Charlie Ivens
Senior content designer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iknowthewords/
“Kat is the user research brain you need on your team. She knows instantly the most fruitful direction of travel, and by design collaborates with design colleagues to tailor the research plan and execution precisely to the client and user needs. Kat's qualifications and training put her several steps ahead on day 1 of an initiative - I've found myself missing her skills and mindset on subsequent projects. Pragmatic and thoughtful, Kat knows which doors to push at and which paths to avoid. A safer pair of user research hands I've not yet encountered.” - February 2025
Antonia Munteanu
Senior user researcher
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonia-munteanu/
“It was a pleasure working with Katarina on building and enhancing knowledge-sharing practices across Cognizant to strengthen the integration of user research within our cross-functional product teams. Katarina brought a high level of process-driven thinking to the table, effectively addressing gaps in understanding across various teams. Katarina's dedication to advancing our user research capabilities was evident in her development of a comprehensive workshop series that covered all key stages of user research. This initiative not only empowered our research team to seek deeper insights but also aims to ingrain best practices in our ways of working.” - August 2024
Eva Blsakova
the CEO of arx.ace
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eva-blšáková-27464963/
"I hired Katarina to help me innovate our company's user experience, web interface reflecting current and future business development and strategy. She is very creative, reliable, flexible, and very responsive. Her ability to interpret data is excellent. She always brings new fresh ideas and innovative evidence-based and data-driven solutions. We saw significant improvements right away! Highly recommended! You want to work with her!" - April 2021
Helen Stacey
former teacher
Counselling Services Manager at New PathwaysMore
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-stacey-23913b22/
“Katarina was a pleasure to teach. She is a very conscientious and dedicated student who is keen to excel. Her determination to succeed is amazing and quite refreshing. I have no doubt that she will do well in all that she does and will be an asset to any organisation that takes her on as an employee. Good luck Katarina - you are inspiring to others.” - August 2018