Gemma Petrie
Principal Researcher, Competition & Regulation
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGemma Petrie is a Principal Researcher at Mozilla who specializes in the intersection of competition, regulation, and user-centered technology, leading research that has directly informed global policy such as the EU Digital Markets Act. With over 15 years in user research and a decade-plus tenure at Mozilla, she has built and scaled mixed-method teams, defined research standards, and translated behavioral insights about browser defaults and interfaces into actionable regulatory remedies. Previously she led Firefox user research and shaped strategy for one of the world’s largest browsers, blending deep qualitative insight with rigorous, policy-relevant evidence. Based in Chicago, she pairs a philosophy BA and an MLIS with a rare combination of research leadership and regulatory impact, and has been recognized locally for her influence in the UX community.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
B.A. Philosophy, B.A. Philosophy at Reed CollegeMLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science, MLIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (2)
mozilla9
firefox8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gemmapetrie/firefox-mobile-research
Sep 2015 - Oct 2015
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch, 6 comments in 14 days
firefoxur/firefoxur.github.io
Oct 2015 - Jan 2018
Firefox User Research
Contributions:264 commits in 2 years 3 months
firefoxmozillauser-research
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