UX Designer II
Amazon
Shipped Amazon Fire TV's experience for the new line of remotes and led experience design for accessibility features on TV (Adaptive UI). Created customer experience concepts for child-friendly features on Amazon Kids Edition devices (Echo Dot, Echo Show, Fire TV) — including GenAI storytelling, Explore with Alexa, and the Bedtime AI-Generated Soundscapes Alexa skill, reaching ~200k monthly active users.
Senior UX Designer
EPAM Systems (consulting @ Google)
Contributed to the successful launch of three enterprise data-analytics web tools at Google. Led UX design for six enterprise web applications supporting quality initiatives across Pixel, Nest, Create, and Wearables business units. Optimized the internal design system (a Material Design derivative) for the application suite using Figma.
UX Designer
Samsung Design (Contract) — San Francisco
Contributed to the successful launch of two camera feature concepts for the Samsung S20. Conducted user interviews, led concept-generation sessions for camera experiences, and designed AI-based interactive prototypes using Sketch and Unity.
UX Design Volunteer
Prysm Inc. — SF Bay Area
Collaborated with researchers and designers to create interactive prototypes for mobile and Prysm multi-touch displays, which facilitated the product launch in the healthcare vertical.
UX Design Intern (AR/VR)
Harman International — CA
Designed and delivered an end-to-end immersive in-car augmented reality demo showcasing a virtual instrument cluster, which contributed to securing a business deal with a major automaker and was featured at prominent auto shows.
UX Design / Prototyping Assistant
IUPUI, Comet Lab — Greater Indianapolis
Defined web interaction patterns for a project-management tool (AI project). Designed and built mobile and web-VR experiences — including a heritage VR experience preserving Bethel Church, Indianapolis — and a VR game prototype for Google Cardboard using Yarn for gaze-based character dialogue. Mentored students through HTML, CSS, and JavaScript lab work.
Research & Development Lead
Nokia — Bengaluru, India
Led the femtocell performance-management software module around feature design and development. Reviewed software data packages and proposed changes and development activities that improved software quality, and supported other functional teams with software-architecture work.
C · C++ · C#
User Experience Engineer
L&T Technology Services — Bengaluru, India
Redesigned the web interface of Verizon's 4G LTE Network Extender for connected devices and settings pages, which helped devices boot 20% faster. Analyzed usability issues in the BAS testing-tool interface and reworked the workflow, contributing to a 9-hour reduction in overall testing duration.
C · C++ · Java / J2EE
Senior User Experience Engineer
Aricent — Bengaluru, India
Designed and developed features for a femtocell software framework shipped by Alcatel-Lucent to provide telecommunication network access across varying coverage areas and population concentrations worldwide. Collaborated with and supported engineers, PMs, and designers globally on telecom intelligent-network and femtocell software needs.
C · C++ · Java / J2EE · XSLT · HTML · CSS · JavaScript · Bootstrap
MS, Human-Computer Interaction
Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN · 3.9 GPA
BE, Computer Science & Engineering
MSRIT, India · 3.7 GPA