# Shantanu Garud

> VP of UX & Product Management at TriNet

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

User experience design leader with 20+ years of experience in translating business goals and user needs into easy to use solutions. Proven track record of creating value for investors by bridging the gap between design and development, based on prioritization and design trade-offs. 

• Design leader & mentor with proven ability to build, coach, and manage geographically distributed design teams to deliver product vision across platforms and devices. Passionate about hiring, retaining & developing design talent by providing design training and workshops.

• Metrics driven leader with executive presence. Solving business problems with design thinking methodologies and building strong relationships with cross-functional global partners in product, engineering, brand, marketing, Sales, and senior executives.

• Strong experience in leading user centered design process (interaction design, visual design, user research, usability testing, prototyping) and creating design strategy

Specialties: User Experience Design, Data Driven Design, Prototyping and Usability Testing, Creating Design Culture, Globalization, Building offshore teams, Excellent strategic planning, leading global team, timely delivery, process optimization, and leadership to motivate, coach designers and cross-functional team members.

## Work Experience
### Vice President, UX & Product Management @ TriNet
Jan 2025 – Present | Dublin, California, United States

### Executive Director, Head of UX Design @ TriNet
Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | Dublin, California, United States

### Head of UX & UI Engineering @ StarTree
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Mountain View, California, United States

### Senior Director, Head of User Experience & Design @ Zenefits
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021

### Director, Head of UX Design @ 8x8
Jan 2012 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, CA
8x8 is a leader in Cloud Communications. I managed global UX design team for all products at 8x8. Product portfolio includes 1:1 & group communication via calls, chats, and meetings via all devices, easy to user admin interfaces, and reporting dashboards.

### Lead Interaction Designer @ Yahoo! Inc.
Jan 2005 – Jan 2012
Led user experience and design on multiple projects as a part of the Yahoo! design team. Worked with several Y! properties including Search, News, Contributor Network, Video, and Strategic Data Systems. Primary responsibilities include identifying requirements, designing the user interaction model, workflow, information architecture, data visualization and user interface.

### UI Designer @ IBM SPSS
Jan 2000 – Jan 2005 | Chicago, IL
Worked in the user experience & design group for new product development. The job profile included designing, documenting design specs, prototyping, and developing user interfaces. Involved in web-based projects and exercised my knowledge of advanced web-technologies towards efficient and communicative interaction design.

### Graduate Research Assistant @ Clemson University
Jan 1999 – Jan 2000 | Clemson, SC

### UI Design Intern @ GE
Jan 2000 – Jan 2000 | Greenville, SC


## Education
### MS in HCI [Industrial Engineering]
Clemson University

### BE
Nagpur University


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

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Last updated: 2026-04-13