Luz Calvo
About Luz Calvo
Luz Calvo is a UX Lead and Data Visualization Design expert currently working at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and serving as a teacher at various institutions in Spain. With extensive educational background and experience in user experience design, she specializes in innovative interface design and advanced data visualization techniques.
Work at Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Luz Calvo has been serving as UX Lead & Data Visualization Design at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center since 2014. In this role, she has led various UX and data visualization design projects, contributing to advancements in the field. Her work focuses on creating user-friendly interfaces and impactful visualizations that enhance the usability of complex data sets.
Education and Expertise
Luz Calvo has an extensive educational background in various fields related to technology and design. She studied Information Technology at the University of Michigan, achieving a specialization in Social Network Analysis. She holds a Master's degree in User Experience from Universitat Ramon Llull and has completed studies in Human Computer Interaction at Stanford University. Additionally, she is pursuing a Doctorate in Data Visualization at Universitat de Barcelona.
Background
Luz Calvo has a diverse professional background that includes roles in UX consulting and product management. She worked as a CX - UX Consultant at Altarsis S.L. from 2009 to 2012 and as a UX & Information Architecture specialist at Animalvitae from 2012 to 2014. Prior to her UX career, she served as a Product Manager at T-Systems Iberia for seven years.
Teaching Roles
Luz Calvo is actively involved in academia, serving as a teacher in various institutions. Since 2014, she has been teaching Information Architecture at UNIR Universidad Internacional de La Rioja. She has also been a teacher in UX IoT environments at Universitat de Girona since 2019 and teaches Data Visualization at KSchool since 2021. Additionally, she has been teaching UX Strategy at Bau, Centre Universitari de Disseny since 2014.
Technical Skills and Tools
Luz Calvo specializes in designing next-generation interfaces and employs a range of prototyping tools, including Figma, Adobe XD, Axure, and UXPin. She utilizes advanced data visualization tools such as Tableau, Datawrapper, and Flourish, along with programming languages like R and D3.js. Her expertise in ergonomics and social psychology informs her approach to UX research and design.