# Manvitha Madem > AI Product Designer Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/manvitha SF-based end-to-end product designer passionate about crafting immersive experiences and compelling stories, consistently delivering innovative, user-centric solutions that drive significant functional and business outcomes. Looking for new, challenging opportunities! ## Work Experience ### Product Marketing Manager @ Astrocade Jan 2025 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States ### Co-Founder, CEO @ Stealth AI Startup Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States currently on leave lol ### Head of Growth @ CoCreate Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States ### Product Designer (AI) @ Pfizer Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 Working on digital workforce team @Pfizer ### Product Designer @ Tempo Labs (YC S23) Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area ### Human-Robot Interaction Researcher & Designer @ University of Michigan Robotics Department Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Advisor: Prof. Robert Lionel Conducted research and analysis on culturally relevant AI-driven chatbot design, identifying key cultural factors for development. Designed and executed participatory design tasks, collecting feedback and improving the chatbot's language model. ### Graduate Student Instructor @ University of Michigan Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Course: Pervasive Design (IoT x AI) Student instructor for Pervasive Interaction Design, a graduate-level course on emerging mobile and context-aware technologies. Managed and mentored 40-70 students on IoT design projects, guiding them in design techniques for AI, AR, voice, motion/gesture devices, and tangibles. Employed research methods like Contextual Inquiry and Diary Studies, and development tools like Photon IoT and C++ for product prototypes. ### UX Research and Design Student @ University of Michigan - School of Information Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 ### User Experience Designer @ Honeywell Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States Implemented feedback on design systems across five verticals, presenting findings at a workshop in India. ### Design Project Manager @ Michigan Founders Fund Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States Directed rebranding and website overhaul, enhancing brand perception and reducing bounce rate by 25%. Identified opportunities through user interviews, card sorting, site mapping, content inventory, heuristic evaluation, and competitive analysis. Led high-fidelity prototyping and handoff, resulting in a final working prototype and a 20% increase in click-through rate. ### User Experience Researcher @ GovPuzzle Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States ### User Experience Designer @ University of Michigan Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States • Employed double-diamond design process, wireframing, and user journey mapping for responsive UI including key interactions. • Explored qualitative methods to address social biases, personalize experiences, and delivered high-fidelity prototypes using Adobe XD and Figma. ### Prototype Designer @ Underground Printing Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States • Identified user needs by conducting 5 semi-structured interviews and 57 surveys. Gathered insights about shopping needs, pain points and interaction behaviors • Researched competitor landscape consisting of 8 other brands to benchmark design decisions, conduct context analysis and develop best practices • Proposed key responsiveness and accessibility improvements for mobile version by performing heuristic evaluations, interaction map studies and 8 usability tests ### Data Science and Machine Learning intern @ Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | India • Developed an Integrated Aircraft Health Management software for fighter aircraft to effectively monitor current health of the aircraft and predict the future health on the historic trends of data. • Modeled and executed data compression modeling ML methodologies for prognosis of future aircraft conditions. • Detected anomalies, computed Remaining Useful Life of the aircraft based on the fatigue index computation of strain gauge values ### UI/UX Designer @ Customer Centria Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India • Designed and prototyped intuitive interface solutions, reducing 15% user errors. • Conceptualized and executed an interactive prototype, increasing new user onboarding completion rates by 30%. • Improved user satisfaction rates by 90% through cross-functional collaboration to enhance machine learning functions' explainability and error-handling. ## Education ### Master's degree in Human Computer Interaction University of Michigan ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Ramaiah Institute Of Technology ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/manvitha-madem - Website: https://www.manvithamadem.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/manvitha JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/manvitha/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-08