Cristina Romero MacIas

Cristina Romero Macias has extensive experience in design and user experience roles. Cristina is currently the Head of Design at Ambassador Theatre Group, starting in November 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a User Experience Manager and Senior Product Designer at Cazoo from April 2020 to October 2022. Cristina also held roles as a Senior Product Designer at Fluidly from September 2019 to March 2020 and at Quorso from May 2018 to September 2019. Cristina has experience as a UX Designer at Racing Post from April 2016 to May 2018. Cristina also worked briefly at nngroup in 2017 in roles related to omnichannel journeys, customer experience, analytics, and user experience. Earlier in their career, they held roles as a UX Designer at Instronix Ltd from September 2015 to January 2016 and as a Web Designer/UX designer at IriadeAna from February 2015 to June 2015. Cristina's work experience includes a research position at Queen Mary University of London, where they focused on developing user-centered CAPTCHAs and conducting user research and usability studies. Cristina also has experience as a Telecommunications Engineer and Developer at Intecdom SL from September 2007 to July 2008.

Cristina Romero Macias obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Computer Science from Queen Mary University of London between 2008 and 2013. Prior to that, they pursued their undergraduate studies at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where they received a degree as a Telecommunications Engineer from 2002 to 2008. Cristina completed their secondary education at Colegio Valdeluz, obtaining a Bachillerato Tecnológico degree from 2000 to 2002. Additionally, they have engaged in further studies, specifically in Interaction Design, through a program offered by Coursera in collaboration with the University of San Diego.