Sandesh Halarnkar

Head of Design

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India21 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 20 years of experience in UX design.
  • Expert in leading design teams and building digital products.
  • Focused on integrating AI to enhance product experiences.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned UX design leader in the Consumer Electronics and Web Development industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

User ExperienceDesign StrategyInteraction Design

Other Skills

People ManagementUser Interface DesignPersonasPrototypingUser InterfaceUsability DesignHeuristic EvaluationUser FlowsMobile Interface DesignSemantic HTMLUsability EngineeringUsability TestingUser Experience DesignPrototypePersona

About

I lead design teams and build digital products. I focus on solving business problems through design, collaborating with product engineering and research to create experiences that deliver real value to users. With over 20 years of experience at Walmart (Sam’s Club), Microsoft, HP, and Yahoo, my work spans retail, productivity, and enterprise platforms. I care deeply about clarity, craft, teamwork, and making an impact. Lately, I’ve been exploring how AI can enhance product experiences and improve team workflows.

Experience

21 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Sam's club

2 roles

Director UX Design

Promoted

Dec 2023Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

People ManagementUser ExperienceDesign Strategy

Senior Design Manager

Sep 2021Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

People ManagementUser ExperienceDesign Strategy

Microsoft

4 roles

Senior Design Manager

Promoted

Apr 2019Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos

People ManagementUser ExperienceDesign Strategy

Senior User Experience Designer

May 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

Senior Design Manager

Promoted

Sep 2014Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

People ManagementUser ExperienceDesign Strategy

User Experience Design Lead II

Mar 2013Sep 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos

Hewlett-packard

Senior User Experience Designer

Feb 2011Feb 2013 · 2 yrs · Singapore

  • I am responsible for the user experience of HP Officejet pro products. My role is to collaborate with the other design disciplines, Marketing, R&D and Customer Assurance teams to conceptualize features and help define product experience. I design and conduct user testing to communicate design value to business.

Yahoo!

2 roles

Lead Interaction Designer

Apr 2010Dec 2010 · 8 mos · Bangalore, India

  • Participated in strategy planning for major India
  • Specific websites. Developed wireframes and user
  • workflow for different websites such as Locals, Maps
  • and Cricket. Designed and conducted usability tests
  • and analyzed results to improve website.
  • Documented standards and best practices for
  • user work flows and wireframes.

Senior Interaction designer

Jul 2007Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore, India

Kanbay software (a capgemini group company)

Lead User Exprience Designer

Mar 2007Jul 2007 · 4 mos

  • Define user experience strategy for the applications
  • Lead and execute client facing activities.
People ManagementUser ExperienceDesign Strategy

Kanbay software (a capgemini group company)

Interaction designer

Jun 2005Feb 2007 · 1 yr 8 mos

People Management

Hewlett-packard research lab - bangalore

Intern

Sep 2004Feb 2005 · 5 mos

  • HP Research labs 
India,
have 
invented
 “Gesture 
keypad”
 to 
suit
 the
vernacular 
Indian 
users 
needs
 and
 make 
Indic
 keyboard 
input 
easier.

Worked
 on
 designing
 a 

“Hindi 
Keypad
 Layout” 
using 
various 
user
research
 studies 
and
 design
 explorations.
  • Designed 
and
 explored
 various 
Hindi
 keypad 
layouts.
  • Planned 
& 
conducted
 user
 research 
and
 analyzed 
results 
to
  • improve 
design.

Uzanto consulting

Interface designer

May 2004Jul 2004 · 2 mos

  • Worked 
on 
interface 
& 
interaction 
design 
of 
a 
usability
 analysis 
tool.
  • Responsible 
for 
designing 
the 
interface,
 interaction 
of 
the 
tool.
  • Created
 interactive 
prototypes 
of
 onscreen 
interactions.
  • Created 
& 
managed
 design 
style
guides.
  • Worked
 with 
UI
 developers 
to 
implement
 flash 
based
 design.

Honeywell technology solution lab

Internship

Jan 2004May 2004 · 4 mos

  • Worked as an Intern in developing instructional e-learning modules, interaction design and GUI design for their in-house web applications.

Hta (hindustan thompson associates limited)

Trainee Visualiser

Jun 2002Jun 2002 · 0 mo

  • Responsible for designing labels, brand identity, steamers, storyboards & other print works.

Verecom technologies

Web designer

Jan 2002Jun 2002 · 5 mos

  • Responsibility: designing and maintaining web sites, also designed company presentations, brand identity, storyboards & other print works.

Phoenix global solutions – bangalore, india

Graphic design consultant

Oct 2001Dec 2001 · 2 mos

  • Responsible for creating character designs, graphics & animations using Macromedia Flash for CD ROM & CBT projects.

Spur, visual merchandising & sales promotions pvt. ltd. – bangalore, india

Graphic Designer

Oct 1998Nov 1998 · 1 mo

  • Responsible for designing product packaging, danglers, window displays, steamers & dispensers.

Education

National Institute of Design

Master of Design — New Media Design

Jan 2002Jan 2004

Goa College of fine Arts- Goa University

Bachelor of Fine Arts — (Applied Arts)

Jan 1996Jan 2001

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