SREENIVASA, S LAKSHMINARAYANA
User Experience / Product Designer
www.sree.me
+91 98802 99009
proximity@gmail.com
SKILLS
Software
Figma, Sketch, Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop, HTML & CSS, Javascript, React Components, Front-End Coding
Design
Wireframe, Interactive Prototype, Data Visualization, User flow, Style Guide, Sitemap, Concept Sketch, Design Library, UI Micro Animation
PATENT
USPTO Patent "US8781398B2": Method to Transfer Files b/n Touch Screen Interfaces
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science
Mysore University
Computer Science, Physics & Mathematics
AWARDS
Innovation & Reuse (2010)
Requirements Automation (2009)
Innovation & process improvement (2008)
UI concept "Phone-Being" (2006)
Dedication - KW525 phone (2006)
Setting up the Usability Lab and for Hindi-UI Usability Study (2005)
HOBBIES
Landscape Photography
Composing Music Tunes
Pencil Sketching
EXPERIENCE
Director of User Experience
Brane Enterprises
Sep 2023 - Sep 2024
Bangalore, India
Lead strategic design & implementation of user-centric experiences for all PaaS solutions.
Direct all product lifecycle phases to ensure alignment with business objectives.
Establish design standards, UI/UX frameworks and prototypes with consistency and innovation.
Promote ongoing innovation in design quality throughout the company's culture.
Report directly to the Managing Partner; collaborate with cross-functional teams globally.
Product Designer
Eversight (Instacart)
Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
Palo Alto, California, USA
Designed pricing & promotions Software Suite for global brands and retailers.
Involved in all aspects of the product lifecycle; from strategic definition of new products to the tactical execution of the live product.
Created design-guidelines, UI component libraries, specifications & prototypes.
Reported to the Co-founder and Head of Product; collaborated with Sales and Customer Success.
Senior Interaction Designer
Envestnet | Yodlee
Feb 2015 - Sep 2019
Redwood City, California, USA
Prototypes, wireframes, visuals for personal and social financial apps.
Create design-guidelines, UI component libraries and animations.
Send out design-digests and mentor new design recruits.
Senior Mobile UX Designer
Yodlee Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
May 2013 - Jan 2015
Bangalore, India
Wireframes, interaction flows, data visualization and prototypes for core financial mobile apps.
Manager, User Experience
TeliBrahma Communications
Oct 2011 - Apr 2013
Bangalore, India
Manage UX & Visual Design teams, project timelines & deliveries of apps.
Ideate new concepts and designed interactions.
Project Manager, Human Factors
Kyocera Wireless (later, MindTree in 2010)
Aug 2004 - Sep 2011
Bangalore, India
Ideate, invent & prototype new phone features and patentable concepts.
Design interactions for native-mobile UI and applications.
Deliver UI specs, visual assets and resolve Dev & QA queries.
Human Factors Engineer
Kyocera Wireless
May 2004 - Jul 2004
Bangalore, India
Interaction design for mobile phone native features and applications.
Deliver UI Specifications; interact with Systems Engineering, Dev & QA teams.
Graphic Designer
Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Oct 2003 - May 2004
Mysore, India
Ideate on new stories, design, visuals & UI specs for games on mobile phones and handheld devices.
Supervisor
COMPAge IT Solutions
Feb 2003 - Oct 2003
Mysore, India
Manage and train several teams working on data-conversion.
Create tools in Visual Basic for automating tasks.