10 UX consultants
Independent practice links these UX consultants: each works alone or through a studio of their own, six carry user research in their current titles, and several held earlier in-house roles at Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Western Union or Charles Schwab. Six are based in the US, two in Paris, one in Canada and one in the UK. Product teams weighing an outside research study, a UX audit of a confusing flow, or a research operations setup can test those plans with them.
Professionals to explore
Ayumi Rogers
LinkedInExperience: Founder & Principal Consultant · Nice Things Studio
Tying UX to customer enablement is a fit for Ayumi Rogers, Founder & Principal Consultant since January 2026 at Nice Things Studio, an independent practice helping product-led teams build experiences customers trust. At Google, Ayumi was Head of User Experience (UX) Consulting (2022-2024), Solutions Consulting Manager, Customer Success (2020-2022) and Mobile Innovation Lead (2017-2020).
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Bonnie Potter
LinkedInExperience: Independent UX Strategy and Design Consultant · Bonnie Potter, User Experience Strategist
Information architecture questions suit Bonnie Potter, an Independent UX Strategy and Design Consultant (since 2016) who was Director, User Experience and Information Architecture at Havas Worldwide Digital from 1999 to 2015. Bonnie also held Director, Creative Services (Digital) at Cendant (1995-1999) and Product Development Manager at Prodigy Services Company (1990-1995).
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Brooke White
LinkedInExperience: UX Research & AI Strategy Independent Consultant · Brooke White Consulting
Research on agentic AI products suits Brooke White, who has shipped 3 AI products from the ground up. Brooke has worked as UX Research & AI Strategy Independent Consultant at Brooke White Consulting since 2024, and was Head of UX Research and Design at Komodo Health (2025-2026), Head of Research at BeReal. (2023-2024) and Director of Research at Facebook (2020-2023).
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Frederic Fuchs
LinkedInExperience: User Experience Researcher Senior UX Consultant and Coach · Independent Consultant
Based in Paris, Frederic Fuchs has been an independent User Experience Researcher Senior UX Consultant and Coach since 2014, with projects such as running user tests of mobile sites and workshops for Google's clients in France. Frederic earlier founded and managed Design for Lucy - User Research in France (2001-2012), a fit for usability testing questions in the French market.
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Kieu Tran
LinkedInExperience: User Experience Consultant · Freelance
Kieu Tran has worked as a freelance User Experience Consultant since 2021 and describes the work as driving change through research, collaboration and design thinking across SaaS, fintech, medtech and media. Kieu was UX Research Lead at FLYR (2022-2023) and Senior User Experience Designer at PROS (2015-2021), a fit for UX strategy on complex SaaS products.
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Lauren Taylor Miller
LinkedInExperience: Principal Consultant, User Experience & Product Design · Self-employed
Lauren Taylor Miller has been Principal Consultant, User Experience & Product Design (self-employed) since June 2025, and was UX Research Operations & Enablement Consultant at ADP (2025-2026). Lauren also held Senior UX UI Research & Design Lead at Western Union (2024-2025) and Senior User Experience Research at Charles Schwab (2022-2024), a fit for setting up research operations in fintech.
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Lynne Polischuik
LinkedInExperience: CEO, Director of User Research & Product Strategy · LynneUX Strategy Ltd
An independent consultancy covering qualitative and quantitative research, product strategy, service design and research operations, LynneUX Strategy Ltd has had Lynne Polischuik as CEO, Director of User Research & Product Strategy since 2005. Lynne was also Citizen Engagement Specialist at the Government of British Columbia (2019-2020) and in User Research & Product Design at Automattic (2018).
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Melanie Standage
LinkedInExperience: Service and Product Design Leadership UX Research and Strategy Independent Consultant · Independent Consultant
Government service design questions fit Melanie Standage, an independent consultant in service and product design leadership and UX research and strategy since 2016, with service design projects at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC Pensions, Economic Crime Levy) and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency. Melanie also works in Product and Service Design at BelleVie Home Care.
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Sonia Bhatia
LinkedInExperience: Founder UX Research, Design & Product Strategy Consultant · (Independent / ClarityArc)
Developer and data product research is a good match for Sonia Bhatia, who founded ClarityArc in 2025 as a UX Research, Design & Product Strategy Consultant, helping startups and enterprise teams through mixed-methods research, product strategy and design. Sonia was Lead UX Researcher, Developer experience & Data Analytics team at Google (2019-2023), Sr. UX Researcher at ServiceNow (2024) and User Experience Researcher at Intuit (2025).
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Ubirajara Lucena
LinkedInExperience: Senior UX Researcher & Product Designer (Consultant) · Independent Consultant
Ubirajara Lucena, based in Paris with a background in cognitive ergonomics and product design, has worked as Senior UX Researcher & Product Designer (Consultant) since 2012 and brings over 18 years in user experience. Ubirajara was also Senior Product Designer UX Lead (France) at CompuGroup Medical France (2023-2026) and Ergonomist User research Consultant at Pôle Emploi (2019-2023), useful for human factors and usability questions.
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Choose the right perspective
For research leadership and AI products, Brooke White, Sonia Bhatia and Ayumi Rogers bring large-company backgrounds. Melanie Standage and Lynne Polischuik fit service design and government work, Lauren Taylor Miller covers research operations, Frederic Fuchs and Ubirajara Lucena suit usability testing and ergonomics, and Bonnie Potter and Kieu Tran fit UX strategy and design work.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How would you scope a first research study for a product whose users keep dropping off at the same step?
- 02When is a usability test enough, and when do you need broader mixed-methods research before redesigning?
- 03How do you hand research findings to an in-house team so the design changes actually ship after you leave?
About this directory
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