Varun Prabhu

Varun Prabhu

Industrial Manager intern

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  • About me

    Sr. UX Researcher at Microsoft

  • Education

    • Savannah College of Art and Design

      2016 - 2018
      Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Industrial and Product Design
    • RV College Of Engineering

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      Bachelor's degree Engineering/Industrial Management

      Activities and Societies: Ashwa Racing

  • Experience

    • Raymond Limited

      Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
      Industrial Manager intern

      Designed & implemented six sigma processes as part of lean systems package that resulted in optimized shop floor processes and a defect reduction rate of 4% across 8 production lines.

    • Suvikram Plastex

      Jul 2014 - Dec 2014
      Industrial Engineering Manager

      Designed and implemented lean strategies to redesigned shop floor layouts which resulted in a4% increase in production across each day. Carried out and analyzed time and motion studies which and resulted in a 6% decrease in material handling errors for the medium scale manufacturing organization.

    • Twam Global Advisors Pvt Ltd

      Jul 2015 - Dec 2015
      Editorial Designer

      Designed end-to-end branding solutions for the human resources start-up

    • Ather Energy

      Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
      User Experience Design Intern

      Designed and performed in-field ethnographic research to inform the development of the userinterface of the flagship electric scooter: The S360.

    • Great Dane

      Jul 2017 - Sept 2017
      Design Strategy Intern

      Managed and Led research efforts that discovered an organizational need for a design driven strategy department. The insights were utilized to Influence C-Suite to invest in the digital venture. It was dubbed "Howl" and founded within three months of the proposal with an initial team size of 8 members. They are currently working on developing a digital platform for asset management in the “goods mobility” space.

    • 联想

      Sept 2017 - Nov 2017
      Innovation Consultant

      Researched and designed a collaborative cross-functional facilitated workshop to streamlinethe organizations’ internal design process. Once proven to be effective through iteration andtesting, the organization rolled out the same across their international offices as part of theirco-located cross cultural employee up-skilling training module.

    • Pyxera Global

      Mar 2018 - May 2018
      Research Team Lead

      Created systemic solutions to replicate and proliferate existing non-profit program. The solution led to the creation of a 12 million dollar program that was implemented across SAARC member nations.

    • Savannah College of Art and Design

      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      Summer Program Instructor

      Framed a design thinking curriculum and facilitated the knowledge through a series ofworkshop and lectures to influence the development and utilization of divergent thought processes in anurturing and collaborative setting for K-12 students.

    • GE Transportation, a Wabtec company

      Feb 2019 - Jan 2022
      User Experience Design Researcher

      Led, planned and executed user experience research efforts for an $18mm+ B2B productsolution ecosystem in the inter-modal rail space.

    • Amazon

      Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
      User Experience Researcher II

      Leads and executes strategic and tactical research studies using a range of methodologies to inform cross-functional decision making in Robotics enabled logistics centers

    • Microsoft

      Sept 2023 - now
      Sr UX Researcher (Contract)

      Leading strategic and tactical research efforts to enhance the Windows Experience in multiple domains

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • EdX Verified Certificate for Product Design: The Delft Design Approach

      EdX
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