# Gautam Karnik

> Principal User Experience Designer | Design Thinking Advocate, UX Expert | Healthcare/ Enterprise/ Education/ Retail/ Finance

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gautamkarnik

I have successfully used UX domain expertise, solution strategy and business acumen to deliver quality products over two decades. 
I have strong experience as a UX generalist in User Research, Interaction Design and Visual Design.
Besides solving business and user problems in my current role, I evangelise UX in the company, train teams for Design Thinking and craft new offerings for the UX practice. 
I play the roles of a team player, UX leader, a trainer and a business hunter.

My experience through my current and past work spans the spectrum of User research activities, Design Systems, Interaction design, Usability testing, Visual design, and Design-Development audits. Past experience includes B2B, and B2C products through Healthcare, Finance, Retail, Telecom, and Education domains amongst others.  

I am learning continually about how Generative AI can help augment core UX methodologies in research and design phases.

## Work Experience
### Principal, User Experience @ Persistent Systems
Jan 2013 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
Leading many large projects across domains; Conducted org wide trainings on Design Thinking; Supporting presales and new offerings

### Vice President, Product Development @ Nexus Development Center Pvt. Ltd.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | Pune, India
Created 2.0 of an Electronic Medical Records product targeted for the clinics of US markets in the ObamaCare phase

### Sr. User Experience Architect @ Infosys
Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | Pune, India
Led many large projects across domains; Managed UX practice resource allocations; Part of UX trainers in org; Supported presales

### Sr. Consultant (User Research Lead) @ Capgemini
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009 | Pune, India
Conducted extensive research activities as part of HSBC UX team; Worked directly with HSBC UX head to plan and conduct usability studies

### Design Director @ Design Incubator Research & Development Labs
Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 | Mumbai, India
Helped build the UX team for the startup design agency; Laid UX delivery templates; Led many government department projects

### Visual Design Specialist @ Human Factors International
Jan 2004 – Jan 2005 | Mumbai, India
Primarily worked with UX practitioners to create visual design; Part of UX research after certification in usability analysis.


## Education
### Master of Design
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Jan 2002 – Jan 2004


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautamkarnik

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Last updated: 2026-04-07