Skills
& Expertise
UX / Service / Product design
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Product Design, Service Design
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Customer Experience
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Business Design
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Product Strategy, UX Strategy
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User interface for Android/iOS app design, web application
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Team Leadership and Management,
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User-Centered Design Process, Agile
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User Testing and Usability, Qualitative/Quantitative analysis
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Design System Implementation, Accessibility
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User Research and Retention Strategy
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Collaboration with Development Teams
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Workshopping and presentation, Strategic thinking
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Customer journey-service mapping
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Prototyping and wireframing
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Problem-solving, interpersonal, communication skills
Tools
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Figma, Adobe suite, Sketch, Trello, Miro, AI tools
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Analytical/Creative thinking, Problem-solving, Leadership, Resilience, Lifelong learning, Empathy, Listening
Work
Experience
2021 - 2023
Senior Product Consultant
Houston-inc consulting oy - Helsinki
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Led UX-service design projects for Accountor Oy, UPM and, Metsä elevating the mobile/web interface and enriching the overall customer experience. Implemented user-centred design process that increased user engagement by 40% across all products measured through task completion metrics.
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Contributed to project sales proposals and UX work estimations, facilitated workshops, marketing research, knowledge sharing, recruitment and collaborative sessions with clients for user research.
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I am responsible for gathering product specifications, competitor analysis, collaborating with stakeholders anddevelopers, gathering customer needs, design briefing presentations, and controlling accessibility.
2020 - 2021
UX designer consultant
YaRalaVa Concepts Pvt. Ltd - Helsinki
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Led innovative business design for drone-aggregator services using the LEAN startup process, requirement gathering, uncovering customer needs and business opportunities through product design, UX strategy and prototyping.
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Established comprehensive style guides, and impactful product designs and secured EUR 70K seed funding for business growth.
2017 - 2020
UX Designer
Cloudia Oy - Helsinki
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Directed the UX development for Cloudia Oy’s SAAS B2B products, a platform with more than 250,000 users and 1.1 million customer contracts.
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Established an efficient design system process, product requirement for supplier management product design, customer journey mapping and orchestrated comprehensive usability testing initiatives. Coordinated remote, in-person user testing/usability to make informed design decisions to enhance UX flow. Conducted user research to explore and prioritize new features.
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Performed usability studies with key clients to gather insights and enhance product usability. Developed customer journey maps to visualize and optimize the user experience.
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Played a key role through UX in the sale of Cloudia products totaling EUR 102.5 M to Mercell by ensuring a seamless UX journey across all products.
2017 - 2017
UI/UX designer
Koja oy - Tampere
Led the Human-centered design efforts for a specialized application focused on heat exchanger design using industry best practices.
2007- 2014
Senior Software developer
Accenture services - India
Created web UI with HTML, CSS, SASS, and JavaScript.
Clients: Nokia, KPN, SingTel, Bank of America, Tesco.
Education
2014-2017
Tampere University of Technology, Tampere | Master’s Degree
Masters in Interaction Design - User Experience
2004-2007
Loyola College, Chennai | Bachelor's Degree
Bachlor of Science - Computer applicatin