Maia Naftali
About Maia Naftali
Maia Naftali is a Senior User Experience Researcher at ExxonMobil with extensive experience in UX research, product ownership, and software development.
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Maia Naftali is the Senior User Experience Researcher at ExxonMobil. She has been in this role since 2022.
Experience at ExxonMobil
Maia Naftali has been with ExxonMobil since 2017, initially as a Product Owner and UX Specialist for two years in Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. She then transitioned to the role of User Experience Researcher from 2019 to 2022. In 2022, she was promoted to Senior User Experience Researcher.
Previous Roles and Experience
Before joining ExxonMobil, Maia Naftali served as the UX Lead at Poincenot Technology Studio from 2014 to 2017. Her career also includes a role as a Research Assistant Summer Intern in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Maryland in 2013 and as a Web Services Graduate Assistant at the same institution from 2012 to 2014. She worked as a Software Engineer at Southworks from 2010 to 2012 and as a .Net Developer at Baufest S.A. from 2008 to 2010. Additionally, she had a brief stint as a Developer at Hansaworld in 2006.
Educational Background
Maia Naftali studied at the University of Maryland College Park, where she earned a Master of Science (MSc) in Human-Computer Interaction between 2012 and 2014. She also holds a degree in Computer and Software Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires, completed in 2010. Her early education includes a high school diploma in Information Technology from ORT Argentina.