Kathleen Azevedo

I help teams make sense of complex products

I bring together product strategy, business analysis and computer science to turn complex business and technical problems into clear product direction.

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Career

Product & AI

Aviat Networks

I work with users, product managers and engineers to understand complex telecom workflows, clarify requirements and turn them into product decisions the team can build.

2021 to PresentCurrent
UX Engineer · Product Strategy & Technical Enablement

JNCTN

I worked across discovery, product strategy and frontend enablement for digital identity products. A big part of the job was making difficult technical concepts easier to understand and use.

2020 to 2021Completed
Senior UX Consultant · Business Analysis & Service Design

Ministry of Social Development

I researched how teams worked, mapped workflows and brought people together around practical changes for Jira modernisation and the Cloud Business Office.

2019Completed
Research & Technical Foundation

MSc First Class Honours

Computer and Information Sciences at Auckland University of Technology. My research covered data science, interaction design, Python and computer vision.

2017 to 2019Graduated
Senior Advisor, UX/UI · Product Innovation

KPMG

I ran workshops and created workflows and prototypes for enterprise, manufacturing and customer-facing systems in KPMG's Innovation Lab.

2015 to 2016Completed
Product Strategy & Development

Freelance Portfolio

Independent product and development work across web applications, responsive interfaces and data-rich digital experiences.

2013 to PresentOngoing

Product strategy grounded in computer science

My work sits between product strategy, business analysis and software. I'm comfortable asking broad questions at the start, getting into technical detail with engineers and staying involved until the work is shipped. Over the past ten years I've worked across telecommunications, government and other regulated industries.

10+ yrsProduct & Technology
Tens of thousandsUsers Reached
4 continentsGlobal Collaboration

How I work

Understand the problem

  • Requirements Elicitation
  • Stakeholder Workshops
  • Workflow & Process Mapping
  • User Stories & Acceptance Criteria

Set product direction

  • Product Strategy & Discovery
  • Opportunity Framing & Prioritisation
  • Service & Systems Thinking
  • Research & Product Evaluation

Work at technical depth

  • Applied AI & Agent Systems
  • Codex, Gemini & Model Evaluation
  • React, Vue, TypeScript & Python
  • Vercel, Railway & Supabase

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@kathleen-saz

Let's talk

I'm based in New Zealand and interested in senior product strategy, business analysis and applied AI roles. If you think my mix of skills could be useful to your team, get in touch.