# Pinak Parekh

> UX design leader specializing in Robotics and AI

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

## Work Experience
### Sr. Interaction Designer @ Intuitive
Jan 2023 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States
Designing for robotic surgery products used by surgeons and OR staff in the operating room

### Head of UX @ Rapid Robotics, inc
Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
As one of Rapid's earliest team members and founding designer, I led UX and design initiatives across product, marketing, and business operations. I ideated and designed Rapid's intelligent product suite from scratch, enabling manufacturing customers to seamlessly deploy, visualize, monitor, and manage their robot fleets.

### UX Lead - Avitas Systems @ GE
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed several AI-powered intelligent products for end-to-end industrial inspection services using drones (aerial), robots (surface), and autonomous underwater vehicles (sea). Our results show that the clients have significant inspection time and cost reductions, resulting in annual savings of up to 25%.

### Lead UX Designer @ F Sharp
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
Took a small sabbatical to travel and work remotely. I designed and led the UX for new and existing AdStudio products and features. AdStudio is a self-serve platform to create and manage audio and rich media ads on Spotify, Pandora, NPR, Soundcloud, and Shazam.

### Associate Director of UX @ BBDO Worldwide | Barefoot Proximity
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Greater New York City Area
Designed and managed Fortune 50 companies' mid-to-large scale websites, apps, and products across all devices.

### Interactive art and traveling @ Unknown
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014
Created an interactive art installation for Lightning in a Bottle 2014 and traveled internationally.

### User Experience Designer @ F#
Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 | Greater New York City Area
Designed digital music advertising products, apps, and campaigns for the world's leading brands and labels. I also worked on the complex technical concepts for the system and application management space.

Project Types: User research, developed strategies and intelligence for audio advertising, led campaign ideas and brainstorming, user journeys, annotated wireframes and prototypes, IA, sitemaps, QA, pitch presentations, and other internal projects.

Collaboration: Worked closely with design, engineering, and product management teams located in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and North America.

Leadership: Educated colleagues on UX best practices and the importance of UCD. Supervised work of junior and freelance designers. I also hired, managed and mentored interns.

### UX/UI Consultant @ JW Player
Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | Greater New York City Area
Designed the next generation of the JW Player’s video publishing & analytics dashboard. I led the entire UX design lifecycle including research, concept, IA, use cases, wireframes, and visual design.

Worked closely in-office with product management, engineering, and QA teams. Focused intently on usability, leveraging rapid prototyping and continuous user feedback.

### Interaction Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Created wireframes and user journeys for desktop and mobile applications for various clients in India and USA. Developed design solutions by studying requirements, analyzing data, and conducting research. Worked remotely with cross-functional teams in different time-zones.

### Physical Interaction Designer @ Asia Digital MOJO
Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Shanghai, China

### Interaction Design Research Intern @ Domus Academy Research Center (DARC)
Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 | Milan Area, Italy

### Visual Designer @ Freelance
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
Designed marketing collaterals for small-medium size businesses.


## Education
### Master of Arts - MA in Interaction Design
Domus Academy
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010

### Master of Arts - MA in Interaction Design
University of Wales
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010

### Bachelor of Engineering - BE in Electrical Engineering
Gujarat University
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007


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

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Last updated: 2026-03-25