đŸ‘‹ Hello! I am Vinay Shanthagiri

I help product teams Reason, Visualize, Plan & Build user friendly products & services

I am a seasoned UX Designer who believes in simplifying the Human & Machine interactions with thoughtful, elegant and effective user experience. I am passionate about new technologies and often spend time understanding their impacts on UX.

As you scroll down you will know more about my journey, and if you find something interesting, you can always connect with me on Linkedin!

Vinay Shanthagiri UX Designer

Currently

Working on

UX & Strategy

Currently working on enhancing the overall Developer Experience for a retail giant through an unified platform which connects the developers to the tools and resources needed to accelerate, optimize and ship quality code.

AI & UX Symbiosis

Exploring the needs and ways for AI & UX to mutually benefit each other. Advocating - "Better UX for better AI. Better AI for better UX"

Watch my recent talk on AI & UX
UX & Data Centric AI

Working on an exploratory article investigating the importance of UX in a widely popular Data Centric AI approach (Coming soon)

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My journey

2016 - Present
Slalom

Slalom Consulting

Senior Ux Consultant

Helping clients around the Bay Area to efficiently visualize, reason, plan and build user friendly products and services

California, USA

2014
Slalom

SAP Ariba

Interaction Designer

Built low/high fidelity interactive prototypes. Standardized interaction patterns & components across products for reusability.

Bangalore, India

2012 - 2013
Slalom

Fair Isaac

UX Engineer

Planned and conducted usability tests. Built click-able HTML prototypes for web and mobile apps.

Bangalore, India

2011 - 2012
Slalom

Pipal Labs

UI Designer

Designed web and mobile applications. Planned and conducted user research,competitive analysis and usability tests.

Bangalore, India

2010 - 2011
Slalom

Widespread Technologies

Design Head & Developer

Gathered requirements & presented concepts to the clients. Lead a team of four designers and developers.

Bangalore, India

2008 - 2010
Slalom

Momenta Global

Design Trainee

Assisted in web design and development. Took part in bug testing before product deployment.

Bangalore, India

MS - Human Computer Interaction

Indiana University, Bloomington

2014 - 2016

BE - Mechanical Engineering

VTU, India

2002 - 2006

What I Do

When I am not designing

Connect with my inner self

Once in a while, I let my mind take me on a creative journey through sketching intricate forms and patterns. I am amazed how something that begins as a doodle evolves into a concept that resonate with my current emotions.
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Escape rooms have become a weekly thing for me and my friends! We love the challenge and the way we all come together to escape ( boredom included )
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I am fascinated by the technology that lets us bring our imagination to life. Recently started dabbling with digital painting and I love it! Original by Goro Fujita
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Here's me trying to be a bit more adventurous. Even with a few hiccups, I think I am warming up to it somehow :)

Skills

  • A/B Tests
  • Design Systems
  • Interactive Prototyping
  • Roadmap Planning
  • Usability Tests
  • User Flows
  • User Journey Maps
  • User Research
  • Visual Design
  • Wireframes

Tools

  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe XD
  • Axure RP
  • Figma
  • Fusion 360
  • Invision
  • Sketch

Technologies

  • Android SDK
  • CSS
  • HTML
  • Java
  • Javascript
  • React
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