
Murali V.N
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About me
Lead Product Designer at Informatica
Education

Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Shimoga
1999 - 2004Bachelor's degree UCFA, Applied / Advertising Art, Davanagere - Grade 60%Study in University College of Fine Arts (UCFA). Specialized in Applied Art gives full exposure to Advertising Campaigns, Strategies and Media. The course at the base level embeds study of color, composition, psychology and aesthetics. And at the uber level, It covers branding, copywriting, style guides and indoor-outdoor ads across distinctive channels.

National Institute of Design
2008 - 2010Master's degree M.Des / PGDPD. Design for Digital Experience / Information Design. R&D Campus, BangaloreDesign for Digital Experience aims at advancement of Information Design in digital technology and systems. This program mainly helped me to learn Design Thinking for solving the problems with a creative approach. It pretty much covers all aspects of information design. And helped me to present information rightfully in the form of User Interface, User Interaction and User Experience, to make Information Design successful in terms of comprehension and insights.
Experience

Philips Innovation Campus, Bangalore
Feb 2008 - Jun 2008UI DesignerShastra - Quality Management Framework. My role was to take care of UI design and UI development. Design tools and codes used - Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML, XHTML, CSS & JS.

Nokia
May 2009 - Jun 2009Design InternVoice User Interface for an IVRSNokia Surveillance System is an IVRS system designed for collecting disease details that are at the grassroots level in rural areas. Designed for the primary level health centers, the IVRS allows paramedics to enter disease, diagnosis, statistics at the center on a daily basis. My role here was to create interactive voiceovers in English and Kannada languages.

Philips Innovation Campus, Bangalore
Feb 2010 - Aug 2010Design InternIntegrated Project Management Portal (IPMP) is a product, which manages the entire ‘project execution’ lifecycle, by tracking key performance indicator like cost, schedule, quality, productivity and thereby facilitating operational excellence. The project scope was to enhance User Experience by following strict User Centric Design process. My role in the this project was to focus on comparative analysis, to conduct one-on-one interviews with key stakeholders, to work on information architecture, to create interactive mockups and to coordinate with the developers for design implementation. I further, attended focus group meetings to receive constant feedback on every iteration. Show less

ISOFT
Feb 2011 - Dec 2011Sr UI DesignerWorked on Evolution Maternity, a health care product which is used by Doctors, Midwives and Admins of National Health Service (NHS) UK. This application is used for capturing and monitoring all important medical records and documents of a pregnant woman, end to end. My contribution from design front was to work on design research, analysis of content, information architecture, workflow diagram, creation of wireframe and visual design. Design objective here was to ‘’Map real world with the system” Show less

Mu Sigma Inc.
Dec 2011 - Jul 2017As a team, we proposed muMockup, a product idea for creating ‘Rich Interactive Data Viz Screens’. This got appreciated and accepted by the organisation for development.Worked on organizational requirement, UV Lab (Usability & Visualization Lab), which procured all best design tools and technologies stay equipped.Often, gave presentations to Investors, Regional Heads and Clients to showcase the values of UX design.Continued having design consultations for client base analytical projects. Often, got hands on work for desktop, tablet and smart phone applications. Supported my immediate reportees in terms of promotions, and team look after responsibilities.Ensured quality deliverables from all of the team members. Show less Worked closely with Delivery Lead and HR managers for scaling up Design Team for 10 to 15 members.Got into the screening process for shortlisting the candidates from Design (Information Design) Tech (BE & MCA) and Art (Applied/ Commercial Art) backgrounds.Coordinated with Delivery Lead and HR managers, for conducting interviews and hiring potential candidates.Created training materials for educating newly joined designers, especially on the side of Data Visualization.In the initial stage, worked closely with team members to bring them up to the speed. Helped, team members on the design problem wherever necessary.Had regular design consultations with various client base analytical accounts. Show less Got involved with In-house product teams for solving usability problems.For client side projects, conceptualized reports and created mockups based on DIPP framework (Descriptive, Inquisitive, Predictive & Prescriptive analytics)For every project I worked with, the objective was to generate actionable business insights by understanding core business problems.Got associated with the Mu Sigma University (MSU) and started conducting ‘Usability and Data Viz’ sessions for Trainee Data Scientists. Show less
Apprentice Leader
Dec 2015 - Jul 2017Associate Manager
Jun 2014 - Dec 2015Sr UI/UX Designer
Jun 2013 - Jun 2014UI/UX Designer
Dec 2011 - Jun 2013

Noodle.ai
Dec 2017 - Apr 2018Design ConsultantBEAST - AI ApplicationContributed to BEAST, an Enterprise AI platform created to manage complex business problems like demand prediction, pricing, supply chain, customer engagement and intelligent operations.As a consultant, I worked closely with CPO & Tech teams to create interactive prototypes for integrated apps. Followed Lean UX and design heuristics for ideating ‘App Data Viz Screens’. Focused on the nitty gritty detail of UI framework, to create a seamless user experience. Eventually the results gained for MVP as a team effort was very convincing. Show less

SymphonyAI
Apr 2019 - Jul 2022Sr Product DesignerGetting involved with Product Head / Managers for ideating Healthcare & Pharma Analytical Products. My responsibility here is to understand business goals, apply Design Thinking, and to narrate analytical stories through visual representations. For stakeholders, the optimal product vision we deliver, effectively helps in validating the solutions.

Informatica
Jul 2022 - nowLead Product Designer
Licenses & Certifications
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Database Foundations: Database Management
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Database Foundations: Intro to Databases
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Database Foundations: Application Development
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Database Foundations: Data Structures
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Positive Psychology for Less Stress and Happier Workdays
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SQL Queries Made Easy
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Data Science on Google Cloud Platform: Designing Data Warehouses
LinkedInDec 2022
Languages
- enEnglish
- kaKannada
- hiHindi
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