Layla Akilan

Layla Akilan is a Human Factors Engineer, with a background in Psychology and UX design. She studies the intersection of humans and technology in the workplace and then helps design software solutions to support the work they need to accomplish. She is passionate about designing systems that support humans and the cognitive processes we engage in to do work, such as planning and decision-making. In her everyday job as a Cognitive Systems Engineer, she explores how design practitioners can create meaningful interfaces that reflect the way that users think, making work less complex.