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Lokesh Sapre

CEO

Pune, Maharashtra, India28 yrs 2 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 28+ years in digital experience and innovation leadership.
  • Built and scaled practices of 200+ consultants.
  • Delivered experience strategies for Fortune 500 clients.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Digital Experience and Innovation Leader specializing in UX/CX and AI-driven product strategies.

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Customer ExperienceDesign Thinking

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AI-driven product designAI-driven product innovationAgile Project ManagementBusiness AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentCRMConsultingContent ManagementContextual InquiryCopywritingCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Design SystemsDigital CXDigital MarketingE-Learning

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Seasoned digital experience and innovation leader with 28+ years of expertise spanning ๐—จ๐—ซ/๐—–๐—ซ, ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. I have built and scaled ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€, driving multi-million-dollar growth and delivering ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ across the US, UK, Australia, South Africa & Singapore. My leadership track record includes ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€. Passionate about shaping ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ-๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, I specialize in aligning ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† to deliver measurable business impact.

Experience

Yash technologies

Senior Director: Experience Design & Innovation (AI led Products, Immersive, Mobility, Front-End)

Apr 2018 โ€“ Present ยท 7 yrs 11 mos ยท Pune, Maharashtra, India

  • At Yash, I lead the mandate to build, scale, and mature Experience Design competencies across global delivery engagements. I shape and expand solution offerings in ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—จ๐—ซ/๐—จ๐—œ, ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†, ๐—œ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜-๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.
  • Highlights of my role include:
  • ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ+ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป & ๐—จ๐—œ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ into a strategic business unit, driving measurable growth and expanding Yashโ€™s footprint across multiple Fortune 500 accounts.
  • ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ซ, ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, taking them to market with account leadership and delivery teams.
  • ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ถ-๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต by mining relationships, co-creating solutions, and embedding ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ + ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด into digital transformation programs.
  • ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ซ๐—ข๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† to align business strategy, user needs, and technology into scalable execution frameworks.
  • ๐—˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ in design maturity assessment, experience transformation, and innovation consulting to strengthen delivery excellence.
  • I am passionate about ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป โ€” helping enterprises move beyond design as a function to ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—œ-๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.
Customer ExperienceDesign ThinkingImmersive experienceDesign Systems

Jktls - a unit of jk technosoft pvt ltd.

Principal Consultant & Head Global Delivery

Feb 2014 โ€“ Feb 2018 ยท 4 yrs ยท Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Design ThinkingDesign Systems

Zensar technologies

3 roles

Practice Head - Digital Experience (Products, User Experience, Customer Experience, Elearning)

Promoted

Oct 2011 โ€“ Feb 2014 ยท 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Was responsible for large scale user experience (UX) & digital customer experience (CX) driven projects, user experience management, business analysis, information architecture consulting, product experience development & management, developing & executing social, ecommerce, UX/CX & interactive strategies, digital marketing, digital learning and providing thought leadership to clients & delivery teams. Was actively involved in leading tracks of work in digital experiences, interfacing directly with clients, balancing business strategy, branding issues with user needs and technology and creating a point of view for end user facing solution. Responsibilities also included deep and constant interaction with clients, requirement gathering & elicitation, feature and functionality definition during requirements stage, leading the Information Architecture, Usability, Content Development and User Experience Design process, and coordinating with the Strategy and Technology components to see the project through.
  • Led the digital strategy tracks with customers across the globe that has seen me perform business workshops, using service design thinking approach to define product & digital customer experience strategy, user research, competitive & heuristic analysis, CX/UX touch points identification, content strategy, learning need analysis & learning content strategy, digital marketing, study analytics, design wireframes, conduct usability testing, develop digital communication & CX/UX plans and providing thought leadership to clients & delivery teams.
Customer ExperienceDesign ThinkingDesign Systems

Practice Lead: UX/CX & RIA

Jul 2008 โ€“ Nov 2011 ยท 3 yrs 4 mos

  • Few of the core areas in portal, RIA, user experience space I look into:
  • Pre sales, response to RFP/RFI
  • Requirement/business understanding of customers/defining approach & solution
  • Capability building in RIA space
  • Account management & solutions/approach for account growth

Sr. UX Consultant

Oct 2006 โ€“ Jun 2008 ยท 1 yr 8 mos

  • Responsible for developing User experience strategy for larger development projects/ programs, User interaction design Project Management, creating wire frames, conducting full lifecycle usability testing & Usability report writing. Role also includes conducting user studies through user interviews, contextual inquiry, focus group, usability reviews and other usability evaluation techniques. Also involved in supporting pre sales activities related to usability practice & promoting usability within the organization.

John lewis partnership, victoria london

Project Manager for Zensar technologies

Dec 2007 โ€“ Jul 2008 ยท 7 mos

  • Lead Information Architecture track, collaborate with client team to build new intranet, define content block, prepare content matrix and manage onsite & offshore Content Management team.

Blue star infotech ltd.

Information Architect

Jan 2003 โ€“ Jul 2006 ยท 3 yrs 6 mos

Netacross/intiqua ltd.

Consultant - usability & design team

Feb 2000 โ€“ Jan 2003 ยท 2 yrs 11 mos

Crayons advertising ltd.

Sr. Copywriter

Aug 1997 โ€“ Jan 2000 ยท 2 yrs 5 mos ยท Greater Delhi Area

Copywriting

Contract advertising

Copywriter (trainee)

May 1997 โ€“ Jul 1997 ยท 2 mos

Copywriting

Education

Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration โ€” Marketing

Jan 2010 โ€“ Jan 2012

New delhi YMCA Centre for Mass Media

PG Diploma โ€” Advertising & Public Relations

Jan 1996 โ€“ Jan 1997

Delhi University

BA Hons โ€” English

Jan 1993 โ€“ Jan 1996

Mira Model School

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