise
Industry experience
- Consumer Electronics
- Information Technology Data & Telecom
Expertise
- Interaction Design
- Product Design
- Information Architecture
- Design Strategy
- User-centered Design
- Experience Design
- Rapid Prototyping
- User Experience (UX)
- User Interface (UI)