about me

I'm a deeply curious designer and engineer who builds to think. I prototype early and often, writing real code to create shared artifacts that bring clarity, speed up alignment, and move ideas from ambiguity to reality with highest craft.

I bring systems thinking, production engineering experience, and hard-earned lessons from shipping at scale. I actively experiment with AI beyond LLMs, exploring agentic harnesses, orchestration patterns, multimodal systems, and local SLMs and diffusion models to uncover new interaction possibilities.

I care about turning emerging technology into thoughtful, durable experiences that feel grounded in real human needs.

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journey so far

Windows AI

2023 - Present

From NPU powered assistive AI experiences to foundational patterns for agentic collaboration, I am leading design for a wide range of AI experiences on Windows, shaping the future of human-AI interaction on the world's most popular operating system.

Membership and Windows Productivity

2020 - 2023

Core service integrations across Windows - Microsoft 365, Microsoft account and membership experiences, Windows Search, Widgets, Settings, OOBE, Backup and Restore - impacting more than a billion users each.

Modern and Inclusive Input

2018 - 2020

Evolved input experiences for Windows 10X and dual screen devices - Touch keyboard, Expressive input, IME.

Microsoft Account and Family Safety

2016 - 2018

Lead design for Microsoft family safety, turning it into a focal point of membership strategy. Led multiple evolutions for Microsoft account and membership experiences across platforms, improving customer retention and satisfaction for millions of users managing their family settings, privacy, security and subscriptions.

Windows Essential Apps and MSN Mobile

2014 - 2016

Lead design and front-end engineering for Windows Essential Apps (Phone Companion, Calculator, Voice Recorder, etc.) and MSN Experiences, focusing on craft, consistency, and user experience across platforms.

Senior Interaction Designer

2012 - 2014

Lead designer for naurkigulf, naukri and jeevansathi services, leading the mobile experiences design transformation and educating executives importance of tasteful product design along the way.

Design and Engineering Intern

2012 - 2012

Babajobs

Designed user interfaces and collaborated with founders and developers to connect blue-collar workers with employers in India. From acting as marketing, educator, sales to fixing bugs and designing mobile experiences.

Design Intern

2011 - 2011

Hampi Digital Conservation - National Institute of Design

Recreating and preserving the heritage site of Hampi in digital form for future generations using photogrammetry, 3D modeling and interactive experiences.

Design for Digital Experiences

2010 - 2012

National Institute of Design

Obtained a post graduate degree in design with a focus on digital experiences, learning design principles, user research methodologies, and prototyping techniques that laid the foundation for my career in product design and engineering.

Technical Associate

2008 - 2010

TechMahindra Ltd.

Worked on various projects involving a complex tech stack including C++, XML, and Embedded systems for operational solutions for British Telecom.

Electronics & Communications Engineering

2004 - 2008

Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering, where I gained a strong foundation in engineering principles, embedded systems, programming, and problem-solving skills that have been instrumental in my career as a product designer and engineer.