Senior UX & Product Designer · Pune, India

Dhawal Kulkarni

I turn complex systems into products people can understand, trust, and use.

10+Years in product and technology4Product chaptersMScHuman-Computer Interaction

01 / Profile

Designer by practice. Systems thinker by instinct.

I am a UX and product designer with more than a decade of experience across SaaS, fintech, enterprise software, web products, and emerging AI experiences. I work from research and product strategy through interaction design and delivery.

My earlier career in development gives me a practical understanding of how products are built. It helps me question assumptions, work closely with engineers, and create experiences that are considerably simpler than the systems behind them.

Clarity is not decoration. It is how a product earns trust.

02 / Experience

A career moving from code to product clarity.

01

Mar 2024 - Present

UX Consultant

Freelance · Pune

Partnering with startups and businesses to turn early ideas and complex workflows into clear, buildable products.

  • Lead end-to-end UX across SaaS, web, and mobile products.
  • Explore AI-assisted workflows and design reusable systems that help teams scale.
  • Run UX audits and collaborate closely with founders, product managers, and engineers.
02

Nov 2019 - Aug 2022

UX Designer

CanWill Technologies · Pune

Designed enterprise experiences where research, product decisions, and delivery had to stay tightly connected.

  • Led research, evaluations, and usability testing across complex product workflows.
  • Contributed to roadmaps and sprint planning with product, engineering, and stakeholders.
  • Created prototypes, documentation, and design systems while laying foundations for data-informed personalization.
03

Nov 2017 - Nov 2019

UX Designer

ARTICLE8 Design · Pune

Simplified payment, crowdfunding, onboarding, and transaction experiences across fintech and mobile products.

  • Used research, testing, and workshops to uncover friction in high-trust journeys.
  • Designed clearer flows that supported engagement, retention, and confident decisions.
  • Worked across disciplines to move concepts from exploration into shipped experiences.
04

Dec 2014 - Nov 2017

Associate Web Developer

Prodigitas · Pune

Built the technical foundation that still shapes how I think about product constraints, systems, and delivery.

  • Built responsive WordPress sites, themes, and plugins from requirements and visual designs.
  • Improved performance and scalability while keeping usability at the centre of implementation.
  • Worked across the full delivery lifecycle, connecting design intent with production reality.

03 / Capabilities

The tools change. The intent stays the same.

01

User Research

Finding the real problem behind the stated request.

02

Interaction Design

Making complex actions feel direct and predictable.

03

Design Thinking

Turning ambiguity into shared direction.

04

Usability Testing

Using evidence to improve decisions and details.

05

Wireframing & Prototyping

Making ideas tangible before they become expensive.

06

Data-Driven Design

Balancing qualitative insight with product signals.

07

Conversational UX

Designing useful exchanges between people and systems.

08

Design Systems

Creating consistency that teams can build on.

04 / Education

Technical beginnings, human-centred practice.

2023

MSc Human-Computer Interaction

University of Birmingham, UK

2014

MSc Computer Science

University of Pune

2012

BSc Computer Science

University of Pune

IBM

Enterprise Design Thinking

Practitioner · AI Essentials

05 / Keep a copy

Experience is better when it travels.

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