Taryn Bipat — CV

Curriculum Vitae

Taryn Bipat

Strategic UX researcher with 8+ years leading mixed-methods research across developer tools, cloud platforms, consumer hardware, online language communities, and AI-assisted product experiences. Defines research agendas from scratch in ambiguous, fast-moving product spaces and translates insights into product direction. Published in CHI, CSCW, HICSS, and OpenSym.

Email: taryn.bipat@gmail.com Location: Tacoma, WA Currently: UX Researcher 2, Microsoft — CoreAI PhD: Human Centered Design & Engineering, University of Washington

Experience

Dec 2020 — PresentMicrosoft · Remote

UX Researcher 2 · Microsoft — CoreAI

  • Owned end-to-end research for emerging AI product areas in Azure PaaS — including agentic workflows, multi-cloud developer tooling, and AI-assisted deployment — where user needs and product direction were not yet established, defining what to learn and driving the research agenda without a fixed roadmap.
  • Designed and executed 15+ mixed-methods studies per year at varying fidelity: from foundational generative research with developers to rapid concept value tests and same-week evaluative studies that unblocked product decisions.
  • Led a multi-study research initiative on AI platform selection and agentic orchestration, interviewing 20+ developers across industries. Findings directly influenced integration of Azure AI Agent Service with AutoGen and Semantic Kernel and shaped the product strategy for Durable Functions as a runtime for agentic workflows.
  • Designed and tested a new developer deployment platform, identifying that developers trust AI for code generation but not production deployment. Recommendations on cost transparency, human-in-the-loop controls, and governance pre-checks were adopted into the product roadmap.
  • Conducted competitive analysis of AI developer ecosystems, synthesizing how developers select platforms based on performance, cost, security, and integration — directly informing Azure’s competitive positioning.
  • Partnered closely with product managers and engineers to translate research into concrete product requirements, presenting findings and actionable recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Initiated and led recurring cross-team research programs (“Builders Show and Tell” series), bringing product teams directly into contact with diverse customer voices and fostering a culture of evidence-based decision-making.
  • Built custom research tools and prototypes using GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate synthesis, prototype testing, and insight delivery.
Jun 2019 — Sep 2019Google · Seattle

UX Research Intern

  • Designed and executed a mixed-methods research plan to understand how engineers use self-service documentation to implement an internal metrics framework, combining qualitative interviews with quantitative log analysis.
  • Identified feature improvement opportunities across core internal developer tools; delivered findings to cross-functional stakeholders including PMs and engineers, influencing documentation strategy.
Aug 2018 — Sep 2019Snap Inc. · Los Angeles

UX Researcher

  • Conducted user interviews with external customers to understand the end-to-end experience with Spectacles hardware; synthesized findings into actionable insights for the product team.
  • Designed and ran usability tests and market surveys to evaluate interaction patterns with a novel consumer hardware product, informing next-generation product design decisions.

Skills & Methods

Research Methods

Semi-structured interviewsContextual inquiryConcept value testingDiary studiesThink-aloudsUsability testingSurveys (Qualtrics)Behavioral analyticsLog analysisMixed-methods design

Stakeholder Collaboration

Research agenda-settingCross-functional roadmap influenceCustomer Driven Engineering facilitationExecutive-level research communication

Technical Domains

AI/ML developer toolsAgentic workflowsCloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS, GCP)CI/CD pipelinesMulti-LLM architecturesDeveloper experience

AI & Research Tooling

GitHub CopilotAI-assisted synthesis & prototypingLLM-powered research workflowsQualtricsUserInterviewsHeyMarvinOutset.AI

Education

Sep 2016 — Jul 2021Seattle

PhD, Human Centered Design & Engineering · University of Washington

  • Dissertation: Comparing Language Communities: Characterizing Collaboration in the English, French and Spanish Language Editions of Wikipedia.
Sep 2016 — Jun 2018Seattle

MS, Human Centered Design & Engineering · University of Washington

Aug 2012 — May 2016Pittsburgh

BS, Cognitive Science · Carnegie Mellon University

Research Experience

Aug 2019 — 2021University of Washington

Graduate Research Assistant · Advisor: Andrew Davidson

  • Organized teams of undergraduate students to deliver user-centered design workshops in elementary and middle schools across the Puget Sound area.
  • Led a research team of 9 undergraduates on a qualitative interview study of the impact of service-learning on higher-education students.
Sep 2016 — 2021University of Washington

Graduate Research Assistant · Advisors: Mark Zachry & David W. McDonald

  • Investigated collaborative behaviors across Wikipedia language editions.
  • Developed qualitative coding expertise gathering data from peer-production communities and developing codebooks.
  • Published findings in HCI venues including OpenSym, CHI, and CSCW.

Teaching Experience

Mar 2017 — Mar 2021University of Washington

Primary Instructor · Directed Research Groups (HCDE 496)

  • Led 9 Directed Research Groups in 3 languages (French, Spanish, English) on how collaboration occurs across Wikipedia language editions.
  • Led a 6-student group on Amazon Alexa: understanding the role of voice-assisted technology in the home.
Aug 2020 — Dec 2020University of Washington

Instructor of Record · Usability Testing (HCDE 417)

  • Led 40 students through a quarter-long usability testing project; built and iterated the curriculum around user-centered design sprints.
Sep 2017 — Mar 2019University of Washington

Head Graduate Instructor · Explorations of User Centered Design

  • Led two weekly design studios of 25 undergraduates each; taught the UCD process through design sprints in information visualization, interaction design, and ideation.
  • Developed curriculum with faculty and oversaw a team of course assistants.

Publications

  • Bipat, T., Alimohammadi, N., Yu, Y., McDonald, D. W., & Zachry, M. (2021). Wikipedia Beyond the English Language Edition: How do Editors Collaborate in the Farsi and Chinese Wikipedias? Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5 (CSCW1), 1–39.
  • Worku, Z., Bipat, T., McDonald, D. W., & Zachry, M. (2020). Exploring Systematic Bias through Article Deletions on Wikipedia from a Behavioral Perspective. OpenSym ’20, 1–22.
  • Hocker, J., Bipat, T., Zachry, M., & McDonald, D. W. (2020). Sharing your coding schemas: Developing a Platform to fit within the Qualitative Research Workflow. OpenSym ’20, 1–10.
  • Roldan, W., Bipat, T., Carr, J., Davidson, A., & Agapie, E. (2020). Coordinated Outreach Efforts: A reflective analysis of researchers scaling STEM outreach for pre-college students through partnerships. ASEE ’20.
  • Turns, J., Bipat, T., Fojardo, M., & Flores, Y. (2019). Designing and enacting weekly micro-reflection activities as a means of professional development of early career educators: Voices from the field. ASEE ’19.
  • Bipat, T., Bos, M., Vaish, R., & Monroy-Hernández, A. (2019). Analyzing the Use of Camera Glasses in the Wild. CHI ’19.
  • Bipat, T., Wilson, T., & Starbird, K. (2019). It is Not All Fun and Games: Breaking News Consumption on Snapchat. HICSS ’18.
  • Bipat, T., McDonald, D., & Zachry, M. (2018). Do We All Talk Before We Type?: Understanding Collaboration in Wikipedia Language Editions. OpenSym ’18.

Posters

  • Bipat, T., Davidson, D. V., Guadarrama, M., Li, N., Black, R., Marsden, D. W., & Zachry, M. (2019). How does Editor Interaction Help Build the Spanish Wikipedia? CSCW ’19 Conference Companion, 156–160.
  • Bipat, T., Flores, Y., Fajardo, M., & Turns, J. (2019). Exploring Micro-Reflection Activities: Possibilities and Insights. Teaching and Learning Symposium (Seattle, WA).
  • Sobel, K., Bipat, T., Peil, B., Turns, J., Davidson, A., Kientz, J., Berry, A., & Suh, H. (2018). Applying Human-Centered Design to a Course on Human-Centered Design. Teaching and Learning Symposium (Seattle, WA).
  • Peil, B., Sobel, K., Turns, J., Davidson, A., Kientz, J., Bipat, T., Berry, A., & Suh, H. (2018). Distinction: Emphasizing Mentoring Excellence and Creativity in Grading. Teaching and Learning Symposium (Seattle, WA).
  • Bipat, T. (2017). The Use of Ephemeral Content on Snapchat during Emergent Events. Women’s Computing Research Association Grad Cohort (Washington, D.C.).

Position Papers & Workshops

  • Bipat, T., & Wilson, T. (2017). Live Stories: The Ethics of Researching Ephemeral Content During Emergent Events. CHI 2017 Workshop on Ethical Encounters in HCI.
  • Bipat, T., Fussell, S., Hecht, B., Kiene, C., McDonald, D. W., & Zachry, M. (2018). Navigating the Challenges of Multi-Site Research. Workshop at CSCW 2018 (Jersey City, NJ).