# ripley jene **PhD Researcher in Psychology, Media and Technology** — Oakland, CA, United States > PhD researcher studying human-centered AI, multimodal perception, and emotion recognition through behavioral experiments. Prior Apple R&D experience in ML prototype development and product operations. Career Archetype: **Launchpad Trailblazer** (HS-MG) — One of the first Launchpad Trailblazers on Saywise ## Links - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ripleyjene - GitHub: https://github.com/ripscreates ## Experience ### Cue Lens: Audiovisual Emotion Recognition Pilot, Self-directed doctoral research (2025-01 – present) Remote · Designing a remote browser-based study examining emotion recognition across audio-only, silent-video, and audiovisual conditions using RAVDESS stimuli. Study involves randomized emotion identification, confidence ratings, and temporal gates across 48 trials. Planning mixed-effects logistic regression analysis to estimate modality, time, and confidence effects. ### Independent Strategy and Research Advisor, Confidential early-stage company (2023-01 – 2024-12) Remote · Advised senior leadership on AI product strategy and internal ML capability-building. Developed decision materials and training resources on AI/ML technologies for cross-functional teams. ### Content Project Manager and Worldwide Image Producer, Hogarth Worldwide (onsite at Apple) (2019-01 – 2021-02) Oakland, CA · Managed cross-functional production and localization for global web, retail, channel, and print assets. Advanced from project management to worldwide image production, coordinating agency-client delivery across time, budget, quality, localization, and stakeholder constraints. ### Machine Learning Product Operations Engineer, Apple, R&D AI Department (2018-01 – 2019-02) Remote · Coordinated R&D prototype development and user-acceptance testing across image segmentation, LiDAR, ARKit, and Core ML initiatives. Ran Agile delivery cycles and managed high-volume data and vendor workflows supporting global ML product development. ### Co-Founder and Product Research Lead, TherapyOS (2016-01 – 2018-12) Oakland, CA · Led product research and early development for a bootstrapped mental-health technology venture. Built VR therapy simulation prototypes and presented the work in startup pitch settings. ### Individual Contributor, Apple (2005-01 – 2021-01) Many roles. Many hats. Many NDAs... if it's not on dotcom... ## Education ### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Psychology, emphasis in Media & Technology, Fielding Graduate University (2025-09 – 2027-01) ### Master of Arts in Applied Psychology, Fielding Graduate University (2025-01 – 2026-06) Media & Technology ### Machine Learning Specialization, DeepLearning.AI / Coursera (2023-01 – 2023-12) ### Human Factors in AI, Duke University / Coursera (2023-01 – 2023-12) ### Board Certified in Hypnotherapy/Hypnotherapist, International Association of Counselors & Therapists (2022-01 – present) ### Nights & Weekends, buildspace (2021-01 – 2024-01) ### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Clinical Psychology, California Southern University (2020-09 – 2024-06) ### Master of Business Administration - MBA in Business Administration, Management and Operations, Quantic School of Business and Technology (2019-09 – 2019-06) ## Projects ### Cue Lens Browser-based study of audiovisual emotion recognition and confidence · Remote/browser-based volunteer study for adults examining emotion recognition across audio-only, silent-video, and audiovisual conditions. Participants complete randomized emotion identification and confidence ratings with temporal measurement windows at 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%. ### VR Therapy Simulation Prototypes Mental health technology for supplementary therapeutic experiences · Built VR therapy simulation prototypes as part of TherapyOS, a bootstrapped mental-health technology venture. Presented work in startup pitch settings to explore remote supplementary therapeutic experiences. ## Skills Research Skills, Active Listening, Creative Problem Solving, Strategic Thinking, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Strategic Consulting, Psychology, Hypnotherapy, Teaching, Leadership, Information Technology, Problem Solving, Team Leadership, Communication, Business Development, Program Development, Joint Ventures, Python (Programming Language), Project Management, Training, Product Development, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Projects, study design, behavioral measurement, online experiments, mixed-methods synthesis, user-acceptance testing, Agile, Scrum, Git, Bash/CLI, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, AWS, Excel, audio production, video production, interactive media production, emotion recognition, multimodal perception, audiovisual integration, human-centered AI, HCI, XR, VR, product research ## Credentials - **Machine Learning Specialization** — DeepLearning.AI (issued 2023-12) - **Human Factors in AI** — Duke University | Coursera (issued 2023-12) - **Oracle Deck, Abundance from A to Z, Words of Worth** (issued 2024-11) - **creationTVstation** (issued 2023-04) - **Abundance from A to Z** (issued 2023-01) - **process** (issued 2022-09) - **poetry, prose & mantras** (issued 2013-10) ## AI Fluency - **Codex** — daily building driver (https://developers.openai.com) - **Hermes** - **Claude** — for design (https://claude.ai) ## Q&A ### [What are your biggest strengths?](https://saywise.com/q/16458e492490) - connecting dots, synthesizing (https://saywise.com/s/66c5d031ad4d) --- Source: https://saywise.com/member8828 (last modified 2026-10-06T15:02:02.574Z)