# Vinay Thorat > Graduate Student (HCI + ML) @ UC Berkeley | Product Management & Design | Specializing in Human-AI Interaction & Machine Learning Location: Berkeley, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/vinaythorat vinaythorat.com Currently seeking Summer 2026 internships I believe the best products are built at the intersection of human intuition and data-driven strategy. Currently, I am a Master’s student at UC Berkeley (MIMS), specializing in Human-AI Interaction and Machine Learning. My background is unique: I started in Architecture (B.Arch), where I learned to design physical spaces, and now I apply that same spatial and systemic thinking to digital ecosystems. Where I’ve made an impact: At Enphase Energy (Senior Product Designer): I partnered with Data Science to build an AI-powered search dyamic flow that reduced support ticket volume by 24%. At Exponent Energy (Product Design Lead): I led the "Unmanning" initiative, managing a cross-functional team to transition 120+ EV stations to autonomous operation, cutting charging errors by 35%. At Power Club (Product Designer): I Orchestrated the 0-to-1 launch of a social commerce marketplace, scaling from 150k to 400k users, using gamification loops to boost retention by 21%. How I work: The "Full Stack" Approach: I am as comfortable in Figma prototyping complex user flows as I am in SQL querying databases to validate a hypothesis. AI & Innovation: From building internal GenAI analytics tools to designing spatial LLM interfaces, I am obsessed with how humans interact with intelligent systems. I am actively looking for Product Management or Product Design internships for Summer 2026. If you are building tools that require both craft and strategy, let's connect. ## Work Experience ### Product Design & Management @ Open Innovation Labs, UC Berkeley Jan 2025 – Present | Berkeley, California, United States Leading the end-to-end product strategy and interface design for a new geospatial intelligence platform. Conducting stakeholder interviews and market analysis to identify commercial opportunities for Michelin’s mapping data. ### Graduate Student Instructor @ University of California, Berkeley, School of Education Jan 2025 – Present | Berkeley, California, United States ### Senior Product Designer @ Enphase Energy Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 Interaction Design (AI): Designed the end-to-end UX for an AI-powered search engine, creating dynamic UI components that reduced support ticket volume by 24%. Data-Driven Design: Led the redesign of European e-commerce pages, using A/B testing (n=25k users) to validate new layouts that increased add-to-cart rates by 17%. Research & Process: Conducted user research with installation teams to map service blueprints, delivering a streamlined mobile workflow that cut support tickets by 14%. ### Product Designer @ Unknown Jan 2020 – Jan 2025 ### Product Design Lead @ Exponent Energy Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Product Strategy: Defined the roadmap for the "Unmanning" initiative, managing a cross-functional team of 10+ to transition the network to autonomous operation. Visual & Motion Design: Designed a language-agnostic 3D motion interface for EV charging stations, solving accessibility challenges and reducing user charging errors by 35%. GenAI Prototyping: Built and launched an internal GenAI analytics tool, designing the conversational UI that allowed stakeholders to query SQL databases via natural language. Design Systems: Developed a unified design system across the Driver App and Fleet Dashboard, reducing engineering handoff time and ensuring brand consistency across 120+ stations. ### Product & Design @ Uable Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Product Designer (PowerClub app) | 2022 - Lead the redesign of the new app. Conducted UX audit and helped come up with the concept for the App. Product Designer (Uable app) | 2021 - 2022 - Worked on the redesign of the User profile, Challenges and Posts which saw a significant increase in conversion and click through. - Collaborated with cross-functional teams including product managers, engineers, and visual designers. Led the effort to migrate our team from Sketch to Figma to improve team collaboration. - Shipped 6+ new features in the app including some major features like U-store, Coin Gifting, Daily Bonus streak, Global and Local Search, Find friends and Club management etc. - Conducted a competitive analysis analyzing 12+ apps extracting design learnings & formulating opportunity areas for product strategy. - Defined new UI elements contributing to design system. - Conducted user research, created wireframes, and designed prototypes for the U-store (Social -commerce section) in-app, which led to a 4L in app downloads from the previous 1.5L. - The shipped app currently has ~500k users with an average rating of 4.2 and above on the App Store and Play Store. ### Co-Founder @ Delta Design Studio Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 ### Architectural Designer @ Vastushaili Architects Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 | Pune, Maharashtra, India ## Education ### Master's degree in Information Management and Systems, Human Computer Interaction, Product Management, Machine Learning University of California, Berkeley ### Master's degree in Information Management and Systems, Product Management, Human Computer Interaction, Data Science UC Berkeley School of Information ### Internet ### Bachelor of Architecture - BArch in Architecture, Computational design, Artificial Intelligence Bharati Vidyapeeth ### Magarpatta City Public School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vinaythorat - Website: https://vinaythorat.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/vinaythorat JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vinaythorat/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-05