Experience
2023 — Now
2023 — Now
San Jose, CA
• Co-founded cross-platform, multi-user, AI-powered storytelling and educational apps for Pre-K children and their parents.
• Co-led competitor analysis, product management, planning, positioning, and roadmap.
• Led end-to-end product design, UX, information architecture, wireframes, illustrations, user flows, animations, and brand identity. Delivered interactive Figma and Swift prototypes. Collaborated on UX and visual design with other co-founding designers.
• Architected design system in Figma: design tokens, component library, scalable across mobile, tablet, and web.
• Designed UX around multi-modal generative AI models. Architected, tested and built reliable AI workflow: prompt engineering, Python scripts for automated assets (image, text, voice) generation via APIs, multi-layered safety architecture for children's content.
• Co-led data architecture, data base design, and backend setup on Google Firebase and Functions.
• Built key screens in Swift for iOS. Gained the knowledge and expertise in Xcode, Swift, and the iOS app development lifecycle. MVP ready app launched in Apple TestFlight. Customized Squarespace template for the marketing website with custom HTML/CSS.
2021 — Now
2021 — Now
San Jose, CA
• Co-led product design, engineered components, tested, validated and shipped final water dispensing system for Elequatico, commercial product now available on Etsy, Amazon, Shopify storefronts.
• Designed, tested and validated small-scale manufacturing workflow using FDM 3D printing technology.
• Performed structural testing, stress testing, and quality validation of 3D-printed parts to ensure manufacturing reliability. Identified potential failure modes in design and manufacturing process, documented risks, and implemented corrective actions to improve product reliability.
• Performed Gage R&R studies to verify measurement system consistency and dimensional tolerances.
• Hands-on experience with 3D printing, CNC machining, woodworking, resin casting, injection molding tooling and other fabrication methods for small-scale production and rapid prototyping.
• Created production-ready models using CAD software (Autodesk Fusion 360, Shapr3D).
• Designed and manufactured 3D-printable educational board games, and functional products.
• Published functional design models on Printables.com with 380+ downloads.
• Designed 3D printable art models using 3D modeling tools (Blender, Nomad Sculpt).
2022 — 2024
Palo Alto, CA
• Led end-to-end design and shipped large-scale, multi-user, cross-platform enterprise products, employee compliance tools, developer and admin tools, improved user task completion by 80%, and achieved 95% CSAT with the new SAP SuccessFactors Learning platform post-launch.
• Architected design systems, built component and style libraries, created design tokens, maintained and documented Fiori design libraries, improved internal design processes, reduced design delivery time by 45%.
• Delivered interactive, high-fidelity Figma prototypes, secured $12M+ in new business with 3 major US-based enterprise clients in 1 month.
• Led accessibility-first design approach, followed WCAG standards, delivered A11y annotations, created inclusive and accessible UX design.
• Designed a scalable UX for Gen AI tools integration into forms' text fields, increased HR tool users’ productivity by 60%.
• Led user research, design testing, and validation initiatives, leveraged data-driven design process, achieved 98% customer adoption rates across new features of the Learning platform in 2 months post-launch.
• Mentored junior designers and facilitated cross-functional team collaboration.
2021 — 2022
2021 — 2022
San Jose, CA
• Designed AI-powered notifications feature for a consumer robotics app, increased user engagement by 55% and boosted new robot accessories sales by 25% in 3 months.
• Established design processes, architected design systems, built component libraries, reduced design cycle time by 80%, developer hand-off time by 40%, and improved cross-team collaboration in 6 months.
• Co-directed production of the user education content, reduced support tickets by 38% and increased user satisfaction by 70% in 6 months.
• Designed robot behavior patterns and human-robot interaction UX patterns.
• Led a remote cross-functional team of 3 people.
2021 — 2021
2021 — 2021
San Jose, California, United States
• Collaborated with Twitch and YouTube creators to develop streaming overlays, intro, alerts, scene transition animations, and emotes.
• Produced digital VFX, procedural VFX, practical VFX, original music compositions, and animations.
Education
State University of Nizhni Novgorod named after N.I. Lobachevsky (UNN)
Master's degree
State University of Nizhni Novgorod named after N.I. Lobachevsky (UNN)