Abhinav Sikharam

Experience

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  Aishwarya Technologies & Telecom Limited

  May 2015 - Apr 2016

  Product Design Engineer
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  Cognizant

  May 2016 - Jul 2019

  Programming Analyst
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  Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indianapolis

  Aug 2019 - May 2021

  Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant - Data Visualization & Assistive Technologies Courses

  I collaborated closely with a team of researchers at Indiana University to create novel data analytics and visualization dashboards. Worked as a Co-principal Investigator on an NSF-funded project to lead research on trustworthy analytics, designing predictive visualization tools. Published an ACM - CHI 21 research paper exploring the effects of belief elicitation in visual analytics. I TA'd for a data visualization Undergraduate course, guiding 20+ students on how to create data-driven visualizations and dashboards. Graduate Teaching Assistant at IU SOIC, Worked with Prof. Wade Wingler and Prof. Anna Leunag on fundamentals of Assistive Technologies. Assisted more than 50+ students in learning about Accessibility Technologies, UI/UX Web Accessibility Guidelines, and Universal Design Principles. Show less

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  Boardable

  May 2020 - Nov 2020

  Collaborated with UX lead in creating a virtual board meeting platform in the SaaS application. Worked closely with product managers and engineering teams to redesign the in-app email notifications.Performed rapid research using behavior analysis tools to improve and redesign the user onboarding experience. Audited the user interfaces to create UX proposals.Worked with VP of growth to propose a budget pricing plan and redesigned the rule management application to create flexibility for performing A/B testing on the plan creation. Show less

  • UX Designer

    Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

  • User Experience Design Intern

    May 2020 - Jul 2020
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  VMware

  Aug 2020 - May 2021

  Product Designer - IU Capstonse Project

  Capstone project: Partnered with VMware to design a digital Enterprise resource planning - Human Capital Management platform. We are a team of three UX designers who worked collaboratively with project managers, senior designers, mentors, and the professor of practice at Indiana University to create an onboarding platform for newly hired product designers at VMware. I strategized interactions and advocated the prioritization of design-centered changes, refinements, and improvements.Within the span of 10 months, I performed all the below-mentioned activities for successful project delivery.​a) Background Research - Literature Review, Competitive Analysisb) Field Research - Remote interviews (Leaders, Managers, New hires), Surveyc) User & Task Analysis - Affinity, Overlapping Needs Matrix, Personas, Journey mappingd) Low Fidelity Design - Initial Sketching, Balsamiq Low fidelity designs, Usability testinge) High Fidelity Design - Figma Designs, Usability Testing, A/B testingf) Design Report - Report Design, Third-party application reviews Show less

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  VIDAA

  Jun 2021 - Feb 2022

  UX Designer

  Researched, and designed VIDAA U6 TV OS. I was responsible for designing the first-time user experience flows, mobile app for connected devices, a payment architecture, Live TV experience improvement. I collaborated closely with product managers and fellow designers. Led and conducted usability studies with internal teams who are prospective users.

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  Microsoft

  Feb 2022 - now

  Product Designer II

  Currently, collaborating with Designers, Researchers, Developers, and Product Managers globally in Office Apps and Growth team to solve complex tasks and transform them into intuitive and inclusive designs.