Ender Ricart, PhD, is an accomplished Staff UX Researcher at Google, with a career spanning various roles in user experience research, including positions at LivePerson and Amazon, where contributions were made to Amazon Alexa. As Co-Founder of Academia to UX, Ender Ricart develops resources for academics transitioning to user experience research careers. Additional experience includes roles at Anthro-Tech, Inc., Battelle, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, focusing on anthropological research and aging society issues. Ender Ricart holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and is currently pursuing an MS in Data Science at UC Berkeley School of Information.