BRENT NIER
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My Experience

Understanding our world to learn how to improve it.

​User Experience (UX) Research
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PayPal (2022 - 2024)
Embedded researcher in Merchant Experiences team, focusing on the Partner segment and acting as a subject matter expert in quantitative methodologies, including development of an experience measurement program to track health of key experiences and help support informed product, design, and release decisions.

​Salesforce (2021 - 2022)
​Cross-functional research team (Research & Insights) dedicated to core Sales Cloud product performing generative research for new features and products.
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Spectrum Enterprise (2021 - 2021)
Embedded in B2B design team to identify user needs, expectations, and assess usability of new features prior to release.

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MeasuringU (2020 - 2021)
UX Research agency specializing in both qualitative and quantitative research, benchmarking, usability testing, and quantifying the user experience.
Wearable Fitness Technology/Exercise Psychology
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Behavioral, Motivational, and Regulatory Correlates of Fitness Technology Use

​Cross-sectional study design investigating personal characteristics associated with use of fitness technology. The primary focus is on motivational and regulational correlates of adoption, use, and discontinuation.

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​The Effect of Wearable Activity Trackers on Physical Activity and Exercise: An RCT

A randomized control trial investigating the role of wearable fitness technology (e.g. Fitbit) in exercise behavior change within the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change framework.

Sport & Exercise Psychology
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Florida State University Sports & Exercise Psychology Lab (2013 - 2015)
PI: Dr. Gershon Tenenbaum


Florida State University Sports & Exercise Psychology Lab Coordinator & Technologist (2014 - 2015)
Equipment: 
Gaze-Tracking (Mobile Eye XG), Dynavision D2, Biofeedback (Procomp Infinity), Motion Analysis

Florida State University Sports & Exercise Psychology Lab Grant Team (2014 - 2015)
Technical Skills: Grant writing
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Psychiatry
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UCSF Psychoneuroendocrinology Lab (2017 - 2020)
Role: Project Manager/Clinical Research Coordinator
​Cellular Aging and Neurobiology of Depression

​PI: Dr. Owen Wolkowitz
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​University of Michigan Addiction Research Center (2006 - 2009)
Family Study of Risk for Alcoholism over the Life Course
PI: Dr. Robert Zucker
Technical Skills: Data entry & checking, SPSS syntax

University of Michigan Sleep & Chronophysiology Lab (2009-2012)
Technical Skills: EEG application, Polysomnography
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