I am a user experience designer and a relentless problem solver focusing on user interactions, design consistency, and cross-functional collaboration. I have 10 years of experience designing delightful and intuitive user experiences for some of the most complex technologies. I like to create experiences and systems...

2021 — NowRoku Inc.Sr. UX Product Designer, Multi-Modal Voice/Conversation AI

2021 — Now

San Jose, California, United States

I shape the multimodal user experience for voice interactions on Roku devices. My role goes beyond designing the TV user interface, involving complex case logic and crafting intuitive pathways for a diverse range of voice commands. Leveraging AI and machine learning, I have spearheaded innovation and improved user interactions, ensuring Roku stays at the forefront of voice technology. Key projects include:

Voice HUDs 2.0: Designed advanced heads-up displays (HUDs) for TV text responses, confirmations, and app installations.

Voice Disambiguation: Developed solutions using machine learning to resolve ambiguities in voice commands for app launches, content selection, and IoT device control.

Voice for IoT: Created seamless voice interactions for smart home devices, including cameras, lights, and plugs.

Voice-Enabled Keyboards: Designed intuitive voice-enabled keyboards for TV inputs like search queries, email entries, passwords, PINs, and credit card details.

Voice Help Guide: Developed a comprehensive voice help guide accessible within TV settings.

2020 — 2021MobileIronLead User Experience Designer

2020 — 2021

San Francisco Bay Area

Design Lead for all mobile apps across platforms.

Building product design strategies with cross-functional teams.

Prioritizing UX initiatives with PMs, partnering with engineering leads and collaborating with customer-facing teams on a day-to-day basis.

Designed Threat Defense, Passwordless Sign-on, Enterprise App Store, Docs@Work, User Registration & Onboarding, and Notifications.

Hosted design thinking & customer research sessions.

Led the style guide project establishing a streamlined process for the designers

2017 — 2020MobileIronSenior User Experience Designer - Mobile Apps

2017 — 2020

San Francisco Bay Area

2016 — 2017CongaUser Experience Designer

2016 — 2017

San Francisco Bay Area

Originally Apttus, acquired by Conga later.

Designed 5 key products in an extremely fast-paced organization.

Intelligent Workflows and Approvals and Loyalty Program Builder designs were successfully used as POCs to get new customers.

Evangelized UX in this sales-driven company and helped ship our 1st Design System in less than 5 months.

Mentored junior designer working in India.

Awarded ‘Founders’ Commendation Award’ for outstanding performance in the training academy.

2014 — 2016TiVoUser Experience Designer

2014 — 2016

San Francisco Bay Area

Designed next-gen features for TiVo’s mobile apps consumed by millions of users like TV show details, Video player, and Advanced search.

Created a simple HTML/CSS web style guide for the engineering team.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Master of Entertainment Technology

International Technological University (ITU)

Master of Business Administration - MBA

North Carolina State University

Game and Interactive Media Design

University of Mumbai

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Education

Master of Entertainment Technology

Master of Business Administration - MBA

Game and Interactive Media Design

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)