Our Mentors

Rowland Brown

Principal Product Designer at Meta

• Career Advice
• Design Process
• Design Strategy
• Design Systems

Principle/Lead Product Designer with an eye for innovation and pixel perfection. I have spent my career as a creative designer working on a broad range of projects, including web, gaming, messaging, mobile, wearables, enterprise, and operating systems across a variety of technology platforms. Happy to help others navigate the design industries career path.

Shelby Corbella

Senior Product Designer (Design Systems) at MasterClass

• Accessibility
• Adobe
• Design Systems
• Product Design

California based designer with 6+ years of experience working in start-ups, mid-size companies, and larger enterprises. I love using design as a language to communicate complex ideas and file them down into a simple user experience. Using my background with design systems and coding, I love tackle global design issues with a systematic approach. After earning my BFA in Graphic Design, I split my career between product design and design system at Zillow, Zendesk, Gladly and now at MasterClass. Product Designer with extensive experience in Product Design, Design Systems, Accessible Design, Responsive Design, and UI/UX. Lead large-scale projects, collaborate with PMs, Engineering and other product designers, and conduct user feedback to improve product quality. Skilled communicator who has knowledge of HTML/CSS, and Javascript, and is learning React for fun. Seeking job opportunities to continue growing as a design lead and push for beautiful and functional product design.

Sachin Ghegade

Design CoE Leadership at Lentra

• Design Leadership
• Graphic Design
• Product Design
• User Experience

A technology enthusiast with 12+ years of experience. Proposed and executing a Shared Services competency/ COE for Product and Service design. Bringing business using various innovative solutions using UX/UI and Design Thinking methodologies. Specialization is in architecting complex enterprise products and systems, envisioning innovative solutions, and realizing the solutions in the form of products. Domain expertise in the area of BFSI, Retail, E-Commerce, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Mining, Oil & Gas with futuristic models such as Smart City, AI, ML, IoT. Hands-on experience in multiple Design Paradigms. I'm very happy, excited to be a part of the Designed.org community. I’m sure I will be able to help new and practiced specialists to shape their potential. Business expansion strategy from Pre-Sales, Marketing to Post-delivery. This model has resulted in generating good ROI of downstream revenue and long-term engagements. Achieved growth in team size from 1 to multiple resources, established and led a prestigious design team as its first Designer. Specialties Design Management, Brand Strategy, Agile UX process Expertise, Creative Management, User Research, Dashboard Scheming, Brand Guidelines, Reusable Components, Client Facing, Information Visualization, and Design Style Guides. Mentorship, and ensuring customer success. Skills Design Management: Process Building, Business Decisions, Quality assurance, Design Strategies and Vision plan, Supply Chain, Resource loading, Task Analysis and estimation, Conduct training. Research: A/B Testing & Experiment, Cognitive walkthrough, Persona Interview, Information Architecture, User Journey/ Journey Mapping, Design Thinking. Prototyping: Rapid prototyping using Keynote, Invision, XD, Interactive and clickthrough flow, Task analysis & persona hypothesis. Design: User Interface design, Graphic design, User flows, Concept sketches, Wireframes & mock-ups with Sketch & Illustrator, Style guides & pattern library preparation. Tools Adobe Creative Cloud, Office 365, SketchApp, Axure, Invision, Balsamiq, Zeplin, Figma, MIRO Board, HTML (Basic), CSS (Basic), Other: JIRA Agile, Design Sprint

Harish Mycharla

Founding Product Designer at Flagright (YC W22)

• Product Design
• User Experience
• User Interface
• Visual Design

I help digital products with design. I provide value by transforming products right from a simple problem statement to end design and does everything in between. Working with multiple design studios in the early stages of my career helped me in designing for over 20+ digital products across diverse domains. It helped me in becoming more adaptive to problems by quickly learning and unlearning stuff. Feel free to say hi :)

Sachin Rathore

Head KIET Innovation center at KIET Group of Institutions

• 3D
• Design Thinking
• Figma
• Product Design

My area of research UX Design, Simulation, Industrial Design, Ergonomics, product design, Universal Design and Design Thinking. He has published 37+ papers in International/National journals & Conferences. received 4 patents in the field of design and developed many innovated products. Recently he awarded by ODOP (one district one product) cell, MSME, Govt. of UP for design a smart workstation for chikankari industries at Lucknow region. Last year he developed product of an Innovations for Prevention and Protection from COVID-19 Pandemic at AKTU, Lucknow. I am working with various industries as a design consultant. I am an Ultramarathon runner, cyclist always follow cycling to work, regular blood donor. some duties are Head Innovation Centre, @KIET GROUP OF Institutions, Ghaziabad, Founder KIET Design Club, Dean Sports Coordinator (KIET) of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, run by IIT Delhi, Govt. of India, member of Namami Ganga Project for Ganga Canal.

Madhupriya Jha Thakur

Assistant Professor at National Institute of Fashion Technology

• Color Theory
• Design Process
• Design Thinking
• Fashion Design

I am a design educator for more than 10 years now, and mentor students in creative thinking skills, design thinking, methodology and process, Indian culture and crafts, accessories (bags, costume jewellery, travel and business gear), leather products, fashion studies, fashion trends and forecasting. I am currently pursuing my PhD in Headgears of Rajputana Royals and their adaptation in Indian period cinema. I would look forward to mentor enthusiasts in Indian culture and crafts, accessories, design thinking, methods and process, creative thinking skills.

Tessa Chung

Principal Product Designer at Yahoo

• Augmented Reality
• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• Virtual Reality

I began my design career with a focus on graphic design. Over time, my focus has evolved into UX & UI Product Design for mobile and web applications. I’ve spent the past 10 years designing and shipping native iOS and Android, web, and OTT TV products to market. I'm also getting my feet wet with VR/AR design and other spatial interfaces. I love problem solving and applying creative solutions while researching new technologies and learning new skills. It's truly a blend of my past life in science with my current life as a designer.

Ryan McGuire

Roaster / Owner at Self-employed

• Adobe
• Art Direction
• Graphic Design
• Marketing Design

I love design. There is nothing more rewarding to me than being able to create compelling designs for passionate businesses. I've earned a reputation for providing some of the most creative, beautiful, and functional websites and graphics and for providing service that is second to none. Specialties: Graphic design, web design, marketing consulting, creativity consulting, mentoring, advertising,

Vysak A S

Swiggy at Senior Product Designer

• Graphic Design
• Interaction Design
• Mobile Design
• Product Design

I’m Vysak A S, currently leading the product design team at FlyFin.tax. Previously worked with talabat (Delivery Hero), Swiggy, Myntra, Amazon, Bosch and a couple of budding start-ups. I am fascinated about shaping technology into wonderful product experiences through user-centred design. For me, good design is satisfaction and happiness. Also, I have a particular interest in AR, VR & MR. www.vysak.in | getvysak.a.s@gmail.com

Kirti Ahlawat

Senior Designer at Microsoft

• Design Management
• Interaction Design
• User Centered Design
• User Experience

Hi, I'm Kirti, a Product Designer at Microsoft Customer Voice. I'm interested in the design process, methodologies, and creating accessible solutions. I'm here to volunteer my time to mentor young designers and offer career guidance. The quest to explore my creative side brought me to Design and gave me the freedom to explore new frontiers of thinking and innovation. I find myself at ease while interacting with people and observing my surroundings. Hailing from a Computer Engineering background, the 'how' drives me towards the problem space, whereas design drives my desire to immerse into the 'why'.

Jonathan Steinberg

Americas Design Lead at IBM

• Branding & Identity
• User Experience
• User Interface
• User Testing

I have been around and around again. I love design and take time to explore each aspect that it offers. I have been a print designer laying out ads and copy at a newspaper to a product designer leading a team to build multi-million dollar projects. Whatever it is, I love it. With over 15 years experience in Visual, UX, and UI design, I come armed with a passion for great design and a strong willingness to seek answers and solve problems. The most important tool in my arsenal is the ability to evolve and grow. I take pride in developing unique and professional solutions with a wide variety of mediums. Contact me and join my network!

Aaqib Ahmad

Senior Consultant - Product Design at Deloitte

• Design Critique
• Design Process
• Design Strategy
• Design Systems

I’m a Senior Consultant - Product Design with experience across product design, design strategy, digital transformation, AI, and brand experiences. I enjoy helping designers navigate career growth, strengthen their design thinking, build compelling portfolios, and approach complex problems with greater clarity. I can also support with design leadership, stakeholder management, consulting, storytelling, and transitioning from execution-focused roles to more strategic design roles. Through mentorship, I aim to create practical, thoughtful conversations that help mentees build confidence, broaden their perspective, and take the next step in their career.

sreekarthikeyan Sathasivam

Staff Product Designer at ServiceNow

• Design Leadership
• Design Management
• Design Strategy
• Interaction Design

I am an experienced product design leader with a proven track record helping businesses grow from zero to 1. My expertises are leading strategic initiatives from onboarding to adoption and establishing design teams for large-scale enterprise companies.Expertise in building AI native experiences. I have worked in innovation lab, interactive design agencies and fortune 100 customers. I have immense experience in leading and mentoring designers across the globe. Scaled a multi talented design team from 1 to 23 to cater customers across AMS and EMEA I have experience in leading/ managing design teams across globally distributed environments (GDC) My strengths are innovation, product strategy, team management, product discovery, Interaction design, Vision design, product north star concepts ,Design Strategy, problem-solving and establishing design partner program’s. Through my work, I have collaborated closely with business and development partners across various lines of businesses, delivering digital products and features that users love. One of the early designer of mobile and tablet applications. Throughout my career I have worked for some major clients such as Delta airlines, Symantec, Macys, Reebok, JPMC, Humana, Citi, Cisco, 3M, Walgreens, Estee lauder, Johnson & Johnson, L’oreal etc., Razor fish, Huge and with some of the leading design studios across the globe. Expertise in AI native conversational experience, with immense knowledge in Human in the loop and Good understanding of LLM. From vision to implementation thorough wirh product knowledge and help the team move forward .

Tushar Deshmukh

Lead Design Trainer & Partner at Human Factors Research & Design (HFR&D)

• Information Architecture
• User Centered Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

UX HCI - Human Factors, UI, Usability, User Psychology Expert And Zoologist, Nuclear Chemistry Researcher ~ 20+ Years of Experience ! UX Advisor for various Startups and Product COPmpanies Associations with Colleges / Universities ~ Visiting Professor, Symbiosis Design School (SID) Pune. ~ Visiting Professor - Symbiosis School of Sports Sciences (SSSS), Pune ~ Visiting Professor, School Of Fashion Technology - Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha (MKSSS), Pune, India. - SNDT Women's University ~ Shri Shivaji Education Society, Amravati - College of Engineering & Technology, Akola ~ Federation of Entrepreneurship Development - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, Odisha ~ Panelist: TOYCATHON 2021 , National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana ~ Speaker - Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune Mentor on International Platforms ~ HFR&D (HumanFactors Research & Design-USA) Partner at HFR&D &Lead Design Trainer ~ Mentor at International Mentor Platform at ADPList(https://www.adplist.org) ~ Founder of UXTalks - Let's talk about UX -Global Platform for

Ram Shetty

Associate Executive Manager at Hexagon Capability Center India

• Content Design
• Human Computer Interaction
• User Centered Design
• User Research

Design Leader / Ux researcher With over 15 plus of experience in the Design industry, I have a proven track record of enabling and leading UX teams for several companies like Hexagon, IBM, Zensar Technologies & Satyam Computers by transforming Ux into a self-sustained UX team with mature UX practice that delivers value, driven by core business metrics. I am passionate, pragmatic, articulate, affable, and a team player with a good sense of humour. I successfully collaborate with cross-functional teams to get work done. As a Design Leader, I’ve been a front runner for the team, instrumental in establishing, driving and articulating a UX vision to the responsible for the team's career growth. I insist the team move from their comfort zone by delegating them specific challenging goals by time to time.

neelesh sonawane

Principal UX Consultant and People Lead at Zühlke Group

• Consulting Advice
• Design Leadership
• Design Process
• Design Strategy

30 years experience in the design industry, mainly digital from Corporate Identity Programs to Strategic Service Design and all between. Managed global teams and very cross functional in the digital product space having performed as a Product Owner, BA, QA, and Agile Coach alongside design function.

Boluwatife Sokunbi

Senior Product Designer at Brass

• Career Advice
• Product Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

I am a Designer, specialises in products for early-stage startups that are in the stage of product validation and getting more customers. I'm passionate about building businesses and great products that help turn startups into superheroes.

Joshua Burton

Product Design at Meta

• Animation
• Design Systems
• Interaction Design
• User Experience

Specialties: Mobile Product Design, Data-driven Design, Prototyping, Animation, Usability, Design Systems, Design Management, Service Design.

Souvik Sadhu

Senior Manager, Product Design at Flipkart

• Interaction Design
• Product Design
• User Experience
• User Interface

Designer with proven experience in using empathy and research to lead, solve and fix products, solutions and services.I have worked on products across various segments like search, social, enterprise solutions,e-commerce.I have setup Usability labs & User research teams to get end-user pain points.

Aunindra Kumar Sinha

UX Design Manager at Indeed.com

• Career Advice
• Design Management
• Human Computer Interaction
• Product Design

Aunindra has 15 yrs of experience in User Experience Methodologies, UID and Usability Engineering. Aunindra is currently working as UX Designer manager at Indeed. He combines creativity and analytical ability in solving user interface problems to provide fresh, practical, and usable solutions. He is a Certified Usability Analyst with HFI and scored 83% marks to qualify in the first attempt.

Chelsea Reyes

Principal Designer/Owner at Pencil & Mouse

• Accessibility
• Design Critique
• Design Process
• Product Design

Buddy Chung

Sr. User Experience Designer at USC Information Technology Services (ITS)

• Art Direction
• Creative Direction
• Team Building
• User Experience

A hands-on creative leader with over 15 years of experience, I have been solving design problems that improve user experiences in some ways, shapes, or forms. I take difficult design challenges and turn them into delightful solutions that meet user needs while keeping in mind the business goals. My preferred role has always been hybrid in which I work on special design projects while managing and mentoring the team.

Dorothy Kim

User Experience Engineer | Product Designer at PMAT

• Animation
• Game Design
• Graphic Design
• Product Design

Standing tall at 5 foot flat, I am a quirky petite San Diego based UX Engineer/Product Designer who is an avid geek of everything design, art, tech and psychology. With 7 years of UI development experience and a lifetime passion in the arts, I bring to the table not only my expertise but my infectiously vivacious and creative personality. If you are interested in learning how I convinced my company into starting a design branch or want to know about UX/UI, hit me up.

Lisa Maione

Assistant Professor at Kansas City Art Institute

• Data Visualization
• Graphic Design
• Typography
• Visual Design

Enthusiastic to support creative practices of all kinds. Experience as a designer in small and medium-sized studios, as an art director in magazines and editorial, as a collaborator with architects and scientists, and as a design educator since 2008. Research in graphic design history & typography. With over 18 years of design industry experience, clients have ranged from architects to artists, community organizations to academics, filmmakers, photographers, publishers, museums, entrepreneurs, writers and scholars. I am an Associate Professor of Graphic Kansas City Art Institute where I combine my professional design experience with research collaborations. TEACHING: Since 2008, I have taught design courses at schools including Parsons School of Design at The New School, CUNY Queens College (NYC), Oklahoma State University and Kansas City Art Institute. Focus on typography, design history, and user experience. STUDIO: For Instance is my design practice. Independently and collaboratively with other designers, For Instance designs and builds visuals, spaces, tools, presentations and interactions to engage audiences at all scales of communication and distribution. For Instance is engaged with design projects, proposals and speculations in the arts, architecture, media, sciences, education and humanities. http://work.forinstance.org/

Suzana Ribeiro

UX Lead at banQi

• Content Design
• Design Leadership
• Product Design
• Product Management

I am a content specialist for digital products and passionate about mixing text and design to make people's lives easier. I'm also very curious and I love to discover the reasons behind everything, so I learned to use that curiosity to help companies build better products using UX research.