# Vinay Shanthagiri

> UX Design - Amazon Bedrock, AI/ML

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

I enjoy solving problems, organizing information, and designing interactions that support and enrich experiences. I have worked with start-ups, non-profit organizations, higher education institutions, and established MNC's with an objective to design and build efficient, satisfying, and usable products.

In-depth experience with end-to-end Product Design,  UX Strategy, Design Thinking & Design Systems. Hands-on front-end coding experience ensuring flawless implementation of designs. 

I am intrigued by the advancements in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Especially their impact on UX in general. I believe in "Better AI for better UX - Better UX for better AI".

## Work Experience
### UX Design @ AWS - AI & ML @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Senior User Experience Consultant @ Slalom Consulting
Jan 2016 – Jan 2022

### Associate Instructor @ Indiana University Bloomington
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016
Guided students in prototyping with Micro-controllers, electronic
components and 3D printing.

### Interaction Designer @ SAP Ariba
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Bangalore Area, India

### UX Engineer @ FICO
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 | bangalore
As a User Experience Engineer, my responsibilities included making existing applications more user friendly and efficient. Researching on target users, creating personas,detailed task flows and accessibility is something which is of high priority. Wire frame presentation to product owners, usability testing at relevant stages of development cycle helped to make the app better than what it was.

Reponsibilities:
• Conduct User Centered Analysis
• Identify User groups, create User stories based on PRD, analyze and create user personas
• Analyze user interaction with help of Task flows, Customer journey maps and provide relevant recommendations.
• Develop IA (Information architecture) for the products and validate them with industry standard methods like card sorting.
• Conduct Usability tests (including remote usability tests) with respect to the interface and interaction and recommend enhancements
• Assist development team in QA and suggest changes.

### Product Designer @ Pipal Tech Ventures
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012
Design aspects for all the products of the company, User interface/ User experience & asset development with respect to platform guidelines

### Design Head & Developer @ WideSpread Technology
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Bangalore
Responsible for the website development process, from initial phase to 

delivery. Conceptualization, design & implementation

### Associate Designer @ Momenta
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 | Bangalore
Responsible for the website development process, from initial phase to delivery. 

Conceptualization, design & implementation


## Education
### Master of Science (M.S.) in Human Computer Interaction
Indiana University Bloomington

### Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Siddaganga Institute Of Technology


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vinayshanthagiri
- Portfolio: https://www.vinayshanthagiri.com
- Portfolio: https://calendly.com/vshanthagiri/30min

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Last updated: 2026-04-13