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Trevor Johnson

Oak Park

Summary

Results-driven Human Factors professional seeking to leverage expertise on a high-performance team dedicated to developing innovative products that will enhance the end user’s quality of life.

Leader in the qualitative usability research with expertise harnessing technology and creativity to develop and implement solutions of interactions between humans, technologies, and their environments.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Human Factors Researcher to Senior Director

Ipsos-Insight LLC
Chicago
12.2015 - Current
  • Delivered expert consulting services in human factors and user experience research for therapy areas including: anesthesiology, autoimmunology, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, gynecology, oncology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, and pulmonology
  • Developed client account exceeding $1.5M in annual revenue
  • Conducted comprehensive human factors research for medical devices, pharmaceutical combination products, and hospital equipment spanning from early formative stages to FDA summative validation
  • Analyzed root cause analyses on critical tasks and facilitated stakeholder workshops to provide generative reports for regulatory agency summative validation submission
  • Collaborated with cross-functional client teams to create and implement risk analyses documents
  • Aided clients in submission and response materials based on regulatory feedback
  • Implemented diverse methodologies, including direct observation, contextual inquiry, focus groups, in-home ethnographic discovery research, and Jobs-To-Be-Done, and decision-making workshops to gather user insights.
  • Provided expert evaluation for the development of labeling materials on packaging materials, instructions for use, and web platform navigation
  • Developed and implemented training programs and quality adherence guidelines to enhance team capabilities and compliance.
  • Mentored junior team members throughout various phases of research and data collection, fostering professional growth and skill development
  • Managed direct report FTEs and served as functional manager of large project product teams
  • Coordinated participant recruitment, screening, discussion guide development, research sessions, and findings reporting to generate actionable insights for product development.

Education

Master of Arts - Social Sciences

University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
08-2014

MBA -

Dominican University
River Forest, IL
05-2025

Certificate - Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience Design

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
03-2019

Bachelor of Arts - History, Minor Arabic, with honors

University of Mississippi
05-2013

Skills

  • Human factors research
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Risk assessment
  • Project management
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Team leadership
  • Mentorship
  • Client relationship management
  • Problem-solving
  • Stakeholder relations
  • Staff training
  • Contract and vendor management

Presentations

  • Johnson, T., Borgardt, J., Myers, J., 05/01/20, Beyond Packaging: Confronting the challenges of user preconceptions regarding instructions., 2020 Human Factors and Ergonomics Health Care Symposium, Online
  • Faulks, K., Johnson, T., Smyth, E., Murphy, M., 05/01/21, Creating Real Options for Virtually Testing Medical Devices., 2021 Human Factors and Ergonomics Health Care Symposium, Online

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Human Factors Researcher to Senior Director

Ipsos-Insight LLC
12.2015 - Current

Master of Arts - Social Sciences

University of Chicago

MBA -

Dominican University

Certificate - Human-Computer Interaction for User Experience Design

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Arts - History, Minor Arabic, with honors

University of Mississippi
Trevor Johnson