Headquarters:
San Francisco Bay Area
Headline:
Senior Director, AI Experience Design | Polyglot AI UX Leader | Agentic AI, GenAI, Copilots | Enterprise AI & Conversational AI | Design Activist | Speaker | Venture Fellow & Investor
Followers:
5530
Connections:
5239
Company:
Salesforce Ventures
Skills:
AI Experience Design Strategy, Product Strategy, Design Led Valuation, StartUp AI Vision Modelling, AI Startups, Venture Partner, Venture Capital, AI Experience, Design Value, Customer Experience, Product Led Growth, Design led Innovation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Product User Experience Design, UX Architecture, User Experience, Interaction Design, Design Management, User Interface Design, Information Architecture, Usability Testing, User-centered Design, User Interface, User Experience Design, Usability, Human Computer Interaction, Product Management, User Research, Creative Direction, Visual Design, Usability Engineering, Information Design, Design Leadership
Experience:
Title: Senior Director, User Experience Design (AI)
Company: Salesforce
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Start: Mar 2026
End: Present
Title: Senior Director User Experience Design (AI)
Company: Informatica
Location:
Start: Oct 2025
End: Present
Title: Director User Experience Design (AI)
Company: Informatica
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Start: Mar 2021
End: Present
Title: Director, User Experience Design
Company: Informatica
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Start: Apr 2020
End: Mar 2021
Title: Sr Manager / Lead UX Architect
Company: Informatica
Location: San Francisco Bay Area
Start: Feb 2014
End: Apr 2020
Title: Principal User Experience Designer
Company: Informatica
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Start: Aug 2011
End: Feb 2014
Title: Founding Partner & Executive Council
Company: Progressive Ventures
Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
Start: Sep 2024
End: Present
Title: Co-Chair & Core Team
Company: UXINDIA Conf., UMO.design
Location: India
Start: 2006
End: Present
Title: Advisory Council Member - Customer Experience
Company: California State University - East Bay
Location:
Start: 2021
End: 2022
Title: Curator & Co-founder
Company: Ignite Hyderabad
Location: Greater Hyderabad Area
Start: Dec 2010
End: Feb 2014
Title: Senior User Experience Engineer
Company: SumTotal Systems Inc.
Location: Greater Hyderabad Area
Start: Oct 2007
End: Aug 2011
Title: Senior Usability Analyst
Company: PURE IT Usability Research
Location: Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area
Start: Sep 2006
End: Oct 2007
Title: Co-founder, Chief Design Officer
Company: Mind Visions
Location: Greater Hyderabad Area
Start: Sep 2002
End: Sep 2006
Education:
School: PARK - Design Management
Degree: Design Management
Field:
Period: 2016 - 2016
School: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Degree: CEP
Field: Human Computer Interaction / Usability
Period:
School: Madurai Kamaraj University
Degree: Research Master's Degree in Philosophy - M.Phil
Field: Mass Communication
Period:
School: Madurai Kamaraj University
Degree: Master's Degree in Arts - M.A
Field: Advertising & Communication
Period:
School: Osmania University
Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce
Field:
Period:
Publications:
UX for AI - Book Chapter on Human-Centered AI: Designing the Future of Intelligence (Wiley · May 1, 2025)
Emotionally Engaged Digital AI Assistant - Book Chapter on Human Centered Privacy (Oct 1, 2022)
Bad UX is expensive as $500M (Boot Camp by UX Collective · Feb 25, 2021)
Predicting the future of UX in 2030 (Boot Camp by UX Collective · Nov 28, 2020)
UX- CX Design Strategy (Panelist at World Usability Congress, Austria · Oct 1, 2020)
Humanizing Privacy with the power of User Experience (Talk presented at : RSA Conference- San Francisco · Jan 26, 2020)
Influence Product Strategy and Quality by Conducting Collaborative UX Discovery Workshops (Talk presented at : UXPA Conference · Jun 27, 2019)
Designing Effective Security UX: If It’s Not Usable, It’s Not Secure (Talk presented at : RSA Conference, San Francisco · Mar 8, 2019)
Adding intelligence to a data security analysis system: recommendation and planning support (ACM IUI-19, proceedings of 24th Intelligent User Interfaces IUI (2019): Companion · Mar 6, 2019)
What Data Should I Protect? Recommender and Planning Support for Data Security Analysts (ACM IUI-19, proceedings of 24th Intelligent User Interfaces IUI (2019): Companion · Dec 14, 2018)
Human With Machine: Harnessing power of UX for Securing Data (Talk presented at : World Usability Congress, Graz, Austria · Oct 16, 2018)
The customer experience and usability in India and abroad (Panelist at Business Design Summit, Mumbai · Oct 8, 2018)
Design Leadership (Panel Moderator at UX INDIA - International Conference on User Experience Design · Oct 1, 2018)
Emerging Technologies & User Experience (Panel Moderator at UX INDIA - International Conference on User Experience Design · Oct 1, 2017)
The UX of Data Security Intelligence (Talk presented at :UX INDIA - International Conference on User Experience Design · Oct 1, 2017)
The Art of Baby Bathing (Finalist at The Indian Photography Festival (IPF) 2017 · Sep 1, 2017)
Importance of Branding and Design for Startup's (Panel discussion at StartAP 2017 · Feb 1, 2017)
Impact of Design Language (Talk presented at :UX INDIA - International Conference on User Experience Design · Oct 1, 2016)
Design Startup (Panel Moderator at UX INDIA - International Conference on User Experience Design · Oct 1, 2015)
Designing Enterprise Product for a New Market Category (Talk presented at :UX INDIA - International Conference on User Experience Design · Oct 1, 2015)
Bit Coining Experience (Talk presented at :UX INDIA - International Conference on User Experience Design · Oct 1, 2014)
Metro Chronicles Through The Lenz (Photo Exhibition Finalist by Hyderabad Metro at Muse Gallery · Jan 1, 2014)
IOT, The changing face of digital Marketing (Talk presented at : Digital Marketing India Conference · Nov 1, 2013)
Technology trends, challenges and opportunities in the times of Digital. Mobile. Agile. Social (Panelist at Imagineering India – Conference · Aug 1, 2013)
Designing for Internet Of Things (Workshop Leader at Tech Ease - 2013 · Jan 1, 2013)
Making Winning Online Portfolios (Talk presented at : Freelance Fair · Aug 1, 2011)
1000 smiles (Curator, Photographer and Exhibitor - 1000 smiles project · Jan 1, 2009)
Awards:
Indian Tech Icon Award 2025 - "The master mind of Impact" for AI & Design Leadership | Indian Tech Icons by ShowMan | Aug 2025
Honored Listee -Marquis Who’s Who in America | Marquis Who’s Who | Dec 2024
INFA Star Awards | Informatica Corporation | Mar 2016
Informatica Innovation Award | Informatica Corporation | Jan 2012
Most Valuable Professional Award (MVP Award) | Informatica Corporation | Jan 2012
Employee Achievement Award (EAA Award) | SumTotal Systems | Jan 2008
Power of One Team Achievement Award | SumTotal Sytems | Jan 2008
"Winner" Boycott Bad Design Contest | Usability Matters Organization | Jan 2007
“Runner-Up” UXPA Web Personality | User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA Hyderabad) | Oct 2006
Pat On The Back Award | Pure IT Usability Research | Jan 2006
HDV -Pixel Enhancement Innovation | Sony Corporation, Singapore | Jan 2005
Country:
United States
