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United States

California, United States

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

• INFO-I300, I-244, I-245 HCI Interaction Design - Involved in designing Figma Module and mentoring 40+ students in understanding Interaction Design and Core concepts of UX, foundations of UX and Storytelling.

Los Angeles, California, United States

• Led a team to create 72 components library for the AI-based (thehyp.ai) app’s Native and Flutterflow platforms. • Ensured responsiveness using auto layouts and enhanced accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA standards). • Conducted 2 rounds of user testing with 5-6 creators, iterating on contrast, spacing, and usability, resulting in a 30% increase in user satisfaction and likeability scores. • Collaborated with developers, reducing design-to-development friction by 66.7%.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Contributed to and led 4+ projects from conception to delivery in Insurance, Pharma, Healthcare and Cloud based systems.• Migrated a Pharma company’s complex offline system to a web platform, resulting in a 50-60% reduction in process duration.• Streamlined an insurance company's disjointed process across 3 applications, enhancing information architecture, optimizing user flows, and ensuring alignment with design systems. Resulted in a seamless experience for all stakeholders.• Designed mailing and messaging features in existing app for a healthcare company, resulting in efficient communication between patients and nurses, minimizing clerical errors.• Led and facilitated multiple business proposals, mentored 5+ Junior designers & Spearheaded teams of 3-5 designers.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

- Translate complex design problems, user pain points, and research findings into practical and impactful design solutions.- Create and communicate design ideas within a cross-functional team through sketches, wireframes, user flows, visuals, prototypes, and interface specifications.- Conduct usability testing to identify gaps in the system and explore the scope of improvement.- Create a cohesive style guide to ensure consistent design language is followed across the product.- Optimize UI designs and tests for intuitiveness and user-centeredness.

Bengaluru, Karnataka

• Designed a smart baby monitoring device and application through extensive interaction mapping, that helped parents and pediatricians track baby’s activities and log data.• Worked on vloggers equipment - Researched on product ecosystems, customer lifestyles, interaction mapping, rendered mockups and usability testing.

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India

Researched how social interactions affect workplaces and designer solutions to encourage team bonding and commingling among the faculties.

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Computer Interaction, Gpa 4.0/4.0

Fall 2024 - INFO590 HCI/d Studio Practice INFO511 Animal Computer Interaction INFO590 Immersive Storytelling and Experience Design Spring.

Bachelor Of Design, Industrial Design, 8.0 Cgpa

Science

Secondary And Higher Secondary Education