Betazoid Design

UX Researcher / UX Designer consulting on design thinking and agile/Lean UX for new product development, Service Design, IA, UX design for web and mobile based applications. Methodologies : User Experience Research | Service Design | Wireframing | Visual Design

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Lockheed Martin

Explore, discover and develop unique applications and interactions on the Microsoft Surface Table platform(now re-branded as Microsoft PixelSense). Methodologies : New Product Exploration | Storyboarding & Use Cases | Prototyping | Information Design

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Sharp R&D

UX Researcher on a project for Sharp R&D at Osaka, Japan. Methodologies : Customer journey mapping | Storyboarding and Use Cases | Product prototyping | Gamification

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microsoft

Explore the user experience possibilities of an immersive VR gaming device. Methodologies : New Product Exploration | Storyboarding & Persona development | Game Design

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Immersive Experience Design of Virtual Worlds

Methodologies : Experience Design | Game Design | Gesture Design | Visual Design | Ubiquitous computing | iPhone Games | Collaborative Art

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Ford Foundation Research

Graduate Research Fellowship for Ford Foundation NID research grant. Methodologies : Ethnography Research | Inclusive Design | Universal Design

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Hewlett Packard

Providing people with access to greater social and economic opportunities by closing the gap between technology-empowered and technology-excluded communities. Methodologies : Emerging Market Research | Service Design | Ethnography research

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UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING SOLUTIONS for home

Developing an intelligent support system for the home. Methodologies : Affinity Diagram | Service Blueprint | Need and concept validation

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Chess Re-design

Studying the game of Chess from a whole System design view and then exploring different ways to re-designing it. Methodologies : Systems Thinking | Game Theory | Game Design

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SKILL SET

RESEARCH

Design Strategy
Sketching / Storyboarding
Affinity Diagramming
Card Sorting
Cultural Probes & Diaries
Ethnography & Field Studies
Facilitation
Interviews
Prototyping (rapid, paper, hi-fi)
Surveys
Usability Testing
Use Cases & User Stories
Wireframing
Data Driven Decision Making

CONFERENCES attended

CHI Austin 2012
CHI Boston 2009
Tokyo Game Show 08, Tokyo 2008
International Next - Generation Robot Fair, Osaka 2008
Penny Arcade Expo 08, Seattle 2008
Interaction 08, Savannah 2008
Macworld Conference, San Francisco 2008
Carnival of e-Creativity & Change-agents, 2006
Doors of Perceptions East Conference, Bangalore 2003