Allen Stone
User Researcher II at Microsoft
Lake Stevens, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolAllen Stone is a mixed-methods user researcher with 12 years of experience translating user insight into product strategy and design direction, currently shaping the Azure Framework at Microsoft. He blends quantitative rigor with qualitative depth to evangelize seamless cloud experiences across PM, design, and engineering teams. His background includes establishing a UX practice that generated multimillion-dollar revenue for government clients and applied research across advertising and cloud products. A former full-stack tinkerer and active open-source contributor, he has improved usability and developer tooling in projects like the popular Obsidian Tasks plugin by refactoring query engines and adding test coverage. Based in Lake Stevens, WA, Allen pairs a psychology BA with a pragmatic engineering curiosity that helps bridge user needs and technical constraints.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology at George Mason University
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Github Skills (16)
task-management10
task-manager10
typescript10
javascript10
typescripts10
query-language10
plugin10
typescript-types10
unit-testing9
markdown-it9
markdown9
css9
svelte8
esbuild8
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
obsidian-tasks-group/obsidian-tasks
Aug 2021 - Sep 2022
Task management for the Obsidian knowledge base.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:102 reviews, 13 commits, 22 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Allen primarily focused on enhancing the functionality and user experience of the Obsidian tasks plugin. Their contributions included implementing features such as short backlinks in the query renderer and tag search/sorting capabilities. The user also refactored the query engine, creating an IQuery interface for future expansion and improved logging. They also added test coverage and build scripts to improve the software's stability and ease of development.
obsidian-tasksknowledgeknowledge-basetask-managementobsidian-md
sytone/openhab
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:22 commits, 2 PRs, 19 pushes in 7 months
openhabhome-automationbushome-assistantautomation
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