# Megan Woodworth (Torkildson)

> Senior Staff UX Researcher and Manager at Google

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/meganwoodworthtorkildson

Making the world a better place through improved user experiences

## Work Experience
### Senior Staff UXR and Manager @ Google
Jan 2018 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Improving user experience for Chrome on mobile and desktop :)

### UX Researcher @ Google
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018
UX researcher on Allo, Google Hangouts, Communications, Expressive content

### Student/Undergraduate Researcher @ Scientific Collaboration and Creativity Lab (SCCL)
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | University of Wasington, Seattle, WA
•	Gathered data through manual labeling, actively iterated on the coding scheme used
•	Currently creating a new confusion matrix visualization for annotated datasets
•	Working on projects related to analyzing emotion in text-based communication

### PEERs (Promoting Equity in Engineering Relationships) Leader @ University of Washington
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | University of Washington
• Presented topics to the University of Washington community concerning diversity within the engineering discipline at conferences and university engineering courses.

### Associate UX Designer Intern @ Workday
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Pleasanton, CA
•	Designed wireframes and interaction for the Workday homepage using Balsamiq and Axure
•	Conducted a competitive analysis of existing mobile expense reporting applications
•	Created interactive prototypes using JavaScript

### Explorer Intern (Microsoft AdCenter Desktop) @ Microsoft
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Bellevue, WA
•	Utilized the open source WiX toolset to help develop an installer for the Microsoft AdCenter Desktop Application
•	Created a stand-alone tool for Visual Studio to aid testers in uploading multiple test cases to TFS (Team Foundation Server)

### Technical Integration Intern @ Boeing
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Renton, WA
•	Used Boeing’s part data management program to gather and analyze data for the European Union’s REACH regulation (of chemicals). I also helped to create a macro to combine and delete multiple rows in our Excel spreadsheets. This saves two hours each time the process is used
•	Analyzed affected parts and gathered engineering input as the Technical Integration Focal for Boeing’s procurement process. This required continuous communication between different groups within Boeing
•	Created original standard work instructions for future employees holding this position


## Education
### Human Centered Design and Engineering in Human-Computer Interaction
University of Washington
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-25