Swati Asthana

Product Manager

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India16 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 12 years in user experience design and research.
Led award-winning design projects at IBM.
Expert in creating intuitive interfaces for complex systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a User Experience Designer specializing in SaaS and digital applications.

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Skills

Core Skills

User Experience DesignProduct DesignTeam LeadershipLeadershipInteraction Design

Other Skills

User-centered DesignUser ResearchUser ExperienceAnalytical SkillsDesign LeadershipFigma (Software)UserZoom UX InsightsDesign ThinkingCommunicationCreative Problem SolvingUX ResearchUsability TestingVisual DesignInformation ArchitecturePrototyping

About

I am a user experience designer & researcher with over 12 years of experience building and evolving digital applications for diverse industries. I particularly enjoy design research and the quest to deliver simple, holistic solutions for the end users. AI crafted: With a seasoned background in user experience design and research, my role as a design lead at IBM lies at the intersection of product design and user interaction. This involves steering innovative digital applications and enhancing user engagement, as evidenced by my recent work on the Environmental Intelligence Suite. My pursuit is to craft intuitive interfaces that simplify complex systems, a mission honed through hands-on leadership in creating applications for omnichannel order management and customer service. Our team's dedication to user-focused design was recognized with multiple Client & Partner Success Awards, reflecting my commitment to excellence in user experience.

Experience

16 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

10 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Ibm

2 roles

People Manager

Oct 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Hiring manager & in-country manager for the sustainability software design org of 20+ designers in Bangalore design studio.

Product DesignCommunicationTeam LeadershipCreative Problem Solving

User Experience Designer & Researcher

Nov 2015 – Present · 10 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Currently leading design for Environmental Intelligence offering, which includes APIs for geospatial data, greenhouse gas emissions calculations, and weather information.
Earlier,
Lead designer and researcher: Store Engagement application for omnichannel order management.
Lead designer and researcher: Store inventory management application.
Lead designer: Call centre application for customer service agents
Side project: Concept design for Watson health with sentiment analysis.
Side project: Watsonx Intelligent assistant concepts for call center
Contributed to SamShiksha application created by iX with Niti Ayog, that curates and delivers free course material for university level students.

Product DesignUser-centered DesignUser ResearchUser ExperienceInteraction DesignAnalytical Skills+5

Samsung

Lead UX Designer

Dec 2012 – Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Noida Area, India · On-site

Designed native Android and Tizen applications for smartphones.
Created accessibility guidelines and talkback for feature phones.
Contributed in designing and testing lite-os and applications for entry level smartphones users of emerging markets.
Conducted user research, designed and tested accessibility concepts for smartphones. Some of those concepts resulted in patents.
Advanced design concepts for IoT and wearables.

Product DesignUX ResearchUser ExperienceInteraction DesignLeadershipUsability Testing+2

Google

UX Design Intern

Jan 2012 – Jul 2012 · 6 mos · Bangalore · On-site

Designed a solution for bringing hyperlocal retailers online. This was specifically for the emerging markets.
The final design concepts were created for Android phones. Some part of it was later used in Neighbourly.
Worked on a music application as a side project.

Product DesignUX ResearchVisual DesignUser ExperienceInteraction DesignInformation Architecture+1

Infosys

Senior Systems Engineer

Jul 2007 – Jun 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Pune Area, India · On-site

Was a part of the infrastructure management team that worked with large telecom clients, like British Telecom, Vodafone and Telenet.
Main activities included server management, deployments, automation and incident resolution.
The team won a Phoenix award for high performance across the organization.
Was awarded the Star award for my individual contributions.

Analytical SkillsLeadership

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Engineer Intern

Jan 2007 – Jun 2007 · 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

Created data harvesting and display mechanisms for composing & formatting the RSS feeds in digital signages, using Perl and Python.
As a side project, I created HTML pages for displaying the collected information. Also dabbled in js and actionscript for dynamic text and animation.

PrototypingInteraction DesignUser Interface Design