Gagan Sawhney

Co-Founder

Gurugram, Haryana, India20 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • Co-founder of a $10m valued travel startup.
  • Expert in user-centered design and design leadership.
  • Passionate about mentoring and teaching design.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned design leader in the travel and technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Start-up LeadershipUser Experience Design (ued)Design StrategyDesign LeadershipProduct DesignUser-centered Design

Other Skills

Adobe PhotoshopArt DirectionBranding & IdentityBusiness Case PreparationBusiness InsightsBusiness RequirementsCollaborative Problem SolvingCustomer ExperienceCustomer JourneysDefining RequirementsDigital InnovationDigital Product DevelopmentGlobal MobilityInformation ArchitectureInteraction Design

About

I’ve spent the last two decades designing for people.Not screens. Not dashboards. People.And that’s still my anchor today as I build GoGoGo (valued at $10m) , my current obsession where I’m reimagining the travel space using everything I’ve learned about human behavior, empathy, and design intuition.I’ve led product and design across industries, built and scaled global UX teams, and shaped strategies that balance business outcomes with human needs.Research, design systems, usability testing, storytelling, system thinking… it has all shaped how I look at problems today.But here’s the simple version.I help teams:• understand their users• design with clarity• build with purpose• and ship with confidence- I love turning messy ideas into meaningful experiences.- I love teaching, mentoring, and helping designers become better thinkers.- And I love using design to solve real problems, not just aesthetic ones.If you’re building something ambitious and human at the same time, let’s talk.

Experience

Go-go —go

Co-Founder

Dec 2024Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • I’m building GoGoGo to fix how travel feels.
  • Travel today is rushed, fragmented, and tiring. You move, but you don’t experience. We’re changing that by connecting mobility, hospitality, and a trusted marketplace into one calm, human journey.
  • At GoGoGo, we work with trained chauffeurs who understand safety, courtesy, and local context. We verify hotels instead of listing everything. And we curate experiences that flow naturally, so travel doesn’t feel like a checklist.
  • The goal is simple.
  • You don’t just reach places.
  • You make memories every mile.
  • That’s what GoGoGo is about.
Start-up LeadershipGlobal MobilityUser Experience Design (UED)

Stealth

Chief Design Officer

Feb 2024Dec 2024 · 10 mos · India · Remote

Absolute®

Head of Design

Sep 2022Feb 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Design LeadershipBusiness InsightsUser-centered DesignDefining RequirementsUX ResearchUser Experience Design (UED)+7

Salesforce

Design Principal

Dec 2020Sep 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Business InsightsCustomer JourneysDesign LeadershipBusiness RequirementsProduct ServiceProduct Design+7

Payu

Director User Experience Design

Sep 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Business InsightsCustomer JourneysDesign LeadershipBusiness RequirementsProduct ServiceProduct Design+6

Bain & company

Lead, Digital Design Labs (Asia Pacific)

Jan 2018Sep 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Responsible for the UX of the Customer Experience product line and its mobile apps. I am leading a team of product designers & researchers, providing in-depth research, recommendations,
  • and visual comps to improve user experience and visual appeal of all our client applications as it expands to compete with new, international markets.
  • Roles and responsibilities are as follows:
  • Conducting user research and testing, prepare high-level designs, video animations & websites for clients.
  • Developing wireframes and task flows based on user needs. Design, code, debug, test solution to meet functional and technical specifications according to organizational quality standards.
  • Involved in various aspects of a product's creation from concept and story writing to the coding and programming.
  • Using Application Program Interfaces (APIs) – a set of pre-built commands that allow different software to interact.
  • Edit videos, make animated presentations using multimedia skills for the clients or in-house production.
  • Manipulates computer animation, audio, video and graphic image files into multimedia programs to produce data and content for implementing new features in the current website/portal.
  • Thoroughly design the experience, graphics, hi-fidelity mock-ups, audio-videos throughout the development by describing user needs, special notes or assumptions if any, and change requests.
  • Involved in analyzing, specifying and developing Internet strategies, web-based methodologies and development plans.
  • Assist in the design thinking process to build and deploy solutions at various client places. Responsible to produce data and content for interactive CDs, touch kiosks, multimedia presentations, websites, mobiles, games, application solutions, entertainment, and educational products.
Business InsightsCustomer JourneysDesign LeadershipBusiness RequirementsProduct DesignUX Research+5

Mckinsey & company

Sr. Design Consultant & Facilitator

Feb 2013Dec 2017 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • Responsible for designing Internal Practices, Client products and services that are innovative, desirable, delightful to use. Involved in strategic decisions, at project and team level, in all user experience related activities. Worked on mobile phone applications as well as service design of the future.
  • Key Responsibilities include but were not limited to:
  • Generate information and communication technology (ICT) based goods that keep amused, educate and/or enlighten the customer. It is his core duty to plan, produce and maintain web sites and web applications using web programming, scripting, authoring, content management and file transfer software.
  • Manage the assigned project within budget while producing data and responsible for creating visual & interactive content for interactive multimedia presentations, websites, mobiles, CBTs, video games, application solutions, entertainment and e-learning products.
  • Meet with clients to establish their expectations and needs. Anticipate any potential project risks, identifying and establishing web strategies & design methodologies. He is to proactively supports and contributes to the Client Servicing Team responsible for the Client.
  • Work with drawings, sketches, models or written instructions to design the product. Designing and developing Internet sites applying a mixture of artistry, creativity with software but may extend to reasonable involvement in writing code.
  • Participate in discussions with developers, product managers, network specialists regarding design or development issues, such as SOW, Workplans, Design Sprints, Security and Website/Application Deployment.
  • Create design ideas using computer-based design packages such as Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash Player and 3D Flash Animator, Apple Final Cut Pro X and Avid audio production software.
Business InsightsCustomer JourneysDesign LeadershipBusiness RequirementsProduct DesignUX Research+5

Adobe india systems private limited

Sr UX Designer

Jun 2011Dec 2012 · 1 yr 6 mos · Noida Area, India

Customer JourneysBusiness RequirementsProduct DesignUX ResearchDefining RequirementsUser Experience Design (UED)+1

Vectorform

Creative Director, India

May 2009May 2011 · 2 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Responsibilities included: directing the creative concept and production of rich media web application GUI (graphic user interface) in collaboration with proprietary technology developed for content discovery applications used by major publishers and advertisers. Additional responsibilities included brand development/management, creative websites, flash presentations, motion graphics, iPhone games/apps & web marketing
Business RequirementsProduct DesignDefining RequirementsUser Experience Design (UED)User-centered Design

Santabanta.com ltd.

Senior Design Manager

Mar 2006Apr 2009 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Chandigarh Area, India

  • I was leading the design team, mainly from video and animation strategy. My job was to design, develop animations for websites & documentaries or other video presentations. I also was heading
  • department for making flash animated e -cards and gr aphics for CBTs & CD Roms.
User-centered Design

Zee institute of creative arts -zica

Multimedia Specialist

Nov 2004Feb 2006 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • I was responsible for teaching all aspects and subjects of Multimedia, including designing graphics, animations & video production.

Education

Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology - SMU

Msc (IT) — Information Technology

Jan 2004Jan 2006

Startup School Online

Jan 2019Present

Y Combinator

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