Summary
Leif Berg is a UX Solutions Architect with 11 years of experience designing user-centered enterprise systems that bridge business objectives, technical constraints, and user goals. He has led measurable improvements across HR, IT service delivery, and analytics platforms—raising UX scores by over 20% through outcome-driven research, standardized processes, and pattern libraries. Comfortable both in hands-on research and in architecting cross-product experiences, he builds tooling (Python/R/Excel) and governance structures that streamline data access, participant recruitment, and metrics-driven decision-making. A PhD-trained HCI researcher, Leif pairs academic rigor with pragmatic service design, having implemented enterprise catalogs and coached 100+ project managers in user-centered practice. Currently at Sandia National Laboratories, he’s exploring practical AI integration for corporate IT while maintaining a strong focus on scalability, consistency, and measurable ROI. Notably, he blends deep research methods with software tooling to make UX insights repeatable and operational across large organizations.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human-Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human-Computer Interaction at Iowa State University
Art & Culture, Art & Culture at International Summer School - University of Oslo, Norway
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at St. Olaf College