Kelly A
Senior Service Design & User Research Consultant at IBM iX
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolKelly A is a senior service design and user research consultant with 11 years of cross-sector experience blending human-centred design, accessibility, and inclusive co-design methodologies. Currently at IBM iX, she translates research into equitable digital experiences informed by a Master’s in Digital Experience Design and a thesis project with Headspace focused on accessible content for people with visual impairments. Her background spans founding a boutique digital agency serving high-profile entertainment clients to early roles launching social channels at Hello Sunshine, giving her a rare mix of creative storytelling and strategic design practice. A dual US/UK citizen based in London, she is passionate about disability justice and uses research to make design communities more inclusive—often applying techniques from film and media production to enrich participant-led research.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
CIE Prague Study Abroad Program, Directing and Cinematography, 3.8 GPA, CIE Prague Study Abroad Program, Directing and Cinematography, 3.8 GPA at Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Film and TV SchoolBachelor of Arts (BA) with Honors in Film, Cinematography and Film/Video Production, Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Honors in Film, Cinematography and Film/Video Production at Kenyon CollegeMA Digital Experience Design, Digital Experience Design, MA Digital Experience Design, Digital Experience Design at Hyper IslandMiddle School and High School, Middle School and High School at The American School in London
Spanish
Github Skills (86)
python10
huggingface10
ai10
fine-tuning10
installer10
granite10
agentic10
agent-framework9
jax9
xgboost9
kubeflow9
gpu9
mechanics9
mlops9
pytorch9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
foundation-model-stack/train-conductor
Dec 2023 - Feb 2024
Training job management tool for foundation model service
Contributions:5 reviews, 31 PRs, 34 pushes in 2 months
ibm-granite-community/granite-retrieval-agent
Jan 2025 - Oct 2025
Build Research and Rag agents with Granite on your laptop
Contributions:34 PRs, 28 pushes, 22 branches in 9 months
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