# Poornima Sankaran

> Senior Product Designer at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/poornima

Passionate about designing innovative and meaningful experiences for users. I love exploring the intersection of various technologies and human contexts transforming them into products used in everyday life.

Specialities: User Research, Contextual Inquiry, Personas, Storyboards, Wireframes, Interactive Prototypes, Cognitive walkthrough, Usability Testing, Visual Design

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer - AWS IoT @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2022 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States

### Sr Product Designer @ Polaris Industries
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Sunnyvale
I design the rider experience for Polaris off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, and motorcycles — the vehicle digital interface and connected app & web experience for adventure sports. Designed and launched connected experiences for Polaris 7S display (snowmobiles, RZRs & Rangers), 4” digital round (Indian Motorcycles), Ride Command (App & Web).

### Interaction Designer @ Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America, Inc.
Jan 2013 – Jan 2018 | Sunnyvale
Designed the digital cockpit experience for Mercedes Benz Cars — 2016, 2018 and 2020 models. Designed and launched concepts for MBUX (CES 2018), Mercedes Benz Smart Home Integration (Awarded 2017 CES Innovation award), Mercedes Benz Mbrace Apps (2015-16) and Smart Cross Connect App (Smart Cars)

### User Experience Designer @ Saba
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013
Designed Saba’s enterprise HRMS products — complete product suite starting to employee onboarding to performance evaluation


## Education
### Master of Science in Electronic Media
College of Engineering, Guindy


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

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Last updated: 2026-02-23