# Vandan Gohil > I Design. I Ship. Founding Design Engineer @ Sapling Building CRMs & SaaS from 0β†’1 Profile: https://flows.cv/vandan A multidisciplinary Product Designer & Design Engineer driven by curiosity, clarity, and impact. With 5+ years spanning AI tools, enterprise SaaS, and research-backed public sector experiences, I specialize in designing products people adopt, not just get adapted to. From building a B2B SaaS platform from scratch, scaled to 100k+ users, to leading subscription product strategy for VisLab that drove $60K in revenue within the first year. I bring the full stack: research, systems thinking, and the ability to ship production-quality code. A bias for aesthetics. A builder's mindset. A data-driven approach to decisions. I collaborate across disciplines to turn user insights into products and strategies that elevate business impact and I'm equally comfortable in Figma, a product doc, or a codebase. Currently exploring opportunities where I can contribute to AI-powered tools, SaaS ecosystems, and mission-driven platforms. Always learning. Always building. Always shipping. 🌐 Intrigued? Shoot me a note at onedone.product@gmail.com ## Work Experience ### Founding Design Engineer @ The Sapling Group Jan 2026 | Scottsdale, AZ β€’ Leading end-to-end product design for a CRM platform built for nonprofit organizations, owning everything from UX research and feature specification to alignment with engineering and leadership. β€’ Driving full product strategy across the entire product translating complex nonprofit fundraising workflows into intuitive, role-aware product experiences. β€’ Bridging design and frontend engineering as a design engineer in practice, leveraging AI workflows to move from high-fidelity specs to production-quality code, accelerating the build cycle at an early-stage startup. ### UX Designer and Researcher @ Arizona State University Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | United States β€’ Won multiple awards for shipping products in efforts to support and enhance the water situation in Arizona β€’ Revamped social AI chatbot, leading to a staggering 40% increase in user engagement sessions, and raising awareness amongst 30k+ Arizona residents β€’ Shipped a nationally recognized VR learning experience on water treatment, led usability testing and narrative scripting β€’ Led team of 3 designers to design and ship an interactive quiz game which educated over 2k AZ Residents at public exhibitions ### Product / UX Expert @ Mercor Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | United States β€’ Handpicked from 300+ global candidates to contract with one of the world's top AI companies via Mercor on a AI design research project focused on training visual taste at scale. ### Product Designer, VisLab @ School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | United States β€’ Pitched subscription services to the leading design studio in ASU, from ideation to final website service, resulting in $52k increase in revenue within a single year of launch. β€’ Re-designed web experience for one of the biggest department of Arizona State University over 60 web pages adhering ASU brand guide, resulting in 20% increase in task completion rates ### Sr. Product Designer @ WTFRuchit Studios Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | India β€’ Partnered with 10+ startup founders to define design strategy, build brand identity, and scale MVPs across U.S to secure more than $1.5 Million as investments. β€’ Conducted early-stage research for Meta product features; translated qualitative insights into design concepts and usability testing plans ### Founding Designer @ WTFRuchit Studios Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | India β€’ Mentored a team of four design interns, fostering their growth in critical design thinking and enhancing their technical proficiency ### Founding Product Designer @ CultureX Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India β€’ Solely led the brand revamp from web presence, to their first product HypdVision, a B2B influencer campaign SaaS used by 250+ brands and 100k+ creators, Successfully raising more than β‚Ή1.5 Cr in fundings from VCs and angel investors β€’ Product serving few of the India's biggest Film Production Companies for influencer marketing campaigns ### Founding Designer @ Utsav Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | West Bengal, India β€’ Helped build a strong brand and design the first M.V.P that connects 200k+ devoted users to the religious platform. β€’ Vital role in shaping brand awareness, consistency for the platform that raised more than β‚Ή2 Cr from venture capitalists. ### Interaction Designer @ applex.in Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Kolkata, West Bengal, India β€’ Crafted a unified and cohesive visual identity across social media platforms, enhancing brand recognition. β€’ Revitalized the brand’s digital presence across platforms, achieving a 30% increase in user interactions through strategic visual and UX design improvements. Mentored 6 junior designers, enhancing the team’s design thinking capabilities ### Graphic Designer @ applex.in Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | India β€’ Assisted in designing social media posts which raised overall 12% engagement on instagram. β€’ Pitched ideas to innovate the social media by implementing carousels and continual concept in the posts which further grew user interactions by 2.5 times ## Education ### Master's degree Arizona State University ### Bachelor of Engineering - BE LDRP Institute of Technology & Research, Gujarat Technological University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vandangohil - Portfolio: https://vandangohil.com - GitHub: https://github.com/onedone-gohil - Email: mailto:vandangohil13@gmail.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/vandan JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vandan/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-16