# Manya Krishnaswamy

> Principal Product Designer, Intuit

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/manya

I am passionate about using design to imagine the future and help bring it to life. I love diving into messy, ambiguous problems to launch new-to-the-world experiences.

Right now, I spend my time working on ways to help employees working at small businesses get paid, make the most of every paycheck, and feel financially empowered.

## Work Experience
### Principal Product Designer, QuickBooks Payroll @ Intuit
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Product Designer, QuickBooks Payroll @ Intuit
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Creating experiences that help small business employees feel in control of their their paycheck and financially empowered.

### Design Coach, Intuit Prosperity Accelerator @ Intuit
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Senior Product Designer, QuickBooks Payments @ Intuit
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led design for point-of-sale app and hardware interface for a brand new credit card reader for small businesses.

### Product Designer, QuickBooks Payments @ Intuit
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Mountain View, CA

### Teaching Assistant @ Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Facilitated weekly design research workshops for design master’s students
• Provided guidance and feedback to students in applying research methods for their studio projects

### Interaction Design Intern @ Philips
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Designed key screens for a respiratory health tracker for seniors with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
• Created high fidelity designs and prototypes using Sketch & Flinto.
• Conducted think-alouds and usability tests with target users.

### Community Manager @ Padang & Co
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Singapore
Padang & Co is an innovation catalyst for corporations and governments. I helped clients adopt open innovation tools to solve complex problems and develop new opportunities with startups, as well as tech, data and innovation communities in South East Asia.

Clients included: Unilever, AIA, Changi Airport, Konica Minolta, Maritime Port Authority of Singapore, etc.

### UX Designer and Co-Founder @ GoEasy
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Singapore
• Got $20K seed funding to build and launch the app. 
• Led UX research and end-to-end design for our mobile app to help wheelchair users discover accessible places
• Ran customer interviews contextual inquiries to understand users’ needs


## Education
### Master of Design in Design for Interactions
Carnegie Mellon University
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018

### Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) with Honours in Architecture
University of Nottingham
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011

### International Baccalaureate
UWC South East Asia
Jan 2005 – Jan 2008


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/manyakrishnaswamy
- Portfolio: http://www.manya-k.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-25