Sara Yang

At his core, Kyle is equally at home poring over research and developing frameworks from complexity, or riding a motorbike out to the coastline with his camera. He studies the universe with a deep and constant drive to inquire, engage, and complicate with the matters of the world. This makes him the unequivocal researcher, designer, and strategist that he is. He pushes for excellence and insight, ensuring that research endeavors result in not just reports, but perspective; and that design processes move from insights into directive opportunities.

As colleagues, we have collaborated on projects across emerging markets in Africa and Asia, particularly at the intersections of finance, micro-small business & entrepreneurship, and digital behaviors and opportunities. While he excels with any subject or field, he brings long-standing experience and a particular passion and intellect around these domains. As a seasoned end-to-end researcher & design strategist, he operates seamlessly across the lifecycle: whether shadowing and interviewing micro-small business owners; conceptualizing complex mental models and economic flows into frameworks; or designing and facilitating workshops to support product managers generate creative, strategic, and actionable product concepts rooted in qualitative insights. Furthermore, he is a natural design coach: often found guiding project and client teams through sensemaking processes, or providing mentorship to researchers and designers across various experience levels.

Those with the opportunity to collaborate with Kyle can trust he will show up in excellence, for any project or team.