Josh Koen
Manager, User Research at Blizzard Entertainment
Irvine, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJosh Koen is a user research leader and cognitive neuroscientist with 14+ years designing and managing human-centered research programs and 10 years of industry experience, now leading User Research at Blizzard Entertainment. He holds a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology and neuroscience and has a track record of applying machine learning and advanced statistical methods to high-dimensional behavioral and neuroimaging datasets to surface actionable product insights. Josh has built and open-sourced widely used scientific tools (e.g., an ROC analysis toolbox cited across dozens of projects) and has led multidisciplinary teams in academia to standardize protocols, streamline data workflows, and secure research funding. Known for translating complex methods into accessible recommendations, he bridges deep technical rigor with practical product impact, particularly around memory, aging, and human decision processes.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience at University of California, DavisBachelor of Science - BS, PSYCHOLOGY, Bachelor of Science - BS, PSYCHOLOGY at The University of Texas at Arlington
Github Skills (29)
linguistics10
visualization10
python10
statistics10
machine-learning10
neuroscience10
neuroimaging10
experiment10
experimental-design9
electrophysiology9
cognitive-science9
sbml9
psychology9
psychopy9
science9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jdkoen/roc_toolbox
Nov 2015 - Jul 2022
Contributions:9 releases, 41 commits, 32 pushes in 6 years 9 months
koenlab/dediff_eeg
Oct 2020 - Jun 2022
Contributions:208 commits, 49 pushes in 1 year 8 months
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