About Me
I am a thoughtful user experience designer based out of Atlanta. I am passionate about designing product experiences that improve peoples life & helps business that delivers human-centered products.
I have been designing digital products & services since 2004. In this past 16+years, I have designed wide range of applications for various platforms such as Web, Mobile, Tablet, Desktop, Kiosk etc., I am always curious about research & design.
I have immense experience in Interaction design, Visual design, Usability testing, building component library and building design systems.
My Journey
like every one I have my own story, being a great fan of lighting effects & 3D modelling, I was planning for my final project submission. I came across design by “The Creative Black Book”. After that, I started learning, practicing graphic design in an advertising agency. After reading “Design of everyday things & Don't make me think” I understood how emotional, cultural, environmental factors influence human beings, their preconceived notion while they interact with a system. I've always admired Dieter Ram's timeless, simplistic designs that has crossed decades & still a great inspiration for designers. I love to put lot of effort in crafting precise detailed design, research, & experience.
Resume
Cognizant Technology Solutions
July 2012 - Till Date (8+ years)
Projects:
Techdata ( Aug 2021 - Apr 2021)
Role: Principal UX Designer.
Aflac ( March 2020 - Aug 2021)
Role: UX Manager
Macy’s ( Dec 2019 - Fed 2020)
Role: UX Design Manager
Delta Airlines ( Mar 2018 - Dec 2019)
Role: Lead Product designer/UX Manager
Trizetto (Aug 2017 - Mar 2018)
Role: Lead Product designer
Citi Direct BE/Innovation Lab (Oct 2015 - Jun2017)
Role: Lead UX designer
Chola Finance
Role: Lead UX designer
Symantec ( Norton Zone, Identity Safe, Norton One)
Role: Lead Interaction/visual designer.
Photon
Apr 2006 - July 2012 ( 72 Pixels, Interactive studio of Photon)
Clients: Chase, Macy’s, J&J, Horizon Blue, ESPN, Travel Click, L'Oréal, Home shopping Network, JPMC, McGraw Hill, Thompson Learning, English first, Fujitsu, Glu Mobile.
Principal Product designer / UX Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
July 2012 - Till Date (8+ years)
What People Are Saying
“Thank you for your hard work & support. Your thoughtful insights were very helpful in developing great user experience for our platform users. I would also like to acknowledge your ability to gather and comprehended feedback and adapt it to user experience.”
— Mihir, Daftary Director, Global Platforms Tech data
Karthik, you have an amazing creative flair, with iterative approach. This is beautiful, better than what I had in my mind.
— Rahul O’verma, Head Citi - Innovation Lab
“Thank you for all your hard work Karthik. Your insights and execution of future forward thinking were of high caliber. Good luck with your next project.”
— Jeannie Adair, UX Director - Cognizant Technology Solutions
“While I only worked with Karthik for about 6 months, I picked Karthik to be on my team because I saw that not only did he have exceptional visual design skills, but that he also had great skills in experience design. Usually you find one or the other, but Karthik brings all of this to the table, which helps him from the overall product design point of view. Karthik is definitely one of those people you can lean on to help in the end to end design process when given a project. He can work through everything from research, to early design & prototyping, to usability testing, and overall visual design.
— Mike Paggi ( UX Manager - Trizetto, platform products)