# Sam Irons > Research | Strategy | Innovation Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/samirons Sam Irons honed his expertise in research, innovation strategy, and design while consulting with Fortune 500 companies, helping them to reimagine the status-quo by listening to the experience of their users. To drive business growth, he collaborates with cross-functional leaders to discover unmet needs and translate them into actionable insights that drive customer acquisition, satisfaction, and retention. Empathy, optimism, and an insatiable curiosity fuel his drive to take on ambitious projects intent on delivering experiences people love. ## Work Experience ### Sr. Mixed Methods UX Researcher @ AnswerLab Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, CA ### UX Researcher @ AnswerLab Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, CA ### Senior Researcher and Strategist @ Jump Associates Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Mateo, CA ### Product + Service Innovation @ Net Impact Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco, CA • Combined design research with systems thinking in a compressed time-line to deliver a prototype concept to address food waste as part of a national product / business competition • Selected as one of five finalist from an international pool of entrants to pitch in person at the Net Impact Conference, hosted in Madison, Wisconsin • Pitched the concept narrative with project partner to a panel of food industry experts • Awarded first place and $5000 ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Montana State University Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Bozeman, Montana • Managed 60 students in four different courses covering design fundamentals, visual design, digital fabrication, 3D modeling and building construction • Created efficient work-flows for students, reducing task times from days to hours • Planned and presented lectures • Facilitated design critiques to further understanding of course concepts ### Designer @ Olson Kundig Architects Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Seattle, Washington • Developed service design and environmental solutions in collaboration with project leads for a range of industries • Created visualizations and presentations to communicate key discoveries • Deployed iterative prototypes and customer journey maps to test concepts and gain stakeholder buy-in ### Interdisciplinary Designer @ Gensler Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | La Crosse, Wisconsin • Led design research investigating sustainable building practices for post disaster relief • Managed project time-lines, ensuring timely execution of project deliverables • Collaborated with a multi-disciplinary UX team to develop site flows, wire-frames and digital prototypes for WISP, a SaaS platform for space and occupancy data ## Education ### Masters of Business Administration in Design Strategy California College of the Arts ### Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) in Architecture Montana State University-Bozeman ### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Environmental Design Montana State University-Bozeman ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/samirons --- Source: https://flows.cv/samirons JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/samirons/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08