Melissa Schmitz
UX Specialist, Design Systems & Global Harmonization
Nagoya, Japan
Summary
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Top SchoolMelissa Schmitz is a UX specialist and research engineer with nine years of experience applying machine learning, computer vision, and XR technologies to real-world products across industry and event production. Currently driving global UX harmonization at Toyota Industries while maintaining a creative technologist practice, she blends rigorous data analysis with hands-on VR/AR product design. She communicates complex technical findings clearly to both experts and non-specialists and builds compelling data visualizations to influence product and business decisions. An advocate for ethical technology (#dataforgood, #futureethics), Melissa pairs technical fluency in Python, JavaScript, ML toolkits and visualization stacks with practical experience in AR/VR system design and live production. She mentors cross-functional teams and often prototypes in hackathons, demonstrating a knack for rapid, user-centered proof-of-concepts. Planning graduate study in deep learning and computer vision, she’s especially interested in applying advanced models to immersive AR experiences.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Le Moyne CollegeMaster's of Science (In Progress), Master's of Science (In Progress) at University of Idaho
Japanese, German, English
Github Skills (1)
ml-agents1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
schmitzmelissa/Springboard-Mini-Projects
Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:8 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
schmitzmelissa/unity-ml-penguins
Mar 2020 - Mar 2020
A Unity project utilizing ml-agents to control the behavior of animated penguins.
Contributions:3 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
ml-agents
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