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MATHIAS BURTON

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A senior UX researcher and product leader who turns complex technical work into evidence, product direction, and stronger teams.

/ mixed methods + technical platforms + product leadership = decisions teams can act on

01 / RESEARCH + PRODUCT STRATEGY

PitchBook × Private Credit

02 / DESIGN SYSTEM

Tyler Forge

03 / CIVIC DATA

Socrata

04 / RESEARCH TOOLS

ProQuest RefWorks

05 / PLATFORM STRATEGY

Government Cloud

06 / CURRENT PRACTICE

AI Experiments

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HOW I WORK

I study complex work closely enough to reveal the model underneath it, then help multidisciplinary teams turn that evidence into product decisions, shared ownership, and sustained delivery.

01

UX research

Find the right problem.

I enter the work where it happens—interviews, contextual inquiry, working-session replays, usability studies, and mixed evidence—then build a grounded model of what people are trying to accomplish.

METHODS & TOOLS
METHODSGrounded theoryContextual inquiryInterview designUsability testingJourney mappingResearch operations
TOOLSInterview guidesSession recordingsCard sortsSurveysCoded notesAffinity maps
PitchBook / time + agency ↗RefWorks / research practice ↗
SEE ALL UX RESEARCH WORK →
02

Product leadership

Help teams decide and deliver.

I help teams agree on the problem, choose what to build first, assign ownership, and keep learning as the work ships.

METHODS & TOOLS
METHODSProduct strategyPlayer-coach leadershipTeam developmentPrioritizationExecutive communicationCross-functional alignment
TOOLSRoadmapsDecision recordsWorkshopsCareer frameworksTeam-health measuresCapacity plansFigmaClaudeChatGPT with plugins
PitchBook / player-coach ↗Tyler Forge / shared ownership ↗
SEE ALL PRODUCT LEADERSHIP WORK →