Sumit Pandey Email & Phone Number

Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Senior designer with Halogen’s digital design studio.

Greater Oslo Region

• Developed strategies to position design as a desirable skill within a library setting and to illustrate how design competence helps in the evaluation and improvement of the user experience of existing services.
• Conducted 11 two-day hands-on design thinking workshops across libraries at the University of Oslo, NTNU Trondheim, Gothenburg University Library, and the National Library of Finland for more than 300 attendees.
• Created and led a core LibraryUX team, consisting of 2 members… Show more
• Created and led a core LibraryUX team, consisting of 2 members of the library leadership and 4 members of the staff to manage the evolution and execution of local and international design workshops at other academic.
• Collaborated with a branding expert and the core LibraryUX team to develop Frilux – a brand and set of touchpoints which represented and communicated the long-term vision for design thinking at the library. Show less

Oslo Area, Norway

• Independently created and exhibited three design projects, leveraging expertise with smart technologies, including machine learning and voice-based devices, to critically explore their cultural impact.
• Mentored 10 student projects during the project, out of which 4 received course design awards; coordinated and led three workshops and events with 25 international media artists and designers.
• Led five exploratory workshops using littleBits with more than 70 designers, researchers… Show more
• Led five exploratory workshops using littleBits with more than 70 designers, researchers, and children in attendance. Was the chapter leader for littleBits in the Oslo Area from 2015-2016.
• Helped manage and coordinate different aspects of the project, including the creation of a best practices guide, budgeting, planning and managing milestone deliveries, and reports to the EU’s Creative Europe team. Show.

Pune Area, India

• Led design teams while working for two stealth-mode cloud enterprise infrastructure startups, and defined their products’ information architecture, interaction strategy, and key screens.
• Redefined the multi-channel app on boarding experience for Seclore Technologies, reducing customer drop-off by an estimated 50% through on-site workshops with the core product team.

Pune

• Consulted for more than ten local and international clients; worked alongside clients to build user-centered design solutions and prototypes across a variety of platforms, including mobile, web, and desktop.
• Collaborated remotely and in-person with in-house and client-side product development teams throughout the product development; ensured consistent on-time, under-budget completion in deadline-driven environments.
• Leveraged interpersonal and communication abilities to foster and… Show more
• Leveraged interpersonal and communication abilities to foster and sustain relationships with clients and to determine each client’s unique business and functional requirements.
• Worked with two colleagues to write and publish case-studies and run workshops at Asia-Pacific CHI (2013) and HCI International (2014). Show less

Oslo Area, Norway

• Developed interactive installations for children from the age of 4-6 years of age for the Oslo Barne Museum. The installations were developed using co-design methods in recurring workshops with children and were.
• Co-authored a research paper on the design method with Prof. Alma Culen, Prof. Tone Bratteteig, and Swati Srivastava. The paper was presented at IHCI conference 2013 in Prague, Czech Republic

Gandhinagar, India

Designed and developed a Joomla! based e-commerce solution. Developed a template, configured and setup the CMS along with the relevant e-commerce module and created user guides and documentation.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Interaction And Strategic Design

My thesis, titled Designing Smart Things, presents new design concepts that can help frame smart technologies as a design material while.

Post Graduate Diploma Programme In Design, New Media Design

Interaction design, Tangible User Interfaces, Human Factors, Interactive Spaces, Physical Computing, Software, Hardware, Video, and.

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Information And Communication Technology (Ict)

Activities and Societies: Re-Kriti - Synapse '08 (annual festival) (Mar 2008) - Event Concept and Co-coordination, Explore - Synapse '07.