Interaction Design | User Experience Design

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BIOGRAPHY
Accomplishing Interaction & UX professional with industry experience of more than seven years and a passion for the usable and aesthetic synthe-
sis of design, space, content, and technology. Experience with iterative design techniques and other development methodologies (Agile,
Waterfall) used within a variety of software companies.

Mature design sensibility and interest in the development of innovative user-centered products. Possessing excellent oral, written and
visual design skills, coupled with creative problem solving abilities and critical thinking skills.

EXPERIENCE
Senior Interaction Designer
Intuit Technology Services Private Ltd.
03. 2010 - Till Present
Bangalore, India
In the current role I am part of ‘Product Management Team’ which is is not only helping me special-
izing in user interface design, information architecture, interaction design and user experience
but also in project management activities such as creating requirement documents, billing mate-
rial management and PD resource management .

Being a individual player on XD I am involved in almost all stages of product development starting
from requirements analysis, conceptualization, interaction design, and visual design to prototyp-
ing, specifications writing and implementation guidance and even helping ‘Go to Market’ team
defining the sales & marketing strategies.

The Design for Delight (D4D) process at Intuit truly empowers all the teams to develop a reward-
ing user experience targeting the ‘Single Benefit’ which narrows the requirement to solve user’s
pain point.

Sr. User Centred Design (UCD) Engineer
Honeywell Technology Solutions
09. 2007 - 03.2010
Hyderabad, India
My Job at Honeywell constituted of translating requirements into effective and innovative
solutions using strong analytical skills and sense of user experience design principles. Produce
concepts to illustrate functional design ideas, road map product strategy and define project
scope. As Honeywell is established into various domains I got a chance to understand & work
with fascinating projects in domains such as aerospace and automation control (Energy) and also
its newly acquired domain of handheld devices.

I was employing user & usage -centred design methodologies and human factors principals to
develop negotiable and conventional information architectures, guidelines and standards along
with full life cycle of the software design process including requirements definition, prototyping,
proof of concept, interface design, implementation, testing and maintenance.
AV8OR™ Vision 3D
Hand Held Device Application
www.bendixking.com/AV8OR/
Advance Flight Planing System
Web & Stand Alone Application
www.mygdc.com
Dolphin Power Tools (Mobile Computers)
Scanning & Mobility Application
www.honeywellaidc.com
Advanced portable cockpit information system with 3-D synthetic vision.
Lead overall activities as Principal designer and Strategist in the investigation and definition of a
harmonized user interface for this hand held application. The project’s objective was also to create
a set of guidelines and style direction that will be followed by all bendixking applications.
Lead contributor to the User Interface Style and Standards guide that set the direction for
designing best of breed user interfaces applications.
Lead author and investigator for a Brand and Style investigation that set the style for this
global harmonization initiative. (Axialas, In Design, Illustrator, Photoshop)
Designed the information architecture for the application and responsible for icon conceptu-
alization, design, and implementation management. (Viso, Axure, Concept Share & Flash)
Conceptualization of new metaphors and constructs was a key deliverable for this project.
Online flight planning & support services for Business Aviation
Lead overall design activities including user study, usability analysis, design strategies and user
interface design for this complex aerospace and air traffic management solution. The product
was redesign of there existing legacy system which allows users to create flight plan for users
travel internery.
Developed concepts, storyboards, user interface specifications, and managed usability concerns.
Worked closely with various stake holders off shore to ensure the success of the product
through the design of an innovative user experience.
Responsible for user analysis of the target audience through interviewing domain experts
(Flight Data Specialist, Chief Pilots & Dispatchers)
Utilized a User-centered design process (Interviewing, Persona’s, High-Fidelity Prototyping
and Card Sorting)
Created a high-fidelity prototype of the final solution (Photoshop, Dreamweaver)
Designed story boards, and information architecture (Visio, Axure)
Documented final solution in a style guide/UI specification. (Illustrator, Photoshop)
Mentored junior designers/design interns.
Launch management and device configuration
I was involved as User Experience designer for this project in the design and definition of an
application to configure and administer mobile computers. This project was my first exposure to
an Agile development process.
Dolphin Power Tools provide users with many varying functions and operations. The tools perform
such vital system tasks as retrieving device information, customizing the user interface, working
with the registry, pinging the networking, and providing easy access to barcode data.
Responsible for User and Task analysis / Target Audience analysis
Design and documenting of storyboards and interactions flows
Basic visual design principles (information design, typography, negative space, color theory)
Designed the final product’s look & feel (Photoshop)
 Interaction & UX Designer Various Projects – Web Sites & Applications
V-Empower, Inc. In my expanding role with my design experience , I grew from a Web designer to the Interaction
05. 2006 - 09. 2007 & UX designer here. I mostly worked upon UX/IA and Interface design on large-scale Web
Hyderabad, India re/design engagements with exposure to heuristic reviews, competitive analyses, requirements
www.v-empower.com matrices, user personas, wire frames, detailed design, site maps and functional specifications.

Created low & high fidelity storyboards to conceptualize and iterate through the design
solutions using Visio, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver & Flash
Designed the final product’s look & feel (Photoshop)
Prototyped screens in HTML (using Dreamweaver) and employing style sheets (CSS) to
define the look and feel.

Sr. Web Designer Various Projects – Web Sites & Applications

Web Synergie (s) Pvt. Ltd.
I was responsible for creating wireframes, mock-ups, functional prototypes, graphical designs
08. 2004 - 04. 2006
and web‐based front end integration using HTML and also had a expertise in creating interactive
Hyderabad, India
presentations using flash.
www.enterprisesynergies.com
Designing and prototypes web user interfaces. Evaluate user interfaces and conduct design
reviews also was involved in creating flash presentations
Design mock-ups, user interface components and graphical elements for web & print

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Sociology (BA) – Shavaji University
Kolhapur, India
In my final years I focused on design principals as they responded to social, technical and physical factors. This education was pivotal in
shaping my perspectives on design as it relates to the human condition.

CERTIFICATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS

Certifications
Design: Adobe Certified Professional
Process: Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

Associations
Interaction Design Association (IXDA)
Usability Professionals Association (UPA)
USID Foundation
Member of Design 21 Group

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