Naveen Chelliah — Design Manager
Currently the India Design Site Lead for IBM Cloud, I hire, grow, and lead a 15-member design team. With 18 years of experience designing digital products and leading high-performing teams across cross-functional organizations, I bring deep expertise in product strategy, research-driven design, and scaling design operations. I align product, engineering, and business leaders to translate strategy into shipped outcomes. I am passionate about emerging technologies and the intersection of humans and technology. This drives me to design meaningful solutions and connect with audiences at key moments in their customer journey. I have led experience design teams using collaborative and entrepreneurial approaches, leveraging quantitative and qualitative insights, competitive analysis, analytics, and storytelling to define product strategy and drive innovation across diverse lines of business. I enjoy learning new things and creating new experiences. I am curious, meticulous, enthusiastic, and efficient.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a design leader in the SaaS industry with a focus on user experience and product strategy.
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Experience: 17 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Design Leadership
- Product Strategy
- Product Design
Career Highlights
- Led a 15-member design team at IBM Cloud.
- 18 years of experience in digital product design.
- Expertise in aligning cross-functional teams for product strategy.
Work Experience
IBM
Senior Design Manager, IBM Cloud Networking (1 yr 6 mos)
BNY Mellon
Vice President - User Experience (2 yrs 10 mos)
Assistant Vice President - User Experience (4 yrs 6 mos)
Senior User Experience Designer (5 yrs)
User Experience Designer (4 yrs)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore
