Ali Colleen Neff, Ph.D. is a digital anthropologist and Senior UX Researcher and innovation strategist in New Relic’s product incubator. She is also an assistant professor affiliated with Portland State University’s Women’s and Gender Studies department.

Since 2005, she has researched the ways in which humans from different walks of life, abilities, resources, values, places, perspectives and needs engage technology. At New Relic, she is focused on the relationship between human behavior, tooling, and reliability. As a globe-trotting researcher, educator, team leader, and writer/media producer, she is passionate about creative cultures and digital futures.