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Shakthi, Product Designer

I turn complex problems into intuitive products, with research rigor and thoughtful design.

Research → Product

From the AskNestlé research.

Research notes: “My son is a fussy eater.”; 95% of visitors are on mobile; “Dinner has to take 20 minutes.”; “So much advice. Whom do I trust?”; 58% can’t find the right content; “I google recipes in the cab at 6pm.”; 3.3M visits to recipe pages; “It logged me out halfway through.”.

Clusters: Time, Trust, Findability.

Insights: 1. Parents decide dinner on the go, in minutes. 2. They want one trusted answer, not more advice. 3. Recipes are the draw, but hard to find on a phone.

How might we get a parent from question to dinner in one tap?

Design: a mobile screen with search “Dinner for a fussy eater” (insight 3), filters “Under 20 min” (insight 1) and “Expert approved” (insight 2), a recipe card for Veggie paneer wrap, and a button to add to tonight’s plan.

Listen. Start with what people actually say and do.

How I think

I’m motivated by complex problems that require both research rigor and thoughtful design. My goal is to help build intuitive, inclusive and scalable products, while keeping usability and real human needs central to technological innovation.

Selected work

Work.

All projects

01 · SportsMarkers · SquareResults · 2026

0 to 1 in two months: one system for athletes and recruiters.

Talent deserves to be seen. A brand and design system for athlete recruitment.

Coded components
21
Colour tokens
25
Themes from one system
2
SystemsAccessibilityMobile

02 · Sarvagya · Saptang Labs · 2022-23

When 1M+ daily alerts demanded clarity.

AI-powered brand threat monitoring for Saptang Labs, rebuilt around severity so analysts act in seconds.

Client conversion
+30%
Task completion
+25%
Development time
−20%
SystemsResearchAI

03 · AskNestlé · Nestlé India · via Design Brewery · 2022

When 41M parents needed better nutrition guidance.

A mobile-first nutrition platform for parents who read on their phones, often in Hindi.

Recipe task success
+40%
Drop-off on recipe pages
−20%
Meal plans generated
1.2M
MobileResearchAccessibility

04 · Accessible Voice AI · Confidential project · 2026

When 285M people needed a screen reader that understands.

An AI-powered screen reader for blind and low-vision users. It reads any website or PDF with clarity, gives contextual summaries and answers questions conversationally, all through one voice-first interface.

Coming soonAccessibilityAIResearch
A laptop showing a glowing blue voice waveform beside a soft blue orb, with the words Voice AI for accessibility.

Process

How I work.

  1. 01

    Research and discovery

    Interviews, surveys, competitor analysis, personas and journey maps, so the problem is defined by evidence.

  2. 02

    Ideation

    Problem framing, brainstorming and wireframes, shared early with stakeholders while change is cheap.

  3. 03

    Design and prototyping

    High-fidelity UI built on a design system, checked against accessibility standards, ready for handoff.

  4. 04

    Testing and iteration

    Usability tests and data analysis, then another pass. Most good decisions come from the second iteration.

Daily threat alerts designed for at Saptang Labs
1M+
Parent visits on the AskNestlé platform I helped redesign
41.2M
GPA, MS in User Experience, Arizona State University
4.0
Professional certifications, from Adobe, IBM, IxDF and Google Cloud
4

3D and motion

Craft.

Urban Inferno is a VR piece about urban heat in Arizona. I modelled the city in Blender, animated an AI narrator called Breeze, and built scenes in Unity.

Read the craft notes