Career Timeline

From execution to architecture to product thinking.

18+ years across enterprise SaaS, IoT, pharmaceutical software, and AI-first platforms. A career defined not by job titles, but by the growing scope of problems I was trusted to solve.

18+Years
4Career Phases
Banking · IoT · Pharma · GovDomains
AI-FirstCurrent Focus
01

Strategic Consulting

2019 – Present

Moved from delivering UX to architecting intelligent enterprise platforms — shaping how AI is experienced across banking, government, and procurement at scale.

AI UX Architect & AI Product Manager

Global Consulting Firm·Dubai·
March 2019 – Present6+ years
Milestone

Leading AI product strategy and UX architecture across Banking, GovTech & Procurement — defining human-AI interaction patterns that drive measurable adoption.

Key Achievements

  • Architected conversational AI journeys for a leading Middle East bank, driving 35% adoption lift through AI-assisted onboarding flows
  • Co-led Catalyst AI programme — designing human-AI collaboration frameworks to scale employee-driven innovation
  • Translated AI architectures into executive storyboards influencing multi-million-dirham contract wins
  • Built AI interaction prototypes validating conversational flows and agentic UX across 50+ user research sessions
AI UX ArchitectureConversational AIAgentic WorkflowsAI Product Strategy
02

Smart Home & IoT

2013 – 2019

Scaled from individual contributor to design team lead — owning cross-platform UX for global consumer products serving over a million users.

Senior UX Designer

Logitech·Chennai·
November 2013 – March 20195 years, 4 months
Milestone

Led UX and interaction design for Logitech's Smart Home and enterprise products across web, mobile, tablet, and remote interfaces, managing a team of 4 designers and serving over 1 million users.

Key Achievements

  • Managed a team of 4 UX and visual designers, driving experience transformation across web, mobile, tablet, and remote interfaces
  • Reduced remote setup time from 20 minutes to 140 seconds across Web, iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac
  • Decreased customer care calls by 89% related to entertainment device replacement in universal remote control systems
  • Improved user satisfaction by 20% and information findability by 60% through redesign of Clinical Trial Management Software
  • Collaborated with Apple design team to define user experiences and support HomeKit integration for POP Smart Switch
  • Implemented localisation across six languages: English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian
Smart HomeTeam LeadershipCross-Platform UXIoT DesignApple HomeKitLocalisation
03

Systems Thinking

2008 – 2013

Developed a systems-level design perspective — building unified design languages and information architectures for regulated industries.

Usability Analyst

ArioGlobal·Bangalore·
July 2008 – November 20135 years, 3 months
Milestone

Developed unified design language and improved usability of core product components for pharmaceutical software platforms.

Key Achievements

  • Developed a unified design language across the web application and reinforced it through a UX/UI style guide
  • Improved usability of core product components, making them more accessible to non-technical users
  • Worked within an agile team alongside developers, delivering design assets and ensuring accurate implementation in HTML/JavaScript
  • Increased user satisfaction by 20% and findability by 60% through redesign of a mega-menu for pharmaceutical software
Design LanguageUsabilityPharma UXAgileStyle Guide
04

Foundation

2005 – 2008

Built the craft fundamentals — information architecture, front-end engineering, and visual design — that underpin every subsequent career decision.

Associate Consultant

CIBERStars·Bangalore·
March 2006 – July 20084 months

Consulting role focused on information architecture, usability evaluation, and content deployment for enterprise web applications.

Key Achievements

  • Designed information architectures, workflows, and user interfaces for web applications
  • Evaluated websites and applications to identify usability issues and areas for improvement
  • Contributed as a content deployment engineer, creating HTML pages and CSS
Information ArchitectureUsability EvaluationContent DeploymentHTML/CSS

User Experience Engineer

Collabera·Bangalore·
February 2007 – March 20081 year, 1 month

Bridged business requirements and engineering through UX specifications, integrating design components within enterprise application frameworks.

Key Achievements

  • Translated business requirements into functional specifications including sitemaps, user flows, and wireframes
  • Integrated UI/UX components within ASP.NET and JSP environments for medium to large-scale applications
  • Ensured adherence to guidelines, process flows, and timely delivery while coordinating with client managers
UX EngineeringASP.NETJSPWireframingFunctional Specs

Web Designer

Shriasys·Coimbatore·
January 2005 – February 20072 years, 1 month

Started career at a startup building goal-oriented websites with a focus on UX, storytelling, and performance optimisation.

Key Achievements

  • Defined goal-oriented design processes, estimated timelines, and ensured on-time delivery
  • Designed and developed websites with a focus on UX, storytelling, typography, and visual design
  • Built custom WordPress websites using PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
  • Monitored website performance and improved SEO rankings through optimisation efforts
WordPressPHP/MySQL/JSSEOVisual DesignStorytelling

Career Summary

What this journey built

UX Craft Foundation

Deep hands-on expertise across every layer — visual design, interaction, information architecture, and front-end.

Enterprise Systems Thinking

Ability to design at platform scale — unified languages, governance models, multi-product consistency.

Product Leadership Maturity

From team lead to product strategist — owning direction, prioritisation, and measurable outcomes.

AI-First Design Perspective

Designing the human layer of AI — conversational flows, agentic workflows, trust architecture, decision intelligence.

Cross-Domain Depth

Banking, pharmaceutical, smart home, government, oil & gas — pattern transfer across regulatory and technical contexts.

Execution to Architecture

A practitioner who moved from screens to systems — capable of both granular craft and strategic platform shaping.