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In Today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Natasha den Dekker.

Natasha is a Lead User Researcher working in the financial services industry, and today, we will be discussing data protection in user research. With extensive experience spanning the legal, healthcare, and public sectors, Natasha brings a rigorous and methodical approach to safeguarding customer data while driving meaningful insights. She also supports research democratization efforts, helping teams scale research responsibly and effectively.

This is a conversation with someone who truly knows how to embed data protection into research at scale.

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In today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Dr Javier Bargas-Avila.

Dr. Javier Bargas-Avila is a UX Research Director with 20+ years of experience, passionate about building exceptional products and high-performing teams. He spent 14 years at Google leading UX research across Cloud, Ads, YouTube, and Play, after founding the HCI lab at the University of Basel.

In 2025, he co-founded Astrolabium with Nina Weber, also a former Googler, focusing on coaching and mentoring for UX professionals. They support clients through career transitions, leadership growth, and job search coaching, working with individuals from junior to VP level.

Javier is a very active member of the UX community, sharing valuable insights and his experience.

Javier is a dedicated mentor, published author (30+ articles), and international speaker (150+ talks). He teaches at the University of Basel and the University of Applied Sciences.

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In today's episode, I am delighted to have a conversation with Towsey

Kate Towsey is an independent strategic advisor, ResearchOps guru, and founder of the Cha Cha Club a members' club for ResearchOps professionals.

Kate has been at the forefront of ResearchOps for over a decade. The inventor of the widely used acronym PWDR (pau·duh)
for “people who do research,”

Kate also wrote some of the earliest blog posts about setting up research operations, founded the ResearchOps Community, and launched the #WhatisResearchOps movement, putting ResearchOps on the map.

Kate has delivered e-commerce, education, government, retail, and tech operations.

She built and managed the Atlassian ResearchOps team, which is widely recognised as the benchmark for scaling research services and systems to hundreds of people and is the exemplar in the industry. She recently released her first book, Research That Scales: The Research Operations Handbook.

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