Summary
Judy Chun is a user experience researcher specializing in Gen AI-driven monetization and creative product strategies, currently at Meta after leading TikTok’s Gen AI monetization efforts. With eight years of cross-industry experience across Big Tech and startups—including Google, PayPal/Honey, Qualcomm, and a Carnegie Mellon HCI lab—she excels at turning early-stage research into product launches and monetization playbooks. She’s been the sole UXR driving 0-1 initiatives, contributed to team rebuilding and hiring, and guided launches showcased at major events like TikTok World. Judy combines rigorous academic training in HCI with hands-on startup founding experience, having grown a CBT app from concept to stores while leading multidisciplinary teams. Known for pragmatic privacy and scalability thinking, she’s published academic work from CMU and has a track record collaborating with partners from Uber to Volkswagen. Based in Pittsburgh, she blends thoughtful user-centered research with business-savvy execution across advertising, shopping, and security domains.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Master of Science - MS, Human-Computer Interaction, School of Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Human-Computer Interaction, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University
Spanish, English, Korean