# Alan Lundgard

> Design | Research | Technology

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/alanlundgard

Designer, researcher, and technologist. Specializations in human-computer interaction, human-centered AI, accessibility, and visualization. Over ten years experience in graphic design, human-centered design, web design and development.

## Work Experience
### Senior User Experience Designer @ Stanford University
Jan 2023 – Present
Digital Library Systems and Services.
- Designing user interfaces and experiences for digital archive and AI systems 
- Evaluating, optimizing, integrating AI speech-to-text models
- Redesigning Stanford Digital Repository’s audio-video viewer for 50K+ hours of media
- Building and maintaining design systems, syncing components across multiple applications (Figma)
- Testing and remediating digital accessibility (WCAG, axe DevTools, VoiceOver)
- Designing organization graphics and logos (Adobe Creative Cloud)
- Collaborating with Engineering and Product in a dynamic environment

### Design Researcher and Technologist @ Alan Lundgard Consulting
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York
Consultant, web designer, developer for various technology companies and cultural organizations. Specialization in user experience, human-computer interaction, human-centered AI, accessibility, and visualization.

- Interface Design: prototyping, wireframing, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Figma
- Experience Research: statistics, data analysis, interviews, questionnaires, contextual inquiry, participatory design, usability studies
- Programming: Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node, GitHub, agile development
- Web Accessibility: best practices, WCAG, ARIA, VoiceOver, WAVE, Deque, Lighthouse
- Visualization: best practices, Vega, Vega-Lite, Altair, Tableau
- Presentation: technical writing, public speaking, video production, Premiere Pro

### Engineering and Design Consultant @ Capitol AI
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | New York, New York, United States
- Researching and programming backend natural language generation (Python)
- Supporting user experience interviews and identifying user needs
- Analyzing qualitative data to inform Product and Design decisions 
- Building and maintaining a database of user experience feedback
- Prototyping visualization designs (Vega, Vega-Lite, Altair)
- Collaborating with Design, Engineering, and Product in an agile environment

### Researcher @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022
The Visualization Group at MIT CSAIL, Human-Computer Interaction Core.
- Lead author of 4 research papers on accessible visualization and human-centered design
- Conceptualizing and executing multi-year design research projects
- Prototyping and programming interactive user interfaces, wireframing (React)
- Gathering and analyzing user experience data through interviews and questionnaires
- Designing experiments and conducting statistical analyses (Python)
- Writing technical reports and presenting results at international conferences
- Mentoring undergraduate students in computer science research

### Graduate Teaching Fellow @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020
MIT Experiential Ethics.
- Co-teaching a technology ethics course for engineers

### Software Engineer and Research Assistant @ University of Michigan
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.
- Co-author of 3 research papers on human-computer interaction and accessibility
- Developing interactive user interfaces for data collection (JS, HTML, CSS, Node)
- Programming modules for natural language dataset generation (Python)
- Designing experiments and conducting statistical analyses (Python)
- Evaluating user experience with remote participants through quantitative and qualitative methods
- Writing technical reports and presenting results at international conferences

### Visiting Student @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016
Summer School in Logic and Formal Epistemology, Department of Philosophy.
- One out of 25 recipients of a full-tuition merit scholarship
- Theoretical foundations of computation, probability, and formal semantics

### Math Tutor @ University of Michigan
Jan 2015 – Jan 2015
Mathematics Department, Math Lab.
- Providing weekly tutoring services for undergraduate engineers in linear algebra

### Art Assistant @ The New York Times
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
News, Magazine, and Graphics Departments.
- Hiring and leading a small team to coordinate submissions to infographics and design awards
- Expanding the team's scope of responsibility from a single department to three departments
- Interfacing with editors across multiple departments (News, Magazine, Graphics)
- Collating and packaging the year’s strongest publication and information design work

### Art Assistant @ American Museum of Natural History
Jan 2008 – Jan 2009
Exhibitions and Design Department.
- Cooper Union Professional Internship Program


## Education
### MS in Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### BS in Computer Science, Math, Philosophy
University of Michigan

### Certificate in Fine Arts
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alundgard
- Portfolio: https://alanlundgard.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-31