Kusal is a front end developer and UX designer at Dragonfly.
He has a master of user experience design degree from Victoria University of Wellington, and a bachelor of engineering with honours in software engineering from the University of Canterbury.
Kusal worked as a developer at Verizon Connect for 3 years, building a cross-platform app for the trucking industry. During that time he discovered user experience (UX) design and decided to study for a masters degree so he could move into the field.
In his masters study, Kusal worked on projects that applied UX principles to various datasets. These included streamlining the internal processes of a business, presenting a large seabird dataset for the public and reviewing a proposed regulation change for a city council.
Anyone who uses technology is an expert. Applying UX practices helps people express their expertise so we can better understand them and move towards genuine solutions.