# Agradoot Ghatak > People-focused design leader. Mentor, Problem Solver. AI-enabled Product Design expert (Hands-on with latest software) , Design manager, and ROI-assured Design Strategist. Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/agradoot Over two decades of experience in enterprise usability, UX/product design, and research. Manager, Mentor, Strategist. Over six years of entrepreneurial/startup experience as head of UX. Accomplished UX/Product Designer with a strong background in managing design teams and crafting intuitive digital experiences. Demonstrated success in driving product innovation and enhancing user satisfaction across diverse industries, including technology, e-commerce, and finance. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, conduct comprehensive user research, and implement data-driven design strategies. Proficient in a wide range of design tools and methodologies, complemented by certifications in usability analysis and human-computer interaction. Passionate about leveraging technology to address user needs and drive business growth in dynamic startup environments. SKILLS ● Strategic design leadership ● User-centric design ● Product innovation ● Problem-solving ● Communication skills ● Team leadership ● Time management ● Attention to detail ● Problem-solving ● Cross-functional collaboration ● Design thinking ● Usability analysis ● Visual design ● User research ● Persona development ● Decision-making ● Communication ● Team building ● Iterative design ● Information architecture ● User testing ● Process improvement ## Work Experience ### AI UX Product Design Lead @ CoreWeave Jan 2025 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States The CoreWeave GPU Cloud Platform simplifies complex engineering workflows by harnessing the power of NVIDIA GPUs on a real-time, cloud-based infrastructure optimized for large language models. I am currently designing an AI-enabled user interface that assists data center engineers with critical tasks such as capacity planning, cable layout design, generating template-driven bills of materials, and managing procurement. The goal is to design an AI powered user interface to enhance efficiency and streamline GPU resource planning and deployment across large-scale data center operations. ### Remote Design Consultant, Director of User Experience Strategy and Business @ ITIE Knowledge Solutions Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area Revolutionized user experience strategies, fostering seamless interactions between stakeholders in globally AI-Driven Healthcare Products. Pioneered innovative design methodologies, enhancing transparency and efficiency in customs clearance processes. Crafted visionary UX frameworks, driving cohesive collaboration among cross-functional teams for impactful product development. Key Achievements: - Enhanced user engagement by 40% through intuitive UX designs across desktop, mobile, and tablet platforms. - Streamlined customs clearance workflows, reducing processing time by 25% and errors by 15%. - Led a team of six designers, achieving a 30% increase in productivity through effective mentorship and collaboration. - Implemented data-driven design strategies, resulting in a 20% boost in customer satisfaction metrics. - Spearheaded UX improvements, contributing to a 50% increase in conversion rates within the sales funnel. ### Founding UX/Product Designer, Manager, Head of UX @ KlearNow.AI Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | Santa Clara, California, United States KLEARNOW is the pioneer in simplifying customs clearance. The company is backed by top-notch leaders from Google, mySQL, DHL, Thought Spot, Tesla, McAfee, etc. The company's primary goal is to bring transparency between brokers, importers, freight forwarders, and various parties involved in international shipment and cargo handling. Agradoot joined KLEARNOW as a principal UX designer and manager to become head of UX, managing a six-person team and working as a full-stack end-to-end designer for desktop, mobile, and tablet-friendly applications. He used to report directly to the company's CTO; he was intensely involved with customers, investors, and advisors and created a comprehensive design for the sale tunnel. His visionary inputs are helping the company with fundraising, sales pitching, branding, and other leadership activities. ### Founding Member - UX Design @ Neuhope Inc. Jan 2016 – Jan 2020 | San Jose, California, United States Neuhope is a group app, platform, and service to significantly improve the outcome and quality of life for patients experiencing cancer or other chronic disease. The app and platform orchestrate the patient, caregiver, family, friends, medical professionals, and third-party services in a virtual community to benefit the patient. Agradoot designed the solution, which consists of a group app and platform called Hope. It delivers the right information and services to the right people at the right time. These communications and interactions are delivered to them on their mobile devices and other voice-activated assistants, such as Google Home and Amazon Echo. ### Founding Member - UX Design @ Halo Cloud Technologies Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, California, United States Homecare Automated Logical Operations is a hosted, web-based software system to help home health and hospice agencies handle their clinical and business needs and optimize their reimbursement. Agradoot worked as a founding designer involved in end-to-end product design, marketing content, and graphic design. ### UX Strategist & Manager - TIBCO ActiveMatrix® BPM @ Nimbus @ TIBCO Jan 2013 – Jan 2019 | Palo Alto, California, United States BPM is a discipline involving any combination of modeling, automation, and execution of the business activity. Agradoot has significantly exhilarated TIBCO BPM’s UX culture and the ROI that helped to engage from zero to seven UX designers in two years. Also, it has become a central revenue-generating product line for TIBCO. Agradoot managed the entire BPM UX group and worked closely with TIBCO EUROPE (London and Paris) product owners, stakeholders, and marketing. He was leading the TIBCO Cloud Integration along with enterprise products. Key Achievements: Achieved a 20% increase in user engagement and satisfaction through the delivery of holistic design solutions, seamlessly integrating business, brand, and user requirements within TIBCO BPM's product suite. Spearheaded the successful execution of 10+ end-to-end experiences in collaboration with business stakeholders, graphic designers, and developers, resulting in a 25% reduction in customer support requests and a 15% increase in overall user retention rates. ### Founding Member - UX Design @ Chat That Inc Jan 2014 – Jan 2017 | Los Angeles, California, United States Chat That is a AI/ML powered Social Networking mobile app will allow users to ask questions and share information with the world. Users will be able to ask questions about, seek advice, get a review, or get insight on absolutely any person, place, thing, idea, or concept. Users can do this by chatting with other users in real time. Agradoot was a founding designer involved in the conceptualization of end-to-end product design and marketing. ### Sr. Information Architect – Security and Mobility Division @ Cisco Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | San Jose, California, United States Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a security policy management and control platform. It automates and simplifies access control and security compliance for wired, wireless, and VPN connectivity. Cisco ISE is primarily used to provide secure access and guest access, support BYOD initiatives, and enforce usage policies in conjunction with Cisco TrustSec. Responsibility : •Designer collaborator and lead strategist of Cisco Identity services engine - widely known as ISE (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11640/index.html) •Managed and transformed user experience of several new features of ISE version 1.2 1.0such as ( Reporting, Policy creation, Guest Management, Search, Mobile Device Management, CACertificate design) •Ideation, Conceptualizing and inventing new product opportunities, sketching user experience, prototyping, and visual design. •Creates design awareness, Transforming linear UCD into lean and agile UCD. • Voice of participatory design (Designer as facilitator), Responsible for design review and consultation among Engineering, Marketing, Product management, and other cross-vertical teams. •Study competitor products ( Such as Aruba and Juniper ) and bring next-generation user experience into the CISCO security paradigm •Participate and facilitated various user research and usability study. Also worked directly with the following technologies: -XML, JQuery, HTML 5, CSS 3, Flex UI skinning Key Achievements: - Reduced design iteration cycles by 40% by introducing efficient prototyping and visual design techniques, accelerating time-to-market for new features and updates within the Cisco ISE platform. - Facilitated a 15% increase in cross-functional collaboration efficiency by establishing a unified design review and consultation framework, fostering alignment among Engineering, Marketing, Product Management, and other stakeholders. ### Founding Product Manager – User experience @ Finovera, Inc Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Milpitas, California, United States Agradoot joined Finovera Inc. as a user experience product manager to shape Finovera’s only web-based software product that allows users to organize bills, statements, and documents and manage everything in one ultra-secure online space instead of letting bills, statements, and documents pile up and cause clutter and stress. This product is never before in its nature, so Finovera hired Agradoot as an experienced design architect responsible for designing the overall product experience. Agradoot was a long time consulting with this company remotely from London prior to its direct inception. Key Achievements: - Implemented targeted UX enhancements resulting in a 40% increase in user engagement within the first quarter. - Optimized product workflows, leading to a 25% improvement in system efficiency. - Led the initiative to enhance product accessibility, achieving a remarkable 95% compliance with industry standards. ### Lead, Digital planning and Social Experience Designer @ Sapient Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | London, England, United Kingdom Championed a collaborative environment within the team of digital designers and user researchers, fostering a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing to consistently deliver cutting-edge User Experience solutions. Orchestrated seamless integration of user insights into design processes, enhancing product/UI specifications and driving tangible business outcomes by translating research findings into actionable design strategies. Key projects and Clients Client: Volkswagen, UK Project: Internal portal Client : Sky: Sky Cloud is a content management solution for one of the UK’s largest free WiFI provider My Sky Week: A SKy TV social media application Sky Mobile: A mobile version of the Sky website Sky Movie Christmas campaign Clinet GSK - Lucozade Lucozade's social media campaign was nominated for best social media design by the British Interactive Media Association. GSK vaccine: A GSK website for medical practitioners Real-time display - And Inhouse AD management product Key Achievements: - Managed the digital planning process, optimizing workflow efficiency by implementing agile methodologies, resulting in a 20% reduction in project delivery timelines and ensuring timely delivery of software and web user experiences. - Implemented a social media engagement strategy, resulting in a 40% increase in user interaction and brand visibility across digital platforms, effectively leveraging social channels to enhance overall user experience and drive business growth. ### Lead, User Experience - Product design @ PayPal Jan 2008 – Jan 2011 | San Jose, California, United States Spearheaded user research initiatives, including neuro focus studies, to delve into user behavior and preferences, leveraging insights to refine product designs for enhanced user engagement and satisfaction. Activities: EBAY unified checkout, PayPal iPhone application, Various products of PayPal China, Bill Me Later research design, PayPal with Satandar Bank in UK, PayPal content management system, PayPal for social networking on Samsung phone, Terminology study for PayPal India. Key Achievements: - Led A-B testing initiatives resulting in a 25% increase in user engagement for the eBay unified checkout process, optimizing the user experience and enhancing conversion rates. - Conducted comprehensive terminology studies for PayPal India, refining language and interface elements to resonate with local users, leading to a 40% increase in user retention and engagement, establishing PayPal as a trusted payment platform in the Indian market. ### Sr. Consultant, Usability Engineering @ Zensar Technologies Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Pune, Maharashtra, India Crafted comprehensive user personas, scenarios, and test scripts derived from meticulous user research to inform design decisions and drive intuitive interface solutions for complex applications. Synthesized intricate application functionalities into visually compelling sitemaps, wireframes, and page flows, ensuring seamless navigation and optimal user engagement in alignment with project objectives. Key Achievements: - Led competitive analyses resulting in a 30% increase in user engagement metrics for Perigee's Adobe Flex RIA, surpassing industry benchmarks and solidifying market positioning. - Conducted user goal and task analyses, contributing to a 25% reduction in user errors and a 20% improvement in task completion rates, enhancing overall product usability for Perigee's clientele. - Implemented interactive design solutions, resulting in a 35% decrease in user onboarding time and a 25% increase in user retention rates, ensuring seamless user experiences aligning with business objectives for Perigee's product suite. ### Sr. Researcher and Human Interaction Designer @ NVIDIA Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | Pune, Maharashtra, India Led user experience and interaction designer for NVIDIA GeForce 9 Series GPU Control Panel Interfaces for Windows XP and Vista.•Early visualization through sketches and storyboards. • Proposing basic design mock-ups, mostly paper prototyping, which meets scenarios based on personas •Creating Interaction Design Specifications and walkthroughs for further usability testing and development. • HDTV user experience aimed to deliver the best visual computing experience through NVIDIA Graphics cards. Computer Games usability expert - • Usability goals for productivity software differ from those of games (ease of use, speed, etc, versus where challenge and difficulty may be part of the fun) • Usability, Playability Testing, Survivability Analysis, Deep Play, Heuristic Analysis. • Heavy engagement in all visual activities, including hard-core gaming, video, and media content activities. Products: NVIDIA GeForce, PhysX, NVIDIA on Windows 7, Mac, SONY, Nokia ### User Experience Lead @ Mindtree Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Crafted a comprehensive Product Design strategy, outlining actionable U.I. enhancements, and streamlining Usability Testing methodologies. Developed User Interface Style Guides, Icon Design Strategies, and Branding Methodologies to ensure cohesive user experiences across platforms. Provided strategic guidance and tactical support for consulting projects and product development initiatives, delivering impactful solutions for esteemed clients such as Dolby Labs, Nokia, Sony, and AIG. Usability and Web/ UI Development Activities: • Worked as a part of a development team and lead UI coordinator for large-scale development projects. • Direct, conceptual, strategic, and tactical creation of robust integrated GUI websites and web application solutions using HTML, DHTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Worked with the development team to ensure any designs produced were practical and efficient to implement. Consulting Project & Product Development: • Kodak Graphics Communication (http://graphics.kodak.com/) • Getronics Pension Planner • Intranet Web Portal- Imperial Tobacco Group. • KRAFT PREP PACK website •EMERSON Corporate Website Information Architecture design (http://www.emerson.com/) • AIG e-Treaty • Media Player for Nokia N700 / N800 • SONY Web application Clients: DOLBY LAB, NOKIA, SONY, AIG, KRAFT Food, Kodak, EMERSON, Getronics, Imperial Tobacco Group ### User Interface Architect @ ESPN Jan 2005 – Jan 2006 | Singapore Conceptualized and executed a seamless user journey for cricinfo.com, enhancing navigation and user experience for cricket enthusiasts worldwide. Innovatively crafted Windows gadgets for Cricinfo, optimizing user engagement and interaction on desktop platforms. • Designed Windows gadgets for Cricinfo. • Managed all phases of software and multimedia projects with effective Usability plans toward users’ goals and business needs for a wide range of clients. • Transitioned all product user interfaces to a new look and feel for web-based applications based on product demos/prototypes. • Performed usability testing and synthesized data into concrete GUI design proposals; presented design ideas using whiteboarding, storyboarding, paper prototyping, flowcharting, and mock-ups. • Created practical visual simulation using Macromedia Flash for developers to gain a better understanding of critical applications. ### Web and Visual Designer @ Spectrum Infomedia Jan 2003 – Jan 2005 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Conceptualized and spearheaded the development of interactive CD-ROMs, course materials, and KIOSK interfaces, enhancing user engagement and learning experiences. Designed and implemented the Budget Car Rental Booking website (www.budgetsaudi.com), optimizing the user interface for seamless online booking experiences. Key Achievements: - Led the creation of a multimedia website, "Kitchen by Design," resulting in a 40% increase in website traffic and a 25% rise in user engagement over a six-month period. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement a software simulation project, reducing customer support queries by 25% and increasing user satisfaction ratings by 15%. ### Associate Multimedia Content Creator @ Arena Animation Jan 2001 – Jan 2002 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Collaborated seamlessly with cross-functional teams to craft compelling visual assets that resonated with target audiences. Executed innovative multimedia projects, blending creativity with technical proficiency to deliver impactful storytelling experiences. Multimedia faculty for 3DS Max, Dreamweaver, Macromedia tools ## Education ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Computer Science With Human Computer Interaction specialization Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology ### Associate's degree in Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia Arena Animation ### Associate's degree in Human Computer Interaction Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/agradoot - Portfolio: http://youruxfriend.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/agradoot JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/agradoot/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13