Hi, I’m Oloff
UX Specialist with a background in human-computer interaction and software engineering

About Me

Hi, I’m Oloff
I’m a User Experience (UX) Researcher and Strategist in the LX Labs consulting team at Onlea. Here, I apply human-centered methods in uncovering audience needs, prototyping solutions, and evaluating experiences. I bring a diverse skillset in UX and technical research, working with internal teams and clients across diverse sectors, including healthcare, higher education, and nonprofit. I take pride in engaging audience members and other interest holders to synthesize actionable insights and recommendations leading to solution design driven by a holistic understanding of interconnected audience attitudes, goals and behaviour in existing systems. My work has informed strongly impactful solutions, improving audience sentiment and building long-term engagement, both in emerging and existing ecosystems.
I hold a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia (UBC) where I was supervised by Dongwook Yoon. As a graduate researcher, I was part of the Multimodal User Experience group within Imager, as well as the Designing for People (DFP) research cluster. My past research focuses on human-computer interaction (HCI) and digitally mediated communication. Within these areas, I have conducted user studies which involve gathering and analyzing a mix of qualitative and quantitative data to synthesize user insights and evaluate prototypes. This work has advanced AI-assisted creativity support, particularly by revealing how AI writing tools should align with writers’ personal values and practices.
Publications
- 2025 Trend Report: Navigating the Future of Member Engagement
Oloff C. Biermann, Fuyao Li, William Fritzberg, Abisoye Akinola, Mel Guille
LX Labs (Onlea Enterprises) | REPORT - From Tool to Companion: Storywriters Want AI Writers to Respect Their Personal Values and Writing Strategies
Oloff C. Biermann, Ning F. Ma, Dongwook Yoon
DIS 2022 | PAPER | PRESENTATION | Honorable Mention Award - Interaction Design for VR Applications: Understanding Needs for University Curricula
Oloff C. Biermann, Daniel Ajisafe, Dongwook Yoon
CHI EA 2022 | PAPER | PRESENTATION