Manisha Laroia

Design Manager

Toronto, Ontario, Canada9 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in AI-driven conversational design.
Led innovative healthcare product development.
Strong background in user-centered design methodologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile designer specializing in AI, healthcare, and legal technology.

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Skills

Other Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Conversation DesignGenerative AIGenerative AI ToolsProduct DesignInteraction DesignExperience DesignMobile DevicesUser-centered DesignSketchingUser Interface DesignPhotographyGraphic DesignConcept DevelopmentDesign Strategy

About

A Conversation + Product Designer, I work at the intersection of people, technology and business. I lead and advise on delivery of digital products and AI solutions for large enterprise clients, specializing in conversational chat + voice experience. My work ranges from transforming customer care with conversation AI experiences, innovating in healthcare wearables with in-depth user research, leading new product development of B2B financial applications to envisioning implementation of agentic technologies for delightful experiences. I am driven by solving for complex, wicked problems while collaborating with multiple stakeholders using design thinking frameworks to bring method to madness.

Experience

9 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 10 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Ibm ix

2 roles

Associate Design Director - Conversational UX & Product Design

Promoted

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Senior Designer - Voice UI & Conversational UX

Oct 2021 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Borden ladner gervais llp (blg)

2 roles

Design Specialist UX/UI

Promoted

Jun 2021 – Oct 2021 · 4 mos

Within the Digital Hub, I supported the creation of a digital ecosystem to accelerate the firm's innovation vision in Legal-Tech through end-to-end product design. Led the design of a firm-wide mobile/web applications spanning requirements gathering, information architecture, UI/UX, and user testing within an Agile DevOps environment. I collaborated with internal teams and external partners to deliver client-facing and legal workflow applications.

UX/UI Designer

Jan 2021 – May 2021 · 4 mos

Myant inc.

User Experience Researcher & Designer

Jun 2020 – Dec 2020 · 6 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Collaborative research project between Myant Inc. and the Visual Analytics Laboratory, OCAD University on the project titled 'Garment-based Neuroprosthesis, a non-invasive closed-loop neural extension for facilitating the human nervous system function' funded by the Mitacs Accelerate Fund.

Ideo

Designer, Global Community Fellow

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 11 mos

Community Fellows embed for one year with the OpenIDEO team to co-create, consult and implement program strategies to guide innovators through the design thinking process while equipping them with resources such as funding and mentorship to deepen the long-term impact of their solutions. I worked on the Gates Vaccine Challenge, Gavi Immunization Challenge, Nike Grind Challenge and UCB Healthy Bones Challenge.

Brün health

Senior Product Designer

Mar 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Greater Delhi Area

As a core team member in this healthcare startup, I managed a diverse portfolio of Industrial Design, UI/UX, packaging, and graphics focused on medical electronics and web-connected solutions primarily in areas of pregnancy care and monitoring, wound dressing and eye-care.
Represented and won awards like iSHOW ASME 2018 and Singularity U.

Aiims (all india institute of medical sciences, new delhi)

Design Research Fellow, School of International Biodesign

Jan 2016 – Dec 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

The fellowship is an year-long immersive and interdisciplinary, MedTech innovation program to build solutions for unmet clinical needs. It is a Department of Biotechnology (Government of India) funded program at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi that runs in partnership with Stanford University, Hiroshima and Tottori Universities and Queensland University.

Titan company limited

Product Designer, Watches

Jan 2015 – Oct 2015 · 9 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Graduation project: Designing a range of analogue watches on the concept of ‘Personal Time’.
Designed customizable Watch-faces for the Titan Smart Watch.