Design Management

***********@*****.*** Portfolio

Ajith Prasad K. G. +91-984******* www.aji.in

Design and Innovation Facilitator with 11+ years of experience in Design management,

User Experience Design, New Product Conceptualization, Design Consulting and

Training. Designed innovative solutions for industrial applications, web applications, and

applications for touch screen devices. Effective Strategist and Innovation Facilitator with

high-level thinking and attention to detail. Experienced in facilitating human process labs,

mentoring, training and managing people. Committed to creating innovative, usable

products, experiences and communication.

Core Competencies

User Experience Design

Information Architecture Interface Design Interaction Design

Research

Research Design Creative Research User Research

Communication Design

Branding Identity Design Data Visualization Graphic Design Photography

Management

Leadership skills Strategic planning Client relationships Process Design Training and Knowledge

management

Technical

Adobe CS5 software OOPS concepts Actionscript Visio Of ce

Education

Graduate in Developmental Strategies & Facilitation

M-Des (Visual Communication) from IIT Bombay

B-Tech (Electrical & Electronics)

Ajith Prasad K. G. +91-984******* ***********@*****.***

Experience

Design

Independent Design Consultant (from 2002)

Responsibility: Project management, interacting with clients, discovering e cient and

appropriate processes for projects, conducting brainstorming sessions with stakeholders,

conceptualizing solutions, motivating and working with a team of designers and engineers

(employees of the client) to deliver appropriate design solutions.

Nature of Projects

Conceptualized and designed several interactive applications for knowledge management,

banking, industrial automation and process automation.

Designed visual identities and style guides for new interactive products.

Facilitated workshops for new product conceptualization.

Was part of the Type design team that designed Indian language fonts for Microsoft.

Was part of a team designing a Butter y museum (interactive systems for museums).

Designed several information websites for corporate clients.

Designed Indian Language fonts

Did Actionscript programming for several ash based applications.

Clients: L&T infotech (for 7 years), L&T Msys, Infosys, NCST, Wipro, IT mission, TATA, Maclaren,

Chevaron, Onity, EATON Electricals, Origen, Merk, Synapse, Za n Labs

Design Consultant (2001 to 2002)

Employer: Intelesoft Technologies, New Delhi

O ered consultancy on Interface design for two web based applications on HR; delivered

solutions, coordinating between the technical team, graphic artist, subject matter

experts, and users.

Senior Designer (2000 to 2001)

Employer: Duskvalley technologies, New Delhi

Involved in the Design process from brainstorming to nal delivery, guiding and helping

junior designers and artist to achieve nal solution.

Did Html and Actionscript coding for interfaces and prototypes.

Ajith Prasad K. G. +91-984******* ***********@*****.***

Training / Teaching

Trained project managers, team leaders, and engineers of L&T Msys on Information

architecture & User experience design (2008)

Visiting faculty at Srishti School of Art, Design, & Technology. (2005 to 2006)

Subjects Taught: Information Design, Interaction Design, Typography.

Also an external Jury member.

Teaching Assistant (1998 to 2000) to Professor Kirti Trivedi, IIT Bombay

Management

Founder Director (April 1st 2004 to September 30th 2011)

Employer: Aedes Design Pvt. Ltd.

Responsibility: Member of the Board; involved in Strategies.

Sr. Consultant (2007 to 2008)

Employer: Synapse India Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

Responsibility: Part of BPR team in People management process; involved in knowledge

management consulting; managed a team of engineers in developing applications. Also

a part of the core team; motivated the organization to be process driven.

Interests & Activities

Participated in Several National Painting Exhibitions.

Written and Directed Plays.

Watching people. traveling and trekking interests me.

I enjoy acting, listening to music and watching movies.

I invest myself in reading books and meditating.

2

Contact this candidate