Joey Shelley is a Lead UX Researcher with 13 years in user-centered design and over nine years focused on UX research and human-computer interaction, currently shaping enterprise asset management at National Grid. He blends rigorous academic training (PhD in Computer Science) with hands-on fieldwork—from designing clinical dashboards and medical-device research programs to building participatory studies that recruited hundreds of users. Joey has a track record of turning complex operational and clinical workflows into actionable requirements, mentoring emerging researchers, and creating durable artifacts teams keep using long after project end. He excels at running high-value synthesis and stakeholder sessions to accelerate requirements and prioritization, and often surfaces practical, safety-minded research outputs that influence product and quality processes. Based in Boston, he brings the curiosity of an academic researcher and the pragmatism of a startup operator to large-scale utility and healthcare problems.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at California State University Stanislaus
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computer Science at University of Illinois Chicago
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Joey Shelley - Lead UX Researcher at National Grid