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Designing Intelligence
Shipping at Scale

Lead Product Designer · Enterprise SaaS · Healthcare AI · Design Systems

12+
Years Exp.
30+
Products Shipped
55%
Less UI Rework
Empathize
01
Define
02
Ideate
03
IA
04
Wireframe
05
Design System
06
Prototype
07
Test
08

Executive Summary

Available · Full-Time Lead / Principal Product Designer & Design Manager

12+ years leading complex 0-to-1 products across Healthcare AI, Data Intelligence, Fintech, and Enterprise SaaS.

I specialize in turning high-density technical and clinical workflows into intuitive systems that engineering teams can ship with confidence. At Innobot Health, Collate.io (OpenMetadata), and Deuex Solutions, I built production design systems that cut component rework by 55% and AI-augmented prototyping pipelines that accelerated delivery by 40%.

Whether partnering directly with Founders and VPs of Product on product strategy, architecting multi-brand token systems, or mentoring senior IC designers, I focus on measurable business outcomes: adoption, workflow speed, and engineering velocity.

By the numbers

Impact that speaks for itself

0+
Years of
Experience
2010 → Present
0+
Products
Shipped
Across 5 Industries
0%
Faster Design
Iterations
via AI Workflows
0%
Less Component
Rework
via Design Systems

Numbers from real products · real teams · real impact

Selected Work

Featured Projects

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Collate.io Enterprise App
Enterprise App

Collate · Enterprise

Commercial AI-powered data intelligence platform for enterprise data teams

Collate.io Website
Website

Collate.io Website

Enterprise B2B marketing site for the commercial Collate data intelligence platform

Collate.io
Web App

Open Metadata

Semantic Intelligence for Data and AI Teams

OpenMetadata Website
Website

OpenMetadata Website

Open-source data platform marketing site, discovery, observability, and governance

OpenCFO Website
Web App

OpenCFO

Control Cash Flows. Boost Working Capital.

Emplora: AI-native HRMS web platform
Web App

Emplora

AI-native HRMS. One employee record, a copilot that finishes the work, and a published price.

Emplora: Android app with full capability parity
Mobile App

Emplora Mobile

The same HRMS on Android, capability parity, not a reduced companion app.

Nexus Play - browser gaming platform
Web App

Nexus Play

Dive into a massive library of 145 premium browser games.

Crop.photo Design
Web App

Crop.photo

Home Page Redesign Concept focusing on smooth user experience.

Website

Atlas Freight

Real-time supply-chain visibility across ocean, road, rail, and air. Know where everything is.

Northwind: Enterprise Operations Platform
Website

Northwind

The workflow platform for operations teams. Orchestrate complex processes with the governance enterprise demands.

Website

Vector

See what your models actually do in production. Tracing, evals, and cost monitoring for AI teams.

TripBits
Mobile App

TripBits

Revolutionizing Your Travel Experience. Booking flights just became easier, smarter, and more rewarding!

Website

Summer

100% Real, Premium Ice Cream landing page built with AI.

Internal Systems
Others

Sahal Wallet

Multichain and Multi-asset crypto wallet with high security features.

Aura Health - brand identity system
Web App

Aura Brand Guidelines

Branding guidelines and design system

ANKA: Gen Z UPI Payments & Wealth Mobile App
Mobile App

ANKA

Gen Z UPI payments & wealth super-app. Real-time Safe to Spend clarity, automated group debt resolution, and zero-ads dark system.

AETHER EV: intelligent companion app for a software-defined electric vehicle
Mobile App

AETHER EV

Your car. Your intelligence. One offline-first surface replacing the seven apps every EV driver juggles.

Bargain Rani: India's women-first marketplace web app
Web App

Bargain Rani

India's women-first marketplace, real products, fair prices, and the power to bargain without being judged.

Bargain Rani mobile app: Expo and React Native marketplace
Mobile App

Bargain Rani · Mobile

The same marketplace on Android and iOS, one account, with cart, wishlist and orders synced live with the web.

Vera: Primary care that knows you
Website

Vera

Primary care that actually knows you. Same-day visits, a dedicated care team, one calm place for your family.

Vera: native Android member app for primary care
Mobile App

Vera

Primary care that knows you, same-day visits, one named care team, and results written in plain language.

Vantage Care: senior-first blood pressure monitoring app
Mobile App

Vantage Care

Blood-pressure monitoring designed for Margaret, 74, because if it works for her, it works for everyone.

Sahara Financial Ledger: goal-first private wealth app
Mobile App

Sahara Financial Ledger

A private-wealth app that plans instead of reports. Name a goal and the whole ledger reorganises around reaching it sooner.

Wonder Smiles: Pediatric Dental Clinic
Website

Wonder Smiles

A fear-free pediatric dental clinic brand and website, where kids actually want to visit the dentist.

Website

Caldera

An invitation-only collection of private houses. Stay somewhere that remembers you.

MAISON ORÉ: The Winter Atelier
Website

MAISON ORÉ

A quiet-luxury atelier. Considered garments, made in limited runs, built to outlast the season.

Meridian: Banking, reconciled to the cent
Website

Meridian

The operating account for modern companies. Treasury, cards, and bill pay, reconciled to the cent.

Lumen: Self-custodial Web3 Wallet
Website

Lumen

A self-custodial wallet for actual humans. Hold, swap, and spend onchain assets, keys only you control.

आंगण AANGAN: real-time architectural walkthrough of a contemporary wada
Real-Time 3D

आंगण AANGAN

A contemporary wada, walked in one continuous camera move. Every wall and pillar is generated in code. No models, no textures, and a slider hands you the sun.

वडापाव: scroll-driven Marathi food film about Mumbai's vada pav
Interactive Film

वडापाव

Eleven scenes about a ten-rupee snack. Real-time 3D, a Marathi narration track, and an ending that plays the explosion backwards so everything gathers back into one.

तात्या विंचू: scroll-driven interactive Marathi horror film
Interactive Film

तात्या विंचू

A scroll-driven cinematic descent into a Konkan wada. Eight film clips scrubbed by the scroll wheel, a WebGL room whose dust parts around your cursor, and no play button anywhere.

Career Evolution

The Design Journey

Principal & Lead Product Design • 2025 – Present

Enterprise AI, Data Platforms & 0-to-1 Architecture

I lead products end to end and consult on them from the first idea through to launch. Zero to one, across Fintech, BFSI, insurance, SaaS, enterprise, IT and studios. Teams bring me in to work out what the product should actually be, build it with them, and leave them able to carry it on without me.

Lead Product Designer · Enterprise SaaS & AI Systems
Healthcare AI • 2025

Clinical tools people trust

Design lead on clinical AI, where a confusing screen is not an inconvenience but a risk. Built the design system the team still runs on, set up the AI workflow around Gemini and Claude Code, and used n8n to take the repetitive work off people’s plates.

Product & Brand Design Lead, Innobot Health
Team lead • 2023-2025

Leading, not just designing

Ran design for enterprise SaaS and started leading rather than only making: hiring, reviews, and the unglamorous work of getting a team to agree how it designs together. This is where AI stopped being a novelty for me and became part of how the work got done.

Senior Product Designer & Team Lead, Deuex Solutions
Systems • 2019-2023

Design systems that held up

B2B products first, then Web3 and Fintech dashboards dense with data. Built proper atomic design systems, because the alternative at that scale is twenty people quietly inventing twenty different buttons.

Senior Product Designer, Fluidscapes & Fidelabs
Craft • 2014-2019

From pretty to usable

Mobile and web work where I stopped treating design as decoration. Learned to care about the flow before the pixels, and that a screen which looks right and tests badly is still wrong.

Senior UI/UX Designer, A Quatro
Foundations • 2008-2014

Learning the craft

Agency years. Visual design, interaction basics and brand work across whatever came through the door. Not glamorous, but it is where the eye gets trained.

Various Agencies

How I Design with AI

AI isn't a shortcut, it's a force multiplier. Every phase of my process is augmented by the right model at the right moment.

01 / DISCOVER
Research & Discovery
Synthesising user signals, competitor landscape, and market context at speed.
ChatGPT Perplexity Gemini
02 / DEFINE
Problem Framing
Structuring problem statements, personas, and opportunity spaces with AI-assisted ideation.
Claude ChatGPT Miro AI
03 / DESIGN
Visual Design
Generating layout concepts, assets, and component libraries with generative tools.
Figma AI Galileo AI Adobe Firefly
04 / PROTOTYPE
Rapid Prototyping
Shipping interactive concepts in hours, not days, using AI-powered vibe-coding tools.
Claude Code Google AI Studio Antigravity
05 / ITERATE
Test & Iterate
AI-powered usability synthesis and pattern analysis to compress feedback loops.
Maze AI UX Pilot Gemini
Generative AI Mastermind, Outskill
Google AI Studio & Antigravity, HelloPM
AI Tools for UI/UX & ChatGPT, Be10x
Connected Workflow

Connects to every
tool I already run

Every AI model, design tool, and automation platform, wired into one intent-driven workflow that ships faster and thinks deeper.

14+ Connected Tools
3 AI Certifications
∞ Automations
Claude ChatGPT Figma Gemini Claude Code n8n Perplexity Google AI Studio Adobe Firefly Figma AI ProtoPie Notion Miro Galileo AI

Toolkit & Technologies

The Modern Stack

Fusing traditional design craftsmanship with current AI automation.

Design & UI/UX

Transforming complex concepts into intuitive, pixel-perfect realities. Using industry-standard software enhanced by generative AI to accelerate visual exploration and precise interface structuring.

Standard Stack

Figma Sketch Adobe Creative Suite Adobe XD Zeplin

AI Augmented

Figma AI Galileo AI Uizard Visily Adobe Firefly
Design & UI/UX toolkit illustration

Prototyping & UX

Bridging the gap between static screens and living experiences. Using AI predictive models and solid mapping tools to rapidly test and validate user journeys before writing a single line of code.

Standard Stack

ProtoPie Principle InVision Miro FigJam

AI Augmented

UX Pilot Maze AI Attention Insight Diagram AI Flow AI
Prototyping and UX toolkit illustration

Motion & Interaction

Breathing life into digital products. Crafting fluid, meaningful micro-interactions and cinematic animations using advanced motion frameworks and generative video AI tools.

Standard Stack

After Effects Framer Motion Lottie Rive

AI Augmented

Runway ML Luma AI Pika Labs Kaiber
Motion and interaction design illustration

Front-end Engineering

Ensuring design feasibility and flawless developer handoffs. Integrating AI coding assistants to prototype functional components and bridge the execution gap between design systems and live codebases.

Standard Stack

HTML / CSS JavaScript Basics React Tailwind CSS Storybook

AI Augmented

ChatGPT Claude Code GitHub Copilot Cursor Codeium Antigravity
Front-end engineering code editor

AI & Productivity

Supercharging daily workflows with current AI assistants. Automating the mundane to focus purely on strategic, creative product leadership and cross-functional alignment.

Standard Stack

Notion Slack Trello Google Workspace

AI Core Engines

Google AI Studio Gemini Perplexity Replit AI Lovable Bolt.new v0.dev GenSpark AI Antigravity Stitch Whisk n8n Automation
AI and productivity tools neural network illustration

Continuous Learning & AI Forward

Certificate

Google AI Studio &
Antigravity Masterclass

HelloPM

Certificate

AI Tools &
ChatGPT

Be10x

Certificate

Generative AI
Mastermind

Outskill

I don't just design. I build design culture.

The work you see in the portfolio is the output. The systems, processes, and teams behind it are what I actually build.

Team Building

Building design teams from nothing, which turns out to be less about hiring and more about the structure around it. Who reports to whom, what good looks like at each level, and how design sits with product and engineering.

  • Built design teams from scratch across multiple orgs
  • Established hiring frameworks and rubrics
  • Defined role ladders and growth paths for designers
  • Cross-functional partnering with Product & Engineering

DesignOps

Making design repeatable. Systems, tooling and handoff standards, so the team stops rebuilding the same component and stops having the same argument with engineering every sprint.

  • Design Systems reducing component rework by 50-60%
  • AI workflow integration cutting iteration cycles by 40%
  • Handoff standards and dev-collaboration protocols
  • Tooling: Figma, Zeplin, Storybook, Notion, n8n

Mentorship & Growth

Getting junior and mid-level designers to the point where they make the call themselves instead of bringing it to me. That is career shaping, not critique on a Friday afternoon.

  • Mentored designers across levels (junior → senior)
  • Regular 1:1s, portfolio reviews, and critique sessions
  • Created internal learning resources and workshops
  • Championed psychological safety in design critiques
Social Proof

What leaders & collaborators say

"Rupesh is a silent river with a lot of depth in him. He is very bright at what he does and takes every task effectively. He is very lively and friendly at work. Every task he takes, he completes on time without complaints. A great team player and leader."

RP

Rutika Paannchal

Sr. Manager HRBP @ Jio Platforms

"I had the opportunity to work with Rupesh for over 2 years. Throughout this time, he consistently demonstrated humility, collaboration, and a strong willingness to share his knowledge with others."

PP

Prerana Poojary

Human Resource Professional

"Rupesh is genuinely one of the best person to work with. He approaches every task with clarity, precision, and a deep understanding of concepts. He breaks down complex problems into effective solutions, combining creativity with practicality."

RR

Reethika Ravichandran

AI-First Product Design Lead

"Rupesh is a silent river with a lot of depth in him. He is very bright at what he does and takes every task effectively. He is very lively and friendly at work. Every task he takes, he completes on time without complaints. A great team player and leader."

RP

Rutika Paannchal

Sr. Manager HRBP @ Jio Platforms

"I had the opportunity to work with Rupesh for over 2 years. Throughout this time, he consistently demonstrated humility, collaboration, and a strong willingness to share his knowledge with others."

PP

Prerana Poojary

Human Resource Professional

"Rupesh is genuinely one of the best person to work with. He approaches every task with clarity, precision, and a deep understanding of concepts. He breaks down complex problems into effective solutions, combining creativity with practicality."

RR

Reethika Ravichandran

AI-First Product Design Lead