Dana Budzyn
About Dana Budzyn
Dana Budzyn serves as the Lead Product Manager for the Mobile & Data Team at dscout, where she focuses on enhancing research participant quality through innovative app development. With a background in bioengineering and experience at organizations like NASA and YouGov, she emphasizes ethics and empathy in user experience design.
Work at dscout
Dana Budzyn currently serves as the Lead Product Manager for the Mobile & Data Team at dscout, a position she has held since 2022. In this role, she leads the scout data team, focusing on improving activity distribution, matching, and quality/fraud detection. Her work involves creating engaging iOS and Android applications aimed at enhancing the quality of research participants. Dana emphasizes the importance of user experiences that incorporate ethics and empathy, ensuring that the products developed align with user needs.
Education and Expertise
Dana Budzyn has a strong educational background in engineering. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering from Lehigh University. Additionally, she studied at the University of Sydney, where she also achieved a Bachelor's degree. This educational foundation supports her expertise in product management, particularly in mobile applications and data-driven user experiences.
Background
Before her current role at dscout, Dana Budzyn gained valuable experience in various positions. She co-founded and served as CEO of UBDI from 2018 until its acquisition in 2021. She also worked as a Product Lead at YouGov, focusing on Strategic Data Initiatives and Publishing Partnerships from 2021 to 2022. Dana has interned at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in both 2015 and 2016, which provided her with insights into advanced research environments. Additionally, she was a speaker at TEDxPasadena in 2018.
Achievements
Dana Budzyn is a member of The Female Founder Collective, a role she has held since 2020. In her professional journey, she has led shadow innovation teams to explore strategic product development. Dana advocates for kindness and directness in professional interactions, emphasizing the importance of clarity and decisiveness in achieving goals. Her focus on protecting engineers, designers, and data scientists from indecisiveness reflects her commitment to effective team dynamics.