Heyo! I'm Pavan

Artist turned Product Designer, blending creativity and strategy to deliver impactful solutions, helping startups scale up, and creating stuff that gets you.

Years of Experience

Projects Delivered

My Career Highlights

Designed & Launched a task-focused marketing app from scratch, increasing task completion by 65%, and reducing user confusion by 70%.

Redesigned Vanguard’s Plan Manager with 5000+ responsive screens, reducing user friction and navigation errors by 30%.

Designed an AI coaching tool for educators that eliminated feedback delays by 100%, cut navigation time by 40%.

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My Top Skills

Product Thinking

User Research

Stakeholder Management

Figma

Prototyping

Design Critiques

Design System

Empathy

Systems Thinking

Information Architecture

Data-Driven Design

Competetive Analysis

Journey Mapping

Visual Storytelling

Market thinking

Cross-functional Collab

Persona Development

Critical Thinking

Responsive Design

Organizations I Collaborated With

RADICALX

Selected Work

Over the span of 3 years, I've transitioned from a visual designer to a Product designer, Exploring & designing solutions in domains including AI, EdTech, Fintech, Retail, and Healthcare.

Launched | 2025

FOUNDING PRODUCT DESIGNER | MYNA AI

Designing an AI Marketing Tool SMBs Actually Use

Launched a task-focused marketing tool from scratch, increasing task completion by 65%, and reducing user confusion by 70%.

Led a major product pivot, introducing tap-based guided flows, cutting AI complaints by 50%

Problem Solving

UI/UX

Wireframes

Prototypes

Mockups

more..

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Launched | 2022

DESIGNER | WONGDOODY | CLIENT: VANGUARD

Transforming Vanguard’s My Plan Manager Into a Seamless, Cross-Breakpoint Experience

Redesigned Vanguard’s Plan Manager, improving UX and cutting misdirected navigation by 30%.

Produced 5,000+ responsive screens across 3 breakpoints for consistency and scalability.

UI Design

Responsive Design

Design System

Quality Assurance Testing

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Academic Capstone Project

PRODUCT DESIGNER | LOGAN & FRIENDS | 2024

From Concept to Classroom: Building an AI-Powered Instructional Coach

Streamlined feedback flows and cut navigation time by 40%.

Ran usability tests that refined the experience and drove 90% teacher satisfaction.

Reduced coaching feedback delays by 100%

User Research

UX methods

Problem Solving

UI Design

Usability Testing

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DESIGNER | INFOSYS | CLIENT PROJECT: LOYAL WORLD / 2022

How I Solved the Root Cause of Lost Sales to Transform Everyday Shopping and Improve the Lives of 14,000+ People

Designed a digital–in-store shopping solution, cutting wait times by 40%.

Proposed peer-to-peer delivery for 14,000+ users, easing peak-hour crowding.

Research

UX Design

Problem Solving

Strategy

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People love working with me!

Have a look at what my managers and team-mates have to say about me and my work.

Layla Mitiche
Web Designer at Peak Periodontal
"I had the pleasure of working with Pavan on a research-focused UX project centered around developing an innovation communication hub. Pavan's collaborative nature, excellent communication skills, and deep expertise in the field made him an invaluable asset to our team. His contributions played a vital role in the project's success. I highly recommend Pavan for any future UX endeavors and definitely look forward to working with him in the future!"
Matt Woolhouse
Creative Director/Principal at Wongdoody
Pavan was instrumental to the work we created for Vanguard. We worked through some very detailed and rigorous work creating a message center, which had more expensive features than Gmail or Outlook. Pavan was organized and detail-oriented, always had multiple concepts and ideas to bring to the table, and his general relaxed demeanor and level of professionalism was welcome by internal team and clients. I look forward to working with Pavan in the future. We're lucky to have him.
Lisa Schiavello
Executive Creative Director at 1920
"I have known Mr. Suresh for just under two years. In that time, I was his manager on a digital experience team serving a financial services client at Infosys. Mr. Suresh was based in India and me in the City of Philadelphia. As his manager and leader in two very different timezones, I have only known Mr. Suresh to be present, passionate, and professional. He’s knowledgeable, participatory, empathetic, strategic, and highly creative. He’s a team player, a flexible collaborator, a thoughtful strategist, and a really likable guy."
Lisa Schiavello
Executive Creative Director at 1920
"What stands out is his ability to take a project and run with it, only to complete it with an open warmth and show-stopping brilliance. He delivers his work with phenomenal care and detail, and provides an unmatched originality that he alone exudes. He’s skillful, willing to venture into new creative territories, goes beyond what is expected and asked for, and is an absolute pleasure to solution with — he made the job a lot of fun for me and for his teammates."
Mahalia Yowell
Sr. Product Designer at Qurate
"Pavan was great to work with, always brought a positive attitude, and was never afraid of a challenge. He'll always have a well-formed opinion or some interesting piece of inspiration to share when working together."
Misti Cain
Investor and Managing Director at Techstars | Founder | Business Reality Show Host on Werrrk! | Keynote Speaker
"I had the pleasure of working with Pavan on a few logo concepts for side projects of mine. He was timely, responsive, and organized. Based on the couple of weeks of working together, I would consider him again for a design need."
Sharmistha Banerjee
Manager - Experience Designer @ WONGDOODY
"Pavan is an exceptionally talented UX designer and a true asset to any team. Having worked closely with him for over 2.5 years, I’ve seen his ability to craft thoughtful, user-centered experiences that balance creativity with strategy.
He brings strong empathy, out-of-the-box thinking, and excellent collaboration skills—consistently aligning stakeholders, developers, and designers around a shared vision. His clear communication and advocacy for users make him a standout partner in any project.
Pavan’s dedication to growth and learning is remarkable. He stays current with industry trends, embraces feedback, and continually refines his craft. A versatile, driven, and collaborative designer, Pavan always delivers exceptional results."
Anamitra Jana
UI/UX Designer at Boston Bioprocess
"I had the pleasure of working with Pavan on two projects, and his work ethic and expertise in user research and prototyping were truly impressive. He is an excellent communicator, a great team player, and has a creative approach to problem solving. Not only was he a valuable asset to our team, he also made working together an enjoyable experience. I have no doubt that he will be a valuable asset to any team he works with."