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Top SchoolJon-eric Steinbomer is a Principal UX Researcher and co-founder with over 20 years of practice at the intersection of human behavior, product design, and psychotherapy. He combines deep qualitative research, advanced interviewing, and facilitation with somatic and mindfulness-informed approaches to reveal not just what users do but the emotional and systemic forces that drive their behavior. His dual background as a therapist and UX leader enables him to translate subtle psychological insights into actionable product strategy, especially around wellbeing, ethics, and inclusion. He has led research across domains from robotics and AI-assisted developer tools to consumer apps and SMB hiring, and he builds collaborative research practices that scale across teams. Jon-eric also coaches organizations on burnout recovery and nervous-system regulation, bringing trauma-informed methods to workplace design and team resilience. Based in Austin, he is known for surfacing often-missed latent needs and creating safe, strengths-based environments that produce more humane and effective products.
5 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Graduate Research Assistant, Psychophysics of the Human Visual System (ARVO Lab, Psychology department), Graduate Research Assistant, Psychophysics of the Human Visual System (ARVO Lab, Psychology department) at The University of Texas at Austin
Graduate: Comprehensive Training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology, Graduate: Comprehensive Training in Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology at The Hakomi Institute Southwest
MA in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, MA in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling Psychology at Naropa University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology - Human Factors Emphasis, Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology - Human Factors Emphasis at Texas State University