# Rushabh Kulkarni > Building agentic product experiences and design at Smartsheet | Ex- Panasonic, Bond Medical, Deloitte Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Profile: https://flows.cv/rushabhkulkarni Product designer with 5+ years of experience, based out of San Francisco who enjoys working in messy, early stage problems and turning them into clear, usable products. My approach is simple: understand the problem deeply, stay close to users, and design systems that scale without losing the human side. I spend a lot of time thinking about flows, edge cases, and how early decisions affect trust, usability, and long term adoption. I’ve worked across AI, healthcare, fintech, and consumer products, often in 0→1 environments. My contributions typically span product thinking, interaction design, systems design, and execution, from shaping early concepts and validating them through research, to shipping and iterating based on real world feedback. This work has supported outcomes like successful fundraising, public launches, and scaling products beyond early pilots. I’m focused in building in AI and agent-based experiences, not as features, but as systems that require clear mental models, transparency, and thoughtful fallback states. My work in this space has been recognized at CES, covered by TechCrunch, and has led to a granted patent in conversational and agentic user experience design. I work best in close collaboration with product managers, engineers, and founders, and I value clarity, ownership, and honest feedback over polish for its own sake. I care deeply about building products that feel reliable, respectful, and easy to understand, especially in high-stakes domains. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Smartsheet Jan 2026 – Present | Banglore ### Lead Product Designer @ Venn Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco, California, United States ✦ Defined and built Venn from 0 to 1, a social dining platform connecting groups of strangers over curated events, shaping the product vision, brand and growth strategy from concept to launch. ✦ Led end to end product design for the experience ecosystem from onboarding, ticketing, memberships and event flows, optimizing for conversion, trust and long term community retention. ✦ Built and evolved the visual and brand design and language under the theme of modern retro humanism, defining tone, art direction and scalable design systems across app, web and marketing. ✦ Partnered with founders and investors on business positioning, monetization strategy, market narrative, aligning design decisions with growth goals and fundraising milestones. ### Senior Product Designer @ Panasonic Well Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States ✦ Designed and launched Umi, AI-powered wellness app recognized as Top App at CES 2025 and Tech Crunch, preparing for a U.S. rollout with expected 30,000 users in the first quarter. ✦ Led 0 to 1 to N product design, partnering across product, engineering, machine learning and data and GTM to deliver scalable, compliant and emotionally intelligent AI experience. ✦ Architected the agent UX system, that guided users towards successful outcomes optimizing task routing, fallback flows, and approvals to increase reliability, engagement and product growth. ✦ Drove design research and experimentation conducted Wizard of Oz, diary studies, A/B testing to refine and improve user understanding, task accuracy and long term engagement. ✦ Elevated product strategy and visuals through high fidelity motion design, developing interaction patterns, scaling design systems, building a visual design pattern and defining the brand’s AI personality and in-app experience. ✦ Co-inventor on 1 granted patent in conversational design and agentic user experience design. ### Senior Product Designer @ Bond Medical Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area ✦ Led end to end design for an AI driven neurological diagnostic platform, taking the product from concept to investor ready proof of concept in an accelerated startup environment. ✦ Collaborated with founder, clinicians and engineers to define the product vision and translate complex medical workflows into ethical, accessible and intuitive user experience. ✦ Conducted rapid research and field studies, with doctors and patients, turning insights into prototypes that demonstrated clear clinical value, technical feasibility and investor confidence. ✦ Built the first design system, interaction models, that streamlined communication across design, engineering, and clinical teams while accelerating proof-of-concept delivery. ### User Experience Designer @ Deloitte Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Remote ✦ National Pension Scheme: Designed responsive framework that cut development time and improved usability and accessibility, earning recognition from the Government of India and helping modernize how millions of citizens interact with the pension system. ✦ Axis Bank: Applied a data-driven approach with A/B testing and user feedback, reducing errors by 30% and streamlining transaction flows by 80%, which significantly improved customer satisfaction and trust in digital banking. ✦ Deloitte Internal: Enhanced the employee onboarding portal across four brands through heuristic analysis, aligning UX with organizational goals and delivering compelling pitch decks that improved adoption and stakeholder alignment. ### Founding Designer @ Alter Ego Learning Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ✦ Led brand identity and digital experience initiatives at Avatar, integrating design with business strategy, marketing, and project delivery. ✦ Developed a cohesive design language, strategically aligning brand and digital experiences to drive success across key projects. ### User Experience Designer @ Schbang Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ✦ Provided strategic design leadership at Schbang, translating visionary concepts into impactful designs and driving independent project management. ✦ Led 15 prototype iterations for the Schbang X platform, demonstrating expertise in user-centered design. ✦ Redesigned 76 pages across 12 services, driving a 19% service portfolio expansion and contributing to business growth. ### User Experience Designer @ OkCompass Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ✦ Provided strategic leadership in shaping product direction by aligning stakeholder collaboration with business objectives. ✦ Revamped website navigation and user flow, optimizing the user journey for local guides and adventure groups. ✦ Led the creation of a design system, ensuring a consistent and intuitive user experience across the travel platform. ### Visual Designer @ Geometry Global Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India ✦ Internship ✦ Mastered the art of work-life balance by commuting to the office, enjoying gourmet-level lunches, and skillfully navigating the fine line between productivity and a well-timed nap in the waiting room. ✦ Wrapped up the day by sharpening strategic thinking through intense Fortnite sessions. ## Education ### MHCI - Master's in Interaction Design in Product Design California College of the Arts ### UG Communication Design ATLAS SkillTech University ### Bachelor of Arts - BA University of Mumbai ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/rushabhkulkarni - Portfolio: https://rushabhkulkarni.com - Portfolio: https://adplist.org/mentors/rushabh-kulkarni?session=48663-mentorship-session-with-rushabh-kulkarni --- Source: https://flows.cv/rushabhkulkarni JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/rushabhkulkarni/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13