Experience

UX Lead & Manager
Microsoft, Redmond, WA | June 2022 - Present

  • Leading the design effort on light edge for Azure.

  • Managing a team of designers dedicated to solving for customer needs around edge computation.

Senior Designer
Microsoft, Redmond, WA | May 2020 - June 2022

  • Lead the design for Azure Percept, Microsoft’s first ever light edge product offering.

  • Worked with UX, ID, PM and engineering teams to guide the design from inception to fruition.

Senior / Lead Product Designer
Zillow Group, Seattle, WA | July 2019 - May 2020

  • Lead Zillow Offers’ platform design team to solve cross-functional problems by creating and improving operator tools and processes using lean fundamentals.

Product Designer
Zillow Group, Seattle, WA | October 2018 - July 2019

  • Worked with Zillow Offers’ operators to improve experiences by putting appropriate tools and processes in place.

  • Worked on designing platform tools to better serve our end customers.

Sr. Product Designer
Sportsrocket Inc., Bellevue, WA | September 2017 - October 2018

  • Lead Designer for the company’s digital products, a series of applications for managing video content.

  • Established a robust UX process for the design team to follow for new products.

  • Simplified complex flows and experiences across multiple devices and platforms through consistent, innovative and elegant designs.

  • Conceptualized and executed visual design for new and existing products.

  • Prototyped designs and interactions to iterate, share, and improve them.

  • Optimized design flows based on real-world usage and business needs.

User Experience Designer
Universal Electronics, Hong Kong | July 2015 - July 2017

  • Managed internal and external design resources to make sure product’s timely completion.

  • Created next gen UIs and remote-control solutions for customers in Asia-Pacific for TVs, set to boxes, cable boxes and various other platforms.

  • Improved the overall TV watching experience through better UI designs.

  • Developed and nurtured relationships across international customers from Japan, China, South Korea, Australia and Hong Kong and multiple disciplines to promote collaboration and efficiency on projects.

User Experience Designer
Universal Electronics, Santa Ana, CA | June 2014 - June 2015

  • Led the effort on creating next generation UIs and remote-control solutions for customers in North America for TVs, set to boxes, cable boxes and various other platforms.

User Experience Intern
Travelport, Atlanta, GA | May 2013 - August 2013

  • Worked on updating interfaces of a variety of products according to the current style guide.

Graduate Teaching Assistant
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA | August 2012 - May 2014

  • Assisting sophomore students with 2D and 3D CAD software.

  • 2D - Adobe Suite with focus on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and After-Effects.

  • 3D - SolidWorks and Autodesk Showcase.

Industrial Designer
Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA), Georgia Tech | July 2012 - August 2012

  • Worked in a group of Industrial Designers do develop a Fluid Cushion Design for wheelchairs.

  • A US patent was awarded for this design.

UI Designer
App Street Software Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, India | May 2010 - August 2012       

  • Worked as the lead Interface and Graphic Designer for the company.

  • Designed full user interface graphics for Insta Booth and Photowall iPhone apps.

  • Insta Booth was ranked numero uno across free apps for over 3 weeks.

education

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA | Aug 2011 - May 2014
Master of Industrial Design (MID)

Jaypee Institute of Information Technology
NOIDA, India | July 2007 - Jun 2011
B. Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering

Skills

Design Skills
UX Design, UI Design, Visual Design, UI Brainstorming, UI Sketching, Rapid Ideation, Prototyping

 Software Skills
Sketch, InVision, Marvel App, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Muse, InDesign, After Effects, Xara Designer Pro

Awards

Spark Design Award, Santa Ana, CA 2015
Designed the 'QuickSet Remote Control' and received the Sparks Design Award at UEI, CA.

 U.S. Patent 9021637, Atlanta, GA, 2015
Successfully developed and patented a Fluid Cushion Design for Wheelchairs.

 Street Seats Challenge Winner, Boston, MA 2013
Designed a street bench for the Fort Point Channel, Boston as a part of Street Seats Design Challenge conducted by Design Museum Boston. The name of the designed bench was Bowsprit. Bowsprit was the Grand Prize winner.