Vikas Luthra

UX Researcher

United States11 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Master's in HCI from Georgia Tech.
Extensive experience in user experience research.
Passionate about improving lives through design.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a User Experience Researcher with a focus on Human-Centered Design in the Consumer Electronics and Automotive industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Human Computer InteractionUser Experience DesignUsability Engineering

Other Skills

Digital HumanitiesHuman Centered ResearchUI/UXVRData VisualizationInteraction DesignVoice Interaction DesignAutonomous Vehicle SolutionsResearch-led InnovationHuman Factors AssessmentUsabilityAccessibilityVisual ImpairmentVoice Based Personal AssistantsRequirement Engineering

About

Hi! I am Vikas. Born in a small town in India, I have always been an introspective, intellectual, diligent and curious being. I have done my master's in HCI from Georgia Tech and undergraduate education in Design at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology in Guwahati, India. My research interests lie at the intersection of technology, design, well-being and behavioral psychology. I am motivated in the idea of improving people’s lives and have a positive impact on the world around me through my work .

Experience

11 yrs 2 mos

Total Experience

Average Tenure

5 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Lg electronics north america

Senior User Researcher

Aug 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 10 mos · Santa Clara, California, United States

Microsoft

UX Researcher

Dec 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

Motorola solutions

User Experience Research and Design Intern

May 2017 – Aug 2017 · 3 mos · Plantation, Florida, US

Design of Offline Voice Interaction solutions for Motorola Next-Gen Simple Touch Platforms. Primary use-cases selected to be implemented in the upcoming Motorola devices.
Envisioned and Created pre-assessment solutions for Type 4.0 Autonomous Vehicle for
field officers and citizen safety. The solutions are selected for Vehicle Design strategy 2022.

Voice Interaction DesignAutonomous Vehicle SolutionsUser Experience DesignUsability Engineering

Georgia institute of technology

UX Specialist

Aug 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos

Worked for Digital Integrative Liberal Arts Center(DILAC) Lab s a Graduate Research Assitant. The major domain areas of work included: Digital Humanities, Human Centered Research, UI/UX, VR and Data Visualization, Interaction Design.

Digital HumanitiesHuman Centered ResearchUI/UXVRData VisualizationInteraction Design+2

Samsung electronics

2 roles

Senior User Experience Researcher

Feb 2016 – Jul 2016 · 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Design for social needs of GenZ, Research-led Innovation, Human factors assessment and usability.

Research-led InnovationHuman Factors AssessmentUsabilityUser Experience DesignUsability Engineering

User Experience Researcher

Jun 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Accessibility, Visual Impairment, Voice Based Personal Assistants, Educational interfaces, S-planner, Human factors assessment and Usability.

AccessibilityVisual ImpairmentVoice Based Personal AssistantsUser Experience DesignUsability Engineering

University of applied sciences, western switzerland(hes-so)

User Experience Design Intern

May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Switzerland

Working as a user experience intern, designed a cloud-based requirement engineering (RE) tool called CARES (Computer-Aided Requirements Engineering Software) that allows Swiss public authorities to do Requirement Engineering and create WTO (World Trade Organisation) conform procurement documents towards their business processes.The project was done under the guidance of Prof(Dr.)Florian Evequoz,Institute of Business Information Systems.

Requirement EngineeringCloud-based ToolsUser Experience DesignHuman Computer Interaction

Cognizant technology solutions

User Experience Design Intern

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Pune

Worked as a User experience designer on the Project of Online executive Dashboard for cognizant interactive.The Project was done under the guidance of Associate Director Cognizant Interactive,Suhas Bendre.

User Experience DesignDashboard Development