Vigneswar Raj

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India15 yrs 9 mos experience
AI EnabledHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Built AI-driven products transforming home improvement.
  • Established a UX design studio in South Africa.
  • Mentored upcoming product and design professionals.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Manager specializing in AI-driven solutions for the Home Improvement industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementAi/ml Model ManagementMentoringProduct LeadershipProduct DesignDesign StrategyWeb DesignHardware Consulting

Other Skills

A/B TestingAdobe Creative SuiteAdobe PhotoshopArt DirectionBusiness Process DesignBusiness StrategyCascading Style Sheets (CSS)Computer Hardware AssemblyComputer Hardware InstallationComputer SalesConsultingDesign CoachDesign DirectorDreamweaverHTML

About

No grand origin story here, just a kid who was broke, hungry, and inspired by a CHIP magazine article about Steve Jobs. That spark hit at 12, and I dove in: grinding through graphic design gigs between school hours, geeking out over iMacs, cracking open hardware, and building PCs for anyone with cash. I threw together websites long before "design thinking" became a corporate buzzword. By day, I tackled engineering classes; by night, I freelanced. I failed fast, failed often—startups tanked, products crashed, and I was broke again. Then I joined Moonraft Innovation Labs, where I learned from brilliant minds and built experiences for top brands, leaving a mark on digital banking. Within a decade, I institutionalized a UX design studio in South Africa. No MBA, ust hard-earned lessons and results. When AI emerged, I saw the future. I dropped titles, stepped out of my comfort zone, and took the leap to Lowe’s. There, I: - Buidling Home Inspiration Journey using Visual Intelligence and AI models for a better Leads and CVR. - Built Style Your Space, a Gen-AI styling engine, launching two versions for interior spaces and now tackling outdoor landscapes and patios. - Pioneered myLow, the conversational AI for product discovery on Lowes.com, laying the foundation and taking it to market. - Replaced vendors and rebuilt Visual Search in-house—faster, better, and from the ground up. - Rolled out Visual AI systems and Evaluation Frameworks, transforming how our team and clients approach their work. I’m still building, still learning, and always chasing what’s next.

Experience

Lowe's companies, inc.

Lead Product Manager, AI

Jun 2022Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Building Conversational AI and Visual AI products powered by Generative AI - Large Language Models and Multimodals.
  • Successful rollouts,
  • Style Your Space (zero to one)
  • Visual Search
  • myLow (Origins)
  • Various AI/ML Models and it's eval framework
  • Building,
  • Kitchen Inspiration
AI/ML Model managementProduct ManagementLeadershipProduct StrategyBusiness StrategyStakeholder Management+1

Moonraft innovation labs

4 roles

Principal Designer, UX

Jan 2022Jun 2022 · 5 mos

Head Of Design - South Africa region

Promoted

Jun 2017Dec 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Design Lead, UX/UI

Promoted

Jun 2014May 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Responsible for guiding visual designers & UX/UI deliverables

Visual/UX/UI Designer

Jun 2012Jun 2014 · 2 yrs

  • It was a time of skeumorphism, and web 2.0. I was primarily focused on UI strategy and design delivery. Worked with various business verticals in India. The whole design industry was transitioning into a Agile model, and flat design philiosophy.
  • Travelyaari.com - Design strategy and discovery.
  • MindTree’s Employee Experience Portal - Design strategy and discovery.
  • Axis Bank Internet Banking - User Interface Design and Delivery.
  • TVS iQube Electric Scooter(2013) - Design strategy and discovery.
  • Icicibank.com mobile banking - Design strategy, discovery and delivery.
  • KotakMahindra Bank mobile banking - Design strategy, discovery and delivery.
  • Intuit TaxOk - Design strategy, discovery and delivery.
  • Intuit GRMM - Design strategy, discovery and delivery.
  • icicibank.com - Various internet banking CX components - Design strategy, discovery and delivery.

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Product and Design mentor

Jul 2020Present · 5 yrs 8 mos · India

MentoringConsultingProduct LeadershipDesign Coach

Standard bank group

2 roles

Product and Design Consultant - Customer Platform

May 2018Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Johannesburg Metropolitan Area · On-site

Lead Product Designer, Staff Platform

Apr 2017Apr 2018 · 1 yr · Johannesburg Metropolitan Area · On-site

Primary ResearchUX ResearchProduct DesignDesign Strategy

Probeseven's better lives :)

UX/UI Designer & UI Developer

Apr 2011Jun 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos

Black & white multimedia india pvt. ltd.

UI Designer & Developer

Jun 2010Jun 2011 · 1 yr

Self-employed

Hardware Consultant

Apr 2004Apr 2006 · 2 yrs · Coimbatore Area, India

Computer Hardware InstallationComputer SalesComputer Hardware AssemblyMac salesHardware Consulting

Self employed

Graphic/Web Designer

Jun 2002May 2010 · 7 yrs 11 mos · Coimbatore

Adobe PhotoshopAdobe Creative SuiteJoomlaWordPressDreamweaverHTML+3

Education

Udacity

Nanodegree — Artificial Intelligence Product Manager

Nov 2022Jan 2023

SNS College of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Lisieux Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Jan 1992Jan 2006

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