Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Leading Design and Product strategy building cutting-edge appliances in a rapidly growing category. Oversee end-to-end product development from concept and Industrial Design/User experience design to engineering, prototyping, and mass manufacturing.
• Building, guiding and mentoring a multidisciplinary team (Innovation, Design, Engineering, Manufacturing and Logistics) to bring innovative hardware products to market. Currently driving product roadmap and Launch planning collaborating with growth and global suppliers and partners to scale production.
• Designing a rapid design process focused on differentiation and speed with a focus on automating repeat and non innovation based tasks to get the team to focus on human ingenuity.
• Focus on building IP through Design and Tech interventions, creating new products, Packaging and other innovations that are fresh, new and ground breaking.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Marketing and Branding to ensure seamless execution of design initiatives, resulting in enhanced user experience and product innovation.
• Leading initiatives to create a strong NPD network of manufacturers for cutting edge product development and manufacturing operations.

Jan 2023 – Jul 2023 · 6 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

• Taught a course that’s a combination of theory and studio classes for the 4th semester interaction design batch at the Bangalore campus. Focused on “ Tangible User Experiences “

Dec 2015 – Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• HK/India/USA
• A multidisciplinary design and innovation studio, that caters to the strategic design and smart technology needs of a broad spectrum of industries transforming concepts into tangible Products, Brands, and Experiences. We work on a variety of cost effective and innovative models to support a range of services.
• We are an unconventional mix of industrial designers, UI/UX designers, developers, brand strategists, graphic designers, and creative thinkers, we are a group of enthusiastic, inquisitive and driven individuals who have come together with a common objective of providing world class services in design, tech and development.

Nov 2014 – Jul 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

Apr 2013 – Oct 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Alpharetta, Georgia

• Leading design and innovation by completely redefining design strategy, branding and retail.

Nov 2012 – Dec 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo · HK/INDIA/USA

• Arivu is a multi disciplinary studio with deep roots in product, branding, UX and collaboration design. It was started with a sole purpose of creating meaningful products, content driven experiences and helping people realize their ideas. With a rich and diverse experience designing/engineering/branding a variety of consumer products/experiences for over 12 years, we love working on Concept/Industrial/Product,Branding,UI/Web/app design and as well as Mechanical/Manufacturing projects. Our passion lies in working with brands and individuals to provide a comprehensive concept to manufacturing; end to end creative and engineering services.

Dec 2010 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Planning and executing projects with a greater emphasis on branding and design with products that have a compelling story; binding together marketing, engineering and manufacturing.
• On a day to day basis i was involved in working on independent projects along with mentoring a team of junior designers, task assignments, project planning and scheduling. With a key focus on new product ventures and joint collaboration with external designers and firms from all over the world, i was involved in providing creative feedback and direction in the form of project briefs, inspiration boards, design feedback and portfolio management.
• My responsibilities also included traveling overseas to work with vendors, developing good design awareness and workflow, at the same time ensuring speed to market by T1 approvals on the ground. Working together with Engineering and sourcing groups, i also co ordinate production and helped in maintaining design integrity when the product phase transitioned into manufacturing.

May 2009 – Dec 2010 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Designing the next generation of product accessories for case-mate using industrial design, user research and manufacturing with a goal to maintain speed and innovation, bridging Design and engineering, complete product development from sketch to manufacturing, managing changes and revisions on product lines, color studies, material specs, assembly instructions, quoting, verbal and visual communication in terms of mock ups with manufacturing, finding new manufacturers.
• I.D case - First credit card cover
• Featured on the oprah winfrey magazine, todays show and various tech websites.
• Designed the first wireless charging system - "Hug".
• Featured on today's show, fast company, CES
• Pop case for verizone iphone 4 .

Oct 2008 – Jan 2009 · 3 mos

• Taught Visual communication and ideation. Focus on emphasizing thinking along with sketching. Taught basics like light, color, perspective, line quality, stability, warmup sketching exercises.
• Presented step by step rendering instructions with traditional media like pencil, marker and pastel. Also taught how to sketch figurines, building on basic shapes and forms, combining basic shapes and shadows.

Aug 2007 – Oct 2008 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Research assistant for Dr. Sharon Joines at the Research in Ergonomics and Design lab. Led research projects for various clients on critical projects.
• Seating design and Evaluation of the next gen economy seating for BEA
• Literature review for Toyota manufacturing.
• Aging studies for The Ergonomic center of North Carolina.
• Diverse projects like Ergonomic subject testing, literature reviews, ethnographic research, class assignments, subject observation, coding, data entry and also in charge of equipment maintenance and check in along with general lab duties.

Apr 2006 – Aug 2006 · 4 mos

• Product line leader for all variants under the Chevrolet Corvette and the Cadillac CTS models.
• Lead a team of 8 engineers with a key focus on efficiency and process improvement.
• Responsible for Quality control and work assessments.
• included monthly training and knowledge base session for team members.
• Daily Interaction with the team at warren, michigan with various engineers and PLL's

May 2005 – Apr 2006 · 11 mos

• Design engineer responsible for working on General Motors Tech centre projects . MPD and Mpp work

Nov 2003 – Apr 2005 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangalore, India

• Automobile component design and creation of process assembly documents.