# Neel Saswade

> Product Designer at Glean • KP Fellow

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

building productive relationships between people and computers

## Work Experience
### Product Designer @ Glean
Jan 2022 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
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### Kleiner Perkins Design Fellow @ Kleiner Perkins
Jan 2022 – Present

### Product Designer @ Snap Inc.
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | New York, United States
"nice" - Evan Spiegel

Web 3.0 👾 - Product R&D

### Consultant Project Mentor @ Microsoft
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States
mentored a team of 4 consultants through a semester-long product design project in the sales space

### Project Mentor @ Berkeley Innovation
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Product Design Consultant @ Berkeley Innovation
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States

### Teaching Assistant for DES INV 98 @ DeCal Program
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States
taught a course focused on the fundamentals of the Human-Centered Design process

### Product Design Consultant @ Adobe
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Berkeley, California, United States
designed solutions to creatively teach storytelling in the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem

### Interaction Designer @ Intuitive
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Sunnyvale, California, United States
led design of a new multi-modal & multi-dimensional surgical feature for the next Da Vinci system

### Product Design Consultant @ Logitech
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Berkeley, California, United States
explored the state of modern gaming culture to design a Discord-integrated metaverse prototype enabling the formation and permanence of inclusive gaming communities

### UI/UX Design and Software Engineering Intern @ Phonic
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
sole designer in Y Combinator Startup designing core audio/video survey product impacting millions of survey participants, helping secure $2.2M in seed funding.

### Designer @ Creative Tech Design
Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Santa Cruz, California, United States
helped grow club by redesigning of logo & design system, drafting new design curriculum, and facilitating outreach with guest speakers.

### HRI Lab Research Assistant | People Helping Robots Study sponsored by Google @ University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Human Robot Interaction Lab
designed and conducted academic research with Dr. Leila Takayma to measure human
interaction with robots/computers in virtual and physical settings and build more
productive relationship between humans and robots

### Vice President of Special Projects/Mechanical Designer @ FIRST
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Fremont High School
coordinated students in building robot testing tools and facilitated communication between students, leads, and mentors. Designed robotic mechanisms, including drivetrains, intakes, and shooters, using Solidworks.

### Team Coach - First Lego League @ FIRST
Jan 2015 – Jan 2018 | Cupertino
established and led a senior robotics department to mentor middle school teams, guiding over 6 teams in robot design, research, and teamwork. Teams consistently advanced to state championships, earning awards for design and teamwork annually.

### Researcher @ University of California San Diego
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Quantum Mechanics Lab
worked with Professor Joel Yuen-Zhou at UC San Diego to build computational mathematical models. Applied them to simulate biological and physical phenomena, such as neuronal propagation of action potentials. Packaged models for use by other developers and researchers. 

designed a video game integrating Schrodinger’s Equation of wave propagation. 

selected for 3 weeks of research out of more than 300 applicants


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science
University of California, Berkeley
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022

### Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science
University of California, Santa Cruz
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020

### Fremont High School
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/neel-saswade
- Website: https://neelsaswade.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-25