Deepak Thomas

Co-Founder

Hyderabad, Telangana, India16 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Led UX initiatives for major SaaS products.
Co-founded successful startups in B2B and B2C sectors.
Expert in integrating AI features into user experiences.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with a strong focus on UX design and product development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design StrategyUser Experience (ux)Design FrameworkSolution ArchitectureStart-up VenturesApi DevelopmentPrototyping

Other Skills

AJAXAWSAmazon Web Services (AWS)AngularAngularJSAnt DesignArtificial Intelligence (AI)B2CCSSCodeIgniterDesign EngineeringDesign SystemsDesign for AIDevOpsFigma

About

Thrives on Reddit, TED, 9GAG, TV Shows, sciency-documentaries and science-less movies while not couch-potato'ing. Believes that the world runs on emotions. Good music can devour a weekend. Funny bones (self-proclaimed). Very curious about consciousness, space, universe, science & technology. Dog person. Big time foodie. Co-founder and Product+Tech Guy at two startups that introduced novel concepts into the Indian B2B and B2C space. A full-stack web developer at heart, who adores great design and optimized code. Presently working as a UX Designer at Microsoft D365 Sales with a work-life filled with Figma, Design Systems and AI Copilots

Experience

16 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs

Average Tenure

1 yr 2 mos

Current Experience

Salesforce

Senior Product Designer

Apr 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · On-site

Leading the UX for Marketing Operations, a strategic, end-to-end initiative empowering marketing teams through the full campaign lifecycle: Plan → Build → Launch → Optimize → Learn.
Actively experimenting and innovating during Salesforce's Vibe Code Days, Design Days... - exploring new ideas and rapid prototyping with Figma, React, Plugins, MCP servers, internal AI enabler tools (eg: Claude 4 Sonnet via Heroku Agents/Cursor/Windsurf), and LLM-based workflows to push the boundaries of what's possible in design+dev ♥ collaboration.
Owning the E2E vision and prototyping for major product bets, translating complex business needs into scalable UX solutions that balance usability and technical feasibility.
Driving cross-functional collaboration with product leadership, engineers, researchers, and design systems teams to evolve the platform’s core experience across tools such as Journey Builder, Content Builder, Agentforce, Marketing Intelligence, Slack, Link Builders, and internal Marketing Ops systems.
Standardizing design practices by developing and maintaining design guidelines, reusable components, and accessibility frameworks within the Marketing Cloud’s core design system to ensure quality, consistency, and inclusivity at scale.

Design StrategyDesign for AIDesign EngineeringFront End Engineering Design (FEED)Functional DesignProduct Design+2

Microsoft

Senior Designer

May 2021 – Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos · On-site

Built & maintained Design Systems in Figma / reusable components for the 10-member UX team, took learning sessions for UX teams, and championed tokenization and Component Libraries.
Designed and implemented GenAI and LLM features and AI chat interfaces, focusing on Microsoft Copilot in D365 Sales, for agentic and AI-first user & admin setup experiences.
Collaborated with Product Managers, UX Designers, UX Researchers, and Engineers to bridge the gap between design (Figma) and code (React).
NB: I transitioned from a UX Engineer to a User Experience Designer upon an internal re-org, and I'm currently focusing on design standardizations and AI features.

Design FrameworkMicrosoft CopilotFigmaArtificial Intelligence (AI)TypeScriptReact.js+5

Metamorphosys technologies

Senior Web Architect

Sep 2018 – May 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Core-team member responsible for next-gen product design and app UI development at this fast-paced InsureTech startup.
As an individual contributor, single-handedly made a custom Design System and redesigned the entire front-end, elevating it to a modern, enterprise-grade experience.
Key areas: Custom UI Library, RxJS, Angular, ES6, UI/UX, fully-functional prototypes, dynamic config-driven development, Design Systems, Web Components

Node.jsSolution ArchitectureTypeScriptDesign FrameworkUser Experience (UX)Angular+2

Checkinn

Co-Founder

Aug 2017 – Apr 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Co-founded in 2017, pioneering a unique concept in the Indian hospitality industry.
Took the startup from $0 to $50k ARR.
Sole techie: Independently designed, developed, and maintained the entire back-end and front-end architecture, along with DevOps and UI design.
Implemented socket-based push mechanisms to reduce load and automated deployment workflows (CI/CD, auto-backups) for optimization, along with Events, Scheduler, Job Queues, and Workers for efficient async task processing.
Collaborated with hotel staff to transform the product into a user-friendly hotel inter-department communication tool.
Adopted by star hotels around the world.
Elevator pitch deck: https://goo.gl/Ft7M11
Focus areas: React, NodeJs, NextJs, JavaScript/TS, React Native, Electron, WebHooks, HTML 5,
CSS 3, Full stack dev, Laravel, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, AWS, Git, GitHub Actions, Azure, DevOps,
CI/CD, REST APIs, Realtime Socket Push, event-driven core, JSON config based dynamic UIs,
custom reporting infrastructure, pub/sub, Job Queue Workers & CRON schedulers for async tasks.

Node.jsAmazon Web Services (AWS)TypeScriptReact.jsLaravelAPI Development+9

Cariq

Co-Founder

Nov 2013 – Nov 2017 · 4 yrs · Pune · On-site

Co-founded CarIQ in 2013, raising three rounds of funding and introduced an innovative concept to Indian B2B and B2C markets.
Spearheaded the Product for CarIQ's first B2B partnership with Bajaj Allianz.
Led CarIQ's Product, UX, and Digital Marketing initiatives.
Achieved over 50 media mentions in the first four years of CarIQ.
Ensured CarIQ's web and mobile apps adhered to international design standards.
(2019 Update: CarIQ was acquired by a multinational corporation for $5M)

Node.jsStart-up VenturesTypeScriptUser Experience (UX)Internet of Things (IoT)User Interface+2

Pubmatic

UI Designer

Jun 2011 – Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Pune

Integral member of a global five-member UXD team.
Translated ideas from Product Managers into visually appealing and functional designs, to meet user needs and business goals.
Developed prototypes for Product Managers' demos, and created Web Components used by the Front-End Development team in the final UI.
Received a quarterly award for excellence in product UI design.

PrototypingUser Experience (UX)User InterfaceUser Interface DesignHTML + CSS

Infosys technologies ltd

Product Designer

Mar 2009 – May 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area · On-site

Designed UI/UX for web apps at Infosys' first strategic Products' Unit (Product Incubation Engineering [PIE], now EdgeVerve).
Despite being a fresher, my design portfolio impressed the product heads at PIE, leading them to entrust me with leading the design efforts.
Led a three-member design team at PIE.
Received Infosys' R&R Award for excellence in my first-ever corporate product design.

PrototypingUser Experience (UX)User InterfaceHTML + CSSRapid Prototyping

Freelance

Internet Application Developer

Mar 2006 – Mar 2008 · 2 yrs · Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Collaborated with small businesses and individuals to design and develop fully dynamic websites using PHP, Joomla, WordPress, and CodeIgniter.
Created end-to-end apps as personal projects, generating over $10k in revenue, all while pursuing my engineering degree.

CodeIgniterWordpress DevelopmentJavaScriptSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)User Interface Design