# Chad Sampanes

> UX/Research Leader

Location: Concord, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/chadsampanes

## Work Experience
### Research @ Atlassian
Jan 2025 – Present

### Head of Customer Research @ GitHub
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025

### Head of Core Platform UX & Product Design @ Twilio
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Head of UX Research @ Twilio
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Sr. Director, UX Research & Analytics @ Oracle
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Redwood Shores

### Head of Product Research @ Medallia
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Palo Alto, California

### Director, UX Research & Analytics @ Immersion Corporation
Jan 2014 – Jan 2017

### Director, User Research @ Oracle
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014

### Product & Strategy Manager - Mobile @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Capability Product Manager for mobile applications.

### Lead User Experience Researcher & Designer @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010

### Lead Usability Engineer @ Oracle Corporation
Jan 2005 – Jan 2010
Mobile User Experience

### Associate Researcher @ NASA
Jan 2001 – Jan 2005
I worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) conducting research on adaptation to unusual sensory environments.

### Associate Researcher @ UC Santa Cruz
Jan 2000 – Jan 2005
I conducted research in cognitive psychology, mostly focusing on attention and visual perception.


## Education
### Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2000 – Jan 2006

### M.S. in Cognitive/Experimental Psychology
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2000 – Jan 2003

### B.A. in Psychology (Research Focus)
UCLA
Jan 1995 – Jan 2000

### Foothill High School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadsampanes

---
Source: https://flows.cv/chadsampanes
JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/chadsampanes/resume.json
Last updated: 2026-04-07