UX Research Leader – Turning Insights into Impact
I am Sean Hinton, a senior research leader with a proven record of building and scaling customer insight programs across global organisations. My work bridges qualitative depth and quantitative rigor, helping companies like Spark, Seequent, Bentley Systems, and SolarZero design products and services that customers truly value. See my work →
100,000+ research participants engaged globally
Built and maintained multiple 30,000+ global user research panels
Reduced time-to-insight from weeks to days
Accelerated research analysis for faster decision-making
1,000+ products sold in 30+ countries
Globally launched validated SaaS platforms & physical products
From enterprise SaaS to physical products, my work spans the full product lifecycle — research, strategy, design, and market launch. I’ve led global Voice of Customer programs, built research operations that scale across continents, and validated products used by thousands of customers worldwide. My portfolio showcases projects that have improved retention, accelerated product adoption, and created measurable business impact.
As an employee at Spark, Seequent, Bentley Systems, 2Degrees, SolarZero, and AUT, I’ve led research, strategy, and product initiatives that delivered measurable business impact.
