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California, United States

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

- Proposed a new strategy and education-focused design to lower bounce rates & boost DPIC’s reputation as the #1 source of death penalty information in the US.- Facilitated interactive collaborative workshops with DPIC’s staff and executive director to gain buy-in.- Created novel visual models and frameworks based on user research to inform our design.

San Jose, California, United States

Led the design of an e-commerce dashboard, and a $1.06M ARR subscription featureConducted qualitative interviews, quantitative research using Pendo, and usability testing to define product strategy and iterateFrequent communication and collaboration with devs about technical workflows, design feasibility, and constraintsContinuously improved the design.

Owned the design process as the sole designer for a competitive eSportsgaming platform.- Transcribed functional specs to visual design in Figma (matchmaking pages, match lobby screens), from low fi wireframes to mockups.- Created a design system for buttons, colors, fonts and components.- Delivered 150+ screens to the client.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

- Designed a virtual pitching experience for startup founders with a focus on increasing user engagement and retention.- Developed gamification features like levels, badges, a wallet system, and offline investing.- Conducted initial product brainstorming, identified acquisition points, created user flows, user journey maps, low to high fidelity wireframes.

Pune Area, India

- Developed and debugged 147 automation test cases on Symantec Messaging Gateway (SMG). The test cases were written using Robot Framework, Selenium2 library and deployed through Jenkins automation tool.- Reported 3 bugs to the devs of which 1 was a critical error during software upgrades.

Master'S Degree, Human Computer Interaction

Bachelor Of Technology, Computer Engineering

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