Kaushik DaveHe/Him

About Me

I’m a seasoned UX leader & practitioner with experience in applying UCD process and practices to build products customers fall in love with. With my horizontal expertise in different disciplines, methods processes will help younger and new design practitioners to be ready for their next design job. Experienced Design Leader and Strategist with over 15 years of experience as a User Experience/Interaction Designer & Strategist with consulting background in Insurance, Automotive, Travel & Retail industries. I have great passion for human centered design and consistently thrive to create innovative, empathetic and compelling digital products and services. I have proven record of building both strategic and tactical partnership with business and IT partners to plan and deliver optimal user experience. I am able to work independently and collaboratively in fast paced and cross-functional, results-oriented environment. Specialties: - UX Strategy and Design Research Planning - Expertise in UX Researching techniques including Interviewing, Contextual Inquiry, Stakeholder interviews, Usability testing, Personas and Scenario generation, Competitive analysis and Heuristic reviews - Expertise in low and hi-fidelity Wireframing, Prototyping for websites, desktop/web applications and mobile interaction design - Managing Lean UX practices within Agile development teams - Building scalable UX design processes and practices for design organizations - Facilitating Design thinking, Design Sprints & Service Design Blueprinting workshops

My Skills

• Career Advice
• Design Thinking
• Interaction Design
• User Centered Design
• User Experience

My Career

• Senior Manager, User Experience7-ElevenMay 2018
  Current
• Lead Experience DesignerSabre CorporationSeptember 2015 - April 2018
• Sr. Experience Design ConsultantCapital OneJune 2015 - August 2015
• Principal User Experience Designer/ ArchitectNationwideSeptember 2008 - April 2015
• Sr. UX ConsultantTEKsystemsSeptember 2008 - January 2012

My Education

• Clemson UniversityMasters, Industrial Engineering (HCI)Masters, Industrial Engineering (HCI)Graduated 2005
• College of Engineering PuneBachelor's Engineering degree, Production EngineeringGraduated 2003

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