# 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 work 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 of emotion recognition across audio-only, silent-video, and audiovisual conditions using RAVDESS stimuli. The study uses randomized emotion identification, confidence ratings, and temporal gates across 48 trials, with a planned mixed-effects logistic regression to estimate modality, time, and confidence effects. ### Independent Strategy and Research Advisor, Confidential early-stage company (2023-10 – 2024-05) 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, Worldwide Image Producer, Hogarth Worldwide (2019-09 – 2021-05) California, US (onsite at Apple) · Managed cross-functional production and localization for global web, retail, channel, and print assets. Moved from project management into worldwide image production, coordinating agency-client delivery across time, budget, quality, localization, and stakeholder constraints. ### Machine Learning Product Operations Engineer, Apple (2018-01 – 2019-06) Sunnyvale, CA · Coordinated R&D prototype development and user-acceptance testing for image segmentation, object occlusions, object motion keypoints, annotations, LiDAR, ARKit, and Core ML initiatives. Ran Agile delivery cycles and managed high-volume data and vendor workflows for global ML product development. ### Co-Founder and Product Research Lead, TherapyOS (2016-11 – 2018-06) 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. ## Education ### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Psychology, emphasis in Media & Technology, Fielding Graduate University (2025-01 – 2027-01) ### Master of Arts in Applied Media Psychology, Fielding Graduate University (2025-01 – 2026-04) Media & Technology ### Machine Learning Specialization, DeepLearning.AI (2023-12 – 2023-12) ### Human Factors in AI, Duke University (Coursera) (2023-12 – 2023-12) ### Board Certified in Hypnotherapy/Hypnotherapist, International Association of Counselors & Therapists (2022-01 – present) ### Doctor of Philosophy - PhD in Clinical Psychology, California Southern University (2020-09 – 2024-12) ### Master of Business Administration - MBA in Business Administration, Management and Operations, Quantic School of Business and Technology (2018-10 – 2019-10) ## Projects ### Framewise - FFmpeg made easy Code: https://github.com/ripscreates/framewise Framewise is a free GUI guide to help you get the FFmpeg command line to trim, resize media or convert video, audio formats, & make animated gifs too! Runs in your browser; your media stays on your device. Keeps track of previous history, to run again later. Can also process bulk files from folder too! ### Salad Maker Studio 3000 Web-based interactive app to build a custom salad, or choose a pre-set recipe; get a printout receipt with itemized list of ingredients, portion amount, and calories. Built with Chat-GPT Astra based on an idea to build a salad using the design system Colorfigures by April Zhu; view code: https://github.com/ripscreates/saladmakerstudio ### Cue Lens Browser-based study of audiovisual emotion recognition and confidence · 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. Presented the work in startup pitch settings to explore remote supplementary therapeutic experiences. ## Skills Product Design, Nutritional Counseling, Ffmpeg, Human Factors, Insurance, Research Skills, Active Listening, Creative Problem Solving, Strategic Thinking, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Research, Strategic Consulting, Psychology, Hypnotherapy, Teaching, Leadership, Information Technology, Problem Solving, Team Leadership, Communication, Business Development, Program Development, Joint Ventures, Python (Programming Language), Training, Product Development, Lean Six Sigma, Lean Projects, Project Management and Development, Study Design, Behavioral Measurement, Online Experiments, Mixed-Methods Synthesis, User-Acceptance Testing, Git, Bash/CLI, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, AWS, Excel, Audio and Video Production, Interactive Media Production, Emotion Recognition, Multimodal Perception ## Credentials - **Archival Data Only Research** — CITI Program - **Fielding Alumni** — CITI Program - **Fielding Researchers** — CITI Program - **Human Factors in AI** — Duke University | Coursera (issued 2023-12) - **Machine Learning Specialization** — DeepLearning.AI (issued 2023-12) - **Associate Human Factors Professional (AEP)** — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ## AI Fluency - **NotebookLM** (https://notebooklm.google) - **Perplexity** (https://perplexity.ai) - **consensus.app** --- Source: https://saywise.com/ripleyjene (last modified 2026-11-11T16:48:04.321Z)