Sara Bielagus · Cyanotype Inspired · MMXXVI
Applied Research & Strategic Design

I expose
what the problem
actually
is, then bring the answer into the light.

A principal-level researcher working across product, design, and strategy — fifteen years at the join of aviation, healthcare, and cybersecurity, turning high-stakes ambiguity into decisions teams can act on, from the engineering floor to the VP suite.

Sara Bielagus
Subject · self
exposed 14 min · spring tide
01Catalogue — under embargo
The catalogue is kept in a flat file.

Most of my work lives under NDA — aviation tools, clinical workflows, defense programs. Enter the passphrase from our conversation to view exposures, or request access below.

MTR-012◌ LATENT
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2025
MOT-007◌ LATENT
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2024
PHI-019◌ LATENT
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2022
DRP-004◌ LATENT
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2018
03Timeline — professional experience
15
years on the tray
Five exposures. Each plate a different subject; the chemistry holds.
02My Approach
I help teams take a concept from unexposed to a working, defensible launch — in domains where being wrong is expensive.
Method

I work in fast, cheap iterations. The first pass is rough on purpose; each one after costs less and gets sharper. I plan the test prints, not the finished image — so the team learns what's true before it commits real money.

Domains exposed

Remote support, dashboarding, and decision-making for command centers. Remote-vehicle assistance. Radiology command centers. Patient navigation. Human–AI teaming for Kessel Run and DARPA. Oral-health AI portfolios.

What I bring

Product, design, and research in one seat. Mixed-method work kept fast and applied — translated for the engineers, PMs, and VPs who have to act on it. A bias toward prototypes that survive first contact with reality.

Off the bench

Outside work: a small darkroom of cyanotype experiments, and a shelf of restored handheld consoles — Game Boys, Game Boy Colors, PS Vitas, and PSPs. Swapping faceplates, custom firmware, games, backgrounds, and themes, and reviving the most broken of the bunch.

04Correspondence
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I read every one.