Who am I
I am a thinker, a doer, a builder. My education has also given me other titles an engineer, a researcher and a designer.
Engineering school gave me the ability to be a problem solver while my time in design school taught me to accept ambiguity, to work well with teams and that there may be more than one way to solve any given problem
I am from Pune, Maharashtra.
EDUCATION
Pratt Institute, New York... Master of Industrial Design (MID) May 2013
Institute of Design, IIT, Chicago... Master of Design (MDes) May 2009
Bharati Vidyapeeth’s COE, Pune... Bachelor of Engineering (BE) May 2006
EXPERIENCE
Deliveroo : Senior Kitchen operations design engineer (Apr’18 - Jan’20)
Conducted research for Deliveroo Editions (Cloud kitchens) to drive improvements in kitchen operational efficiencies via training and process enhancements.
Implemented and executed a framework to launch virtual food brands for Deliveroo Own Content enabling us to test and launch menus in under a month.
Conducted fly on the wall type video research for the robotics team to identifykitchen processes most suitable for automation.
TATA Technologies Ltd : Trends Researcher / UI Designer (Feb'16 - Apr’18)
Organized and ran an internal innovation platform called Imaginext with a design lead core team.
Delivered a internal mega trends study along with the CMF team.
Designed wireframes and personas for the HMI team with a focus on the future of automotive UI/UX.
Datavision Software Solutions Pvt Ltd : UX Research and Development consultant (Feb‘15 - Dec’16)
Worked with the company’s innovation team to lead Android and Java developers in execution of front-end design and usability of mobile apps.
Ghost Lab : Freelance Product Designer (May’14 - Jun‘14)
Provided ideas, sketches, and general engineering guidance on development for the studio’s first home decor product.
Pratt Institute : RP Lab Manager/Technician: (Sep’11 - May’13)
Managed personnel, maintained 3d printers and laser cutters, and established user safety protocols in the rapid prototyping lab.
TZ Designs : Design Intern (Jun‘12 - Aug’12)
Executed concept designs (reduced- and full-scale prototypes and solidworks models) in the studio of Mark Goetz. Work included “Flor House Pet Hummingbird” chair design for “Idea Lab 12: Carpet Art”, auctioned for DIFFA charity.
Brickfactor, Inc : Research Intern (Oct‘09 - May’10)
Developed a research plan for online custom clothing retail startup.
Urban Education Institute, University of Chicago : Design Research Intern (Jun’09 - Aug’09)
Created functional web and print communication prototypes for the Urban Education Institute (UEI) based on field and expert research.
Toyoda Gosei : Research assistant at IIT for Toyoda Gosei, (Toyota Group) (Sep’08 - Dec’08)
Managed and executed in-person research (ride-along interviews, photo studies) to uncover new opportunities for improving the car dashboard user experience.