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Regensburg, By, De

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

At IBM, I contribute to the development and adoption of Carbon, our open-source design system for products and digital experiences.- Enhance the discoverability and comprehension of design system components by developing functionally driven frameworks and creating extensive documentation on usage, styling, and accessibility constraints.- Lead workshops within IBM to promote the adoption of the design system and provide ongoing support to teams already using it.

Kochi, Kerala, India

At Salted Mangoes, I design games that enable players to learn incidentally by simply playing. As the founder, my mission is to create games that serve as tools for upskilling through fun, engaging, and collaborative experiences.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Improving B2B, B2C and B2B2C ecommerce experience across Onboarding, Discovery, Purchase, Payment, Post Purchase, Reward and Support flows - for Distributors, Retailers and their End Consumers, across various products in Reliance Fashion Vertical• Improve business tools to improve work efficiency and management of their sales force through data dashboards, ticketing systems, lead capture forms, etc.• Managing cross-functional design teams to deliver exceptional outputs from research… Show more • Improving B2B, B2C and B2B2C ecommerce experience across Onboarding, Discovery, Purchase, Payment, Post Purchase, Reward and Support flows - for Distributors, Retailers and their End Consumers, across various products in Reliance Fashion Vertical• Improve business tools to improve work efficiency and management of their sales force through data dashboards, ticketing systems, lead capture forms, etc.• Managing cross-functional design teams to deliver exceptional outputs from research to content-enriched UI - with well planned 5 day design sprint workshops.• Hired a cross-functional design team scaling it from 11 to 25. Show less

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

-Constantly explore and evaluate the right tools, and establish processes that eased the way that designers work and interact with users, developers, product managers, content writers, and other stakeholders-Guide and mentor the design team and actively conduct workshops with them where we learn from each other. -Building a design system across the various services to maintain standards across each product and to improve the efficiency of the team.

Chennai Area, India

-Understanding user behavior and pain points through structured research practices.-Translating research into actionable insights using affinity maps & designing workflows andwireframes that evolve into product features.-Working closely with product managers, analyzing data that shapes the design, validating impact, and iterating further.

Pune Area, India

Was involved in creating new product strategies and great user experience on various verticals like Banking, Lifestyle, Education, Healthcare, Construction, Recruitment, etc. Contributed the advantage of game theory to various projects to increase engagement, awareness and motivation. Projects included tools to choose the right insurance, data collection, education portals, and e-commerce applications.

Mumbai Area, India

Was involved in research, ideation and prototyping kitchenware concepts that made dish washing an easy and enjoyable process. Various concepts included fun & efficient tools, Ideas to save water & Reducing the number of utensils required.

Certification, Gameful Learning

Master'S Degree, Product Design

-Class Room project with Saint Gobain, conducting ethnographic research, to understand their affordable housing requirements -Achieved.

Bachelor Of Technology (Btech), Mechanical Engineering