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PRINCIPAL PRODUCT DESIGNER
Summary
Systems-first Product Designer with 13 years of experience across enterprise SaaS, AI/ML workflows, and legacy modernization. Specialize in navigating ambiguity—transforming undocumented, deeply technical problem spaces into scalable, intuitive experiences.
Shaped product direction of mission-critical BI platform (20M+ jobs/week) without formal authority—earning trust from 30-year engineering veterans and full autonomy from design leadership through deep system understanding. Earlier career: shipped 50+ consumer apps including a game with 12K downloads in week one.
Key Skills
Design Leadership: Product Design, UX Strategy, Design Systems, Cross-functional Leadership, Engineering Partnership, Mentorship
Specializations: Enterprise UX, AI/ML Workflows, Legacy Modernization, Systems Thinking, Ambiguity Navigation, Constraint-Driven Design
Methods: SME Interviews, Architecture Mapping, Usability Testing, Prototyping, Heuristic Evaluation, Support Ticket Analysis
Tools: Figma, FigJam, Adobe Creative Suite | HTML, CSS, React, Next.js, TypeScript | AWS, GitHub
Experience
Cloud Software Group (WebFOCUS/IBI)
- Led UX modernization across multiple legacy product areas; embedded in weekly support meetings to surface real customer pain points
- Partnered with Directors of Design, Engineering, and Product on platform strategy; collaborated closely with Lead Architect and Design System leadership
- Only designer to work across all major WebFOCUS systems; requested and led 3 high-impact initiatives simultaneously (ReportCaster, ML Functions, IQ Plugin)
- Delivered org-wide design demos to 150-200 people; co-hosted Virtual User Group Sessions for enterprise customers
ReportCaster — Re-architecting a 50-Year-Old Scheduling Engine
- Requested assignment to largest deferred initiative; redesigned mission-critical scheduler (20M+ jobs/week): 5+ clicks → 2 for schedule creation
- First to document the end-to-end system; consolidated 5 fragmented subsystems into unified architecture by partnering with SMEs and analyzing support tickets
- Shipped in WebFOCUS 9.3; created the mental model that unblocked engineering, PM, and support
ML Functions — End-to-End Machine Learning Workflow
- Redesigned ML model training to make data science workflows accessible to non-technical users: 12+ clicks → 7-9 with guided 4-step wizard
- Introduced 2-click entry point; collaborated with Principal Data Scientist to validate model evaluation flows
IQ Plugin — Unified DSML Hub (NLQ + Insights + ML)
- Architected unified hub for 3 fragmented intelligence features; created system architecture organizing insights, NLQ, and ML into single learnable model
- Defined product vision before requirements existed—PM wrote engineering tickets from my designs; positioned against Power BI, Tableau, Qlik
InfoTriangle Technologies / T3 Solutions
- Designed mobile app concepts including onboarding, dashboards, and guided workflows for enterprise clients
Independent Consultant
- Delivered end-to-end UX/UI for 10+ small businesses and startups: CRM systems, marketing sites, dashboards, and mobile experiences
F1 Studioz
- Designed enterprise B2B products including conference room booking system in fast-paced agency environment
9P Studioz
- Sole designer for mobile app startup; delivered UX/UI for 50+ apps including games, productivity apps, and branding
AI-Assisted Development
Built portfolio (anujaharsha.com) using AI-assisted development: Next.js, TypeScript, React, Tailwind, AWS. Orchestrated multiple LLMs (Claude, GPT-4, Gemini) for scaffolding while personally handling architecture, debugging, optimization, and design oversight. Source on GitHub.
Education
MIT xPRO — AI & Machine Learning in Product Design (pursued to deepen technical fluency in AI/ML)
Georgia Tech — Human-Computer Interaction
Master's Degree in English | Bachelor's Degrees in Animation & Visual Effects, English Literature
Publications & Mentorship