Hey, there :)
I’m shiwani—design leader, mentor, community leader, and constant learner.
A passionate Product and User Experience Design Leader based in San Francisco, CA, firmly believing that design is first and foremost about solving problems. This is why I dedicated my career to working closely with great companies, making sure we deliver delight to their customers at every step of interaction with their product.focus on understanding business and product strategy while ruthlessly advocating for customers. I take pride in collaborating and leading teams to develop validated, end-to-end Northstar visions, while strategically mapping out iterative development to meet our goals.
My recent work experience includes UX design for business intelligence software, redesign for data visualization tools, design applications for mobile devices, and evangelizing UX best practices for IIoT.
While most of my projects are large-scale mobile/Web redesigns, my practice really stems from many tiny obsessions with experience strategy, complex systems modeling, story crafting, personalization, machine learning, and behavioral design.
In my leisure time, I enjoy cooking and tasting different ethnic cuisines. Also, I love exploring California’s beaches, parks, mountains and admire the sunset. I’m based in SanJose, but originally from the tiny town of India.
WHAT I VALUE
Before you can build anything it's very important to understand its context for existence.
Why should stakeholders, the company, and the users care about moving forward with your idea?
To move with this I define interaction models, user task flows, and UI specifications. Communicate scenarios, end-to-end experiences, interaction models, and screen designs to stakeholders.Work with creative director and Tech teams to incorporate the understand the features. Develop and maintain design wireframes, mockups, and specifications as needed.
Idea
Storytelling
Design
EXPERIENCE
MY EXPERIENCE JOURNEY IN DESIGN
DESIGN LEADERSHIP & MENTORING
95%
CONSUMER EXPERIENCE RESEARCH
90%
MOBILE & RESPONSIVE DESIGN
95%
PRODUCT DESIGN
85%
AGILE AND LEAN UX
85%
& RAPID PROTOTYPING
85%
STORYTELLING
80%
2018- Till Date
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Leader User Experience Design - Cisco IIoT
Live in a strange and wonderful nexus of digital world connecting Interface to devices. I led UX design team in Cisco IoT and work to prioritize their activities, define their deadlines and allocate according to the right level of expertise to accomplish each task in products, help to achieve the right balance between demands/tasks, priorities, available resources, and deadlines.
Work closely with senior leadership, product, TME’s and engineering teams to identify UX research needs for product.
Identify gaps and solutions for future growth for User Research at IoT including partnerships, diversity in methodology, and streamlining processes.
Establish and own the overall design language and architecture for IoT products and services
Maintain a solid and competitive understanding of contemporary design and industry trends.
Understand the needs of the business and set expectations properly with cross-functional partners around design and creative resourcing and deadline-driven commitments.
Cisco Systems, Inc.
2012-2018
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Lead Interaction Designer
I lead UX team delivery excellence, direct involved in all skill areas and tools, including facilitation of workshops or other collaboration techniques to drive momentum and credibility within the organization.
Part of Customer-focused, with experience using design research methods to uncover customer insights Experience providing oversight of a large product,or simultaneously coordinating multiple smaller initiatives and teams, including teams led by more junior leaders.
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2010-2012
Fulcrum Worldwide
Senior Associate - UX Lead
Responsible to drive UX process for the entire department or organization as a whole. Conduct a presentation on “UCD Methodology and processes” for management and project team.
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UX Architect- Blockchain (CTAO)
Defined key UX success metrics and performance indicators for all user & product engagements for both, internal and external stakeholders identified pain points, interactive workflows, and product. requirements through interviews and user research, and drove alignment amongst various organization to solve complex industry problems for B2B, B2C & B2E use cases
2007-2008
Capgemini Group of Company
Associate Consultant - UX Group
Consulting for the Insurance client for design.
Evaluated usability test results and applied findings to corporate UI design style guides.
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2006-2007
Wipro Technologies
Project Engineer-Usability Design Group
Designed and usability tested GUI (Graphical) and WUI (Web) applications across multiple platforms.
Served as mentor to software user interface design specialists.Worked with software development project teams
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2006-2006
Planetsurfcreations
Interaction Designer
Researched most common video store transactions for MSN client
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