Blaze Owens

Meta

• Staff UX Researcher | Reality Labs Feb 2026 – Present
• Senior UX Researcher | Reality Labs Aug 2021 – Feb 2026
• UX Researcher | Sales & Marketing Interfaces Mar 2019 – Jul 2021

• Owning end-to-end research vision and strategy for multiple product areas spanning AI, hardware, and software
• Navigating extreme ambiguity on conceptual hardware and software by developing novel research approaches that generate signal before products exist
• Delivering research that has directly informed executive go/no-go decisions on flagship product capabilities and shaped long-term product roadmaps

InEight

• UX Researcher II Feb 2018 – Feb 2019
• UX Researcher (via Modis) Mar 2017 – Feb 2018

• Established and scaled UX research from the ground up as the company's first dedicated researcher, defining research practices and integrating user insight into product decision-making.
• Led generative and evaluative research to identify usability and workflow gaps in enterprise construction software, directly informing new feature development and roadmap prioritization.

Independent Consultant

• UX Researcher May 2016 – Mar 2017

• Conducted foundational discovery and market research for early-stage startups, helping teams identify core value and usability barriers while improving retention through iterative frameworks.

Sonos

• Product Management Intern Jun 2015 – Aug 2015

• Conducted evaluative frameworks for Trueplay, combining in-home studies, lab testing, and surveys to shape early calibration experiences prior to launch.
• Identified usability risks in Playbase packaging design through research, influencing changes to the latching mechanism adopted in the final shipped product.