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California, United States

Pleasanton, California, US

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IN

• Led a team of 7 developers to ideate, design, and develop a utility for copybook-based data validation and file formatting using Angular, Java, and Spring that communicates via REST API
• Planned and project managed the initiative from ideation to execution, leveraging Azure DevOps, and hitting 100% of timeline, scope, and costs objectives
• Designed the utility’s user interface using wireframes and mockups, refining them through 3 iterations which led to new ideas for the user experience and enhancements for other features that ultimately improved user.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Won first place in the UX Design category out of 70 total contestants after presenting design to a board of 5 Google UXers
• Designed an app concept for garage sales, created wireframes, mockups, and prototypes in Figma following Material Design guidelines
• Engaged with interviewees to identify user types and their priorities, draw out key pain points, and validate personal assumptions
• Synthesized findings from user research to drive ideation of features, performed usability testing with users and iteratively refined design

Chicago, IL, US

• Developed professional and leadership skills by completing mock interviews, attending networking opportunities, creating elevator pitches, and providing and receiving feedback
• Conducted career research to create specific and measurable goals aligned with my desired career of UX design
• Participated in weekly activities to improve oral communication through pitches, interviews, group facilitation, and networking opportunities
• Led a team of 6 as lead prototyper for Capstone Challenge to build a solution that increases diversity at PwC; Applied the design-thinking framework to conduct empathy-based research, and leveraged Figma to ideate new.

San Leandro, California, US

• Led a team of 9 interns to develop a beta real-time chat app using Vue.js, Vuetify, Socket.io, Feathers.js, and MongoDB after learning and mastering these tools in the first month
• Built and managed end-to-end process for app and hit 100% of scheduled beta milestones, as well as designed and implemented the front-end
• Incorporated UX design principles into wireframes, mockups, and prototypes, developed with Figma
• Pitched UI designs to the CEO and gathered leadership alignment that led to launching new chat layout and content features

• Ensure a pleasant customer experience as the primary point-of-service and craft teas from a selection of 35 drinks
• Maintain a clean shop by regularly wiping down tables and sanitizing workspaces & tools
• Collaborate with a team of 11 people in total to run a successful shop
• Edit and proofread occasional blog posts for the shop’s website