Vijayasarathy Ranganathan

Game 3D Developer

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Oakton, Virginia, United States

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Timeline
About me
Experience Director - Enterprise Design Strategy
Education
- Administrative and Management College of Engineering
  1999 - 2004
  Bachelors Engineering; Electronics and Communications
- ET&T
  2002 - 2004
  Post Graduate Diploma Computer Application
  Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application
- University of California San Diego
  2015 - 2016
  Interaction Design Human Computer Interaction 93%
  Activities and Societies: Human-Centered Design; Design Principles; Social Computing; Input and Interaction; User Experience: Research & Prototyping; Information Design; Designing, Running, and Analyzing Experiments; Interaction Design Capstone Project;
- OCAD University
  2020 - 2021
  Master's Specialization Business Design & Human Factors
Experience
- Raptor Entertainment
  Jul 2004 - Nov 2004
  Game 3D Developer
- Synova Innovative Technologies
  Jan 2005 - Aug 2005
  Web Design Consultant
- XServe India Pvt. Ltd
  Oct 2005 - Jan 2007
  Sr. Web Designer and Developer
- Infosys
  Jan 2007 - May 2014
  - UX Architect
    Jan 2013 - May 2014
  - Sr. User Interface Lead
    Jan 2007 - Jan 2013
- Cognizant
  May 2014 - May 2021
  - Sr. Manager, UX Delivery
    May 2016 - May 2021
  - Project Manager, UX
    May 2014 - May 2016
- The World Bank
  May 2021 - Mar 2022
  User Researcher
- Cognizant
  Mar 2022 - now
  Associate Director - User Research
  In my current role at Cognizant, my forte is helping teams get started with projects via:• Designing Business Framework• Developing Service Blueprints• Conducting user research and data analysis to help with early discovery• Develop engagement strategy and roadmap/plan• Conduct Design thinking workshops, co-creation workshops and requirements workshops to extract hypothesis/requirements• Lead a team of strategists and experience designers to oversee delivery of strategic programs Show less
Licenses & Certifications
- User Experience & Interaction Design for AR/VR/MR/XR
  University of Michigan
  Oct 2022
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- How to Deliver a Great User Experience with SAP S/4HANA
  SAP
  May 2020
  View certificate
- EdX Verified Certificate for Introduction to Web Accessibility
  EdX
  Nov 2021
  View certificate
- UserTesting Partnered Course
  UserTesting
- Data Science: Data to Insights
  MIT Professional Education
  May 2017
  View certificate
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Silver Award - Innovation - Sep 2024 Daring to Innovate
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Silver Award - Collaboration - Dec 2023 Working as One
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Top Guns of 2023 - Dec 2023 Customer Delight Champion
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Silver Award - Innovation - Jul 2023 Doing the right thing the right way
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Rockstar Award - Client Award - Apr 2023 Rockstar Award presented by the client for helping build the culture of collaboration and innovation
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Bronze Award - Innovation - Jul 2022 Always Striving, Never Settling
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Winner of the Applause Award – Business Enabler. BFS, Cognizant. May 2015
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Winner of Performer of the Month – April 2015. BFS, Cognizant. Apr 2015
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Infosys - CDG award of innovation. Infosys Technologies. Apr 2011 Won the Infosys CDG award of innovation for contribution to wearable design concept.
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Infosys - CDG Award of Excellence. Infosys Technologies. Sep 2010 Part of the core team that designed the excellence award winning Smart Power concept.
- Awarded to Vijayasarathy Ranganathan
  Infosys - Spot award (CDG Star) Infosys Technologies. Apr 2009 Part of the awarding winning core-team that defined the UI/UX standards for the key Q filings of Infosys. We were awarded the CDG start award for defining the standards.