Hi!
My name is Amy Chenault , and I am a design & research leader.
Right now, I am a Design Lead at Boston Children’s Hospital, leading the design for new digital innovation initiatives across the hospital.
Over the past 10 years, she’s had the opportunity to collaborate with amazing teams to help people with Type 2 diabetes self manage their diabetes (BD); create an artificial pancreas for people with diabetes (Insulet); improve radiology software to better identify tumors, and the experience of pharmacovigilance to ensure patient safety (IBM Watson Health); democratize financial information, and empower individuals through the power of financial literacy (Society of Grownups); give local communities a voice while maintaining a newspaper’s journalistic integrity (Neighborhood Square); find new and innovative ways to get kids moving in the classroom (Pearson); build an entirely new community platform for one of the most robust communities on the Internet (The Huffington Post/AOL).
Teaching and mentoring in UX is one of my passions. I have taught with Girl Develop It and helped build the first UX courses. The first course, Crafting the User Journey, was a success (slides here). I also teach the UX Bootcamp at General Assembly on occasion.
Sharing experience to grow the field of UX into new dimension of thought is another of my passions. In the past, I've been on several panels, spoke at GIANT, and will be on a panel at IA Summit 2017. Here's a list of my past speaking engagements:
- Panelist, UX Collaboration, UX Strategies Summit, 2013
- Moderator, Design in Boston: Creating a More Connected City, 2015
- Panelist, Design In Boston: Creating Delightful Digital Experiences, 2016
- Speaker/Facilitator, Design in Boston, 2016
- Speaker, Don't Worry, Be Scrappy, GIANT Conference, 2016
- Panelist, Women's UX Leadership, 2017
- Panelist & Co-creator, Ethics & AI, IA Summit, 2017
- Co-speaker & Co-creator, Ethics & AI, O'Reilly Artificial Intelligence, 2017
- Panelist, HTVNC, 2017
Haven’t been speaking much recently because I’ve had the privilege of bringing a small human into the world, but hope to continue.
Please reach out with any questions. I love to chat.
You can find also find me on LinkedIn and Medium.