Benson (he/him) is leading and scaling the UX Research practice at REA Group. For over 20 years, he led design and UX teams throughout Australia, across the emerging web, games development, start-ups, design consultancies, and enterprise product design teams.Β
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In recent years, he helped establish the UX Research practice at Australia Post and built user research as a core capability across key products and initiatives. Today at REA Group, he leads design capabilities on Design Ops, UX Research, and Content Design, helping mature the practice for impactful outcomes.
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Benson is also a board member of the ResearchOps community, organizing workshops and meetups, and has been part of other global projects.
ReOpsConf (2022): Affecting Change with Knowledge
Advancing Research (2022): Implementing a ResearchOps Function in Your Organization
DesignOps Summit (2021): Implementing a ResearchOps Function in Your Organization
Web Directions Summit (2019): Operationalizing Research - How Research Ops can help