About

Product Designer
13 years · Enterprise software
Bangalore / Pune

I'm a product designer with 13 years of experience, almost all of it in enterprise software. I spent the last 3.5 years at LightBeam.ai, a privacy and data governance startup, where I was one of two designers. Before that I was at Nutanix for 6 years, and I started out at Globant working on asset management and fintech products.

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At LightBeam.ai

2022 — 2026
  • 2-person team
  • 7–8 major features
  • 30+ minor features
  • Product management
  • Prototyping and Development

At LightBeam.ai, I was one of two designers at a privacy and data governance startup. I shipped 7 to 8 major features and more than 30 minor ones. Because the team was small, I often took on a fair amount of the product work too, understanding business goals and shaping the scope and roadmap for my areas. I learnt to use AI tools to code and create prototypes for sales demos, conferences and customer validation.

I also led the overhaul of the product's look and feel. I set the visual direction with a senior visual designer, oversaw the design system and UI library with a team of third-party UI contractors, and planned the migration in phases so feature work never had to stop.


At Nutanix

2016 — 2022
  • 40-person team
  • Lead for 2–3 major products
  • Strategic initiatives

At Nutanix, I was part of a team of 40 designers. I owned two major product areas and led design for the company's first SaaS offering on our native cloud platform. I mentored a lot of junior designers and helped shape our processes and design practices.

My last few years were on a strategic platform that integrated 10+ products. That work usually meant getting 10 to 15 product leaders aligned before anything could move.


How I usually work

  • I immerse myself in the domain until I can hold my own with the domain experts.

  • I would much rather ship something narrow that works than something perfect that slips.

  • When requirements are vague, I would rather write the spec myself and have it argued down than wait for one.

  • I show rough work early and often.

  • Getting a large group to the same page is usually my job, and I do not mind that it is slow work.

  • AI is where I think out loud and stress-test an idea before it goes anywhere. I still do a lot of the heavy lifting myself.


What I'm looking for

A senior staff role or lead role on something genuinely complicated. I have spent my career making difficult systems usable for people who are under pressure, and I am at my best on large projects that take a while to figure out. AI products are the version of that I find most interesting right now, but the difficulty matters more to me than the domain.

Get in touch

  • +91-9591353636
  • Free to meet in person in Bangalore or Pune 🇮🇳

Timeline

Work experience

Aug 2022 — March 2026 (3 yrs 7 mos)

LightBeam.ai

Early Designer

June 2016 — May 2022 (5 yrs 11 mos)

Nutanix

Staff Designer

Sept 2013 — June 2016 (2 yrs 9 mos)

Globant (formerly Clarice)

Designer

Education

2011 — 2013 (2 yrs)

Master’s in Interaction Design

National Institute of Design (NID), Bangalore

2005 — 2009 (4 yrs)

Bachelor’s in Engineering (Electronics)

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune