Product Designer
Resume:
Megha Sahgal
Product designer interested in solving problems in the social impact
spaces via the curation of creative, relevant, and research-backed solutions and experiences.
Mountain View, CA
******@*****.***
Portfolio
EXPERIENCE
The Knowhere Group — Industry Design Project via Springboard NOVEMBER 2020 - PRESENT
Curate a platform to match volunteers who are working in tech and those transitioning into tech careers, with NPOs and NGOs that need various technical projects completed. I am leveraging extensive research via interviews, personas, user journeys, and the high fidelity design in Figma to create volunteer and organization profiles, scheduling capability/availability, as well as a volunteer-organization matching mechanism and algorithm. Rainbow Rishta — South Asian LGBTQI Dating App
MARCH 2019 - PRESENT
Creator and primary designer of iOS dating app for the South Asian LGBTQ demographic. Designed high fidelity wireframes in Sketch and in Xcode, performed user research to identify key needs in LGBTQ community wrt dating, coded front end interactions in Swift, and hired a developer to help code the back end. FIREHacker — Capstone App
MARCH 2020 - SEPTEMBER 2020
Designed app to connect seniors around retirement age with millennials who practice FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early). The aim of the app is to empower financially stressed seniors with strategies to help them retire with ease. Conducted extensive user research among elderly Americans, and millennials to see if this could be a potentially useful app.
Wandering Worker — Design Sprint
OCTOBER 2020
Created an app that allows remote workers to search for cafes based on several filters, make reservations, and find directions to their preferred cafes. Google, Santa Cruz, CA — Finance Manager
MARCH 2020 - DECEMBER 2020
Responsible for financial integration of Looker acquisition into Google portfolio, representing $XXX M in revenue. I also design and automate consolidated financial reports, as well as operating expense and headcount dashboards via the creation of DESIGN SKILLS
Tools
Sketch, Figma, Adobe Suite
(Illustrator, InDesign,
Photoshop)
Prototyping
InVision, Xcode, Trello
Languages
Swift, JavaScript, HTML, CSS,
SQL, Python
AWARDS
Best Mobile App, UCSC
Extension Mobile App
Development Class for
Rainbow Rishta
EDUCATION
Springboard, SF — UX Design
Career Track Certification
NOV 2019 - APR 2021
UC Santa Cruz Extension,
Santa Clara — UX Design and
Mobile Development
AUG 2016 - DEC 2018
Santa Clara University, Santa
Clara — M.A., Counseling Psych.
AUG 2009 - AUG 2011
SQL queries. These dashboards allow senior management to better understand account spend and related variances, facilitating informed business decisions. LiveRamp, San Francisco, CA — Financial Systems Manager FEBRUARY 2019 - AUGUST 2019
Implemented Anaplan financial solution which entailed whiteboarding of designs of headcount, OpEx, and CAPEX dashboards, collecting user reqs, designing and building a custom SaaS Revenue model for various revenue streams, as well as Workforce Planning, Cost of Revenue, OpEx, and CAPEX models, with the intent to phase out large Excel models, saving 2 days worth of manual work. Automation Anywhere, San Jose, CA — Senior Financial Analyst 2017 - 2018
Created and managed SaaS startup’s first formal budget, working with Adaptive Insights, Intacct and business partners to construct revenue models and expense assumptions that align with spend targets (3% to date), as well as financial statements of Balance Sheet, P&L and SCF. I also drove monthly budget v. actual and quarterly business review reporting, provided financial insights and recommendations for program performances/KPIs, and IPO preparatory support for teams including: R&D, Marketing and G&A.
Adobe, San Jose, CA — Senior Business Operations Analyst 2016 - 2017
Created a vendor business case cost savings analysis to consolidate the number of vendors Adobe’s CIO org used. I collaborated with the Vendor Management Office to initiate a Preferred Supplier Program, saving ~$800k for the Office of CIO. I also provided cost, NPV, and M&A modeling, data analytics and visualizations to tell compelling stories about Adobe’s FTE & contingent workforce, location strategy, and general IT trends.
INTERESTS
Origami, Epicurean Delights,
Wandering the World,
Meditation & Yoga
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