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# Ganesh Sadashiv, PhD on Tal

## Headline

Product Design Leadership \| AI, Research\-Driven UX & Innovation \| Building Teams, Talent & Ventures

## About

I am a product design leader with 10\+ years of experience across fintech, edtech, assistive technology, academia, and product innovation\. With a PhD in Engineering Design and an MBA, I bring a rare blend of research depth, business thinking, systems design, and execution maturity\. My work focuses on building digital products that are intuitive, inclusive, measurable, and scalable\. I lead through clarity, curiosity, and cross\-functional collaboration — connecting user research, product strategy, design systems, data, AI\-enabled workflows, and business outcomes into coherent customer experiences\. I am especially interested in the future of design leadership: developing AI\-ready design teams, embedding research and analytics into decision\-making, improving accessibility, and shaping products that create meaningful impact at scale\. My strengths lie in translating ambiguity into direction, mentoring designers, aligning stakeholders, and building operating models where creativity, evidence, and accountability work together\. I see design not only as a craft, but as a strategic capability that can influence product quality, organisational culture, customer trust, and long\-term growth\. CORE COMPETENCIES \- Product Design Leadership \| Product Strategy \| UX Strategy \| AI\-First Product Design \| Design Systems \| Systems Thinking \| UX Research \| Data\-Driven Design \| Accessibility \| WCAG \| Inclusive Design \| Growth Design \| Product Lifecycle \| Cross\-Functional Leadership \| Team Building & Mentoring \| B2B/B2C/B2G AI & DESIGN TECHNOLOGY \- AI\-Assisted Design \| Prompt Engineering \| ChatGPT \| Claude \| Midjourney \| Figma \| Adobe XD \| Axure \| Photoshop \| 3DS Max and Maya RESEARCH & ANALYTICS \- User Research \| User Interviews \| Usability Testing \| Research Synthesis \| UX Metrics \| Funnel Analysis \| PostHog \| FullStory \| Google Analytics DOMAIN EXPERTISE \- FinTech & Digital Lending \| EdTech \| Assistive Technology \| PropTech \| Accessibility \| B2B/B2C/B2G

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude

midjourney

notebooklm

ChatGPT

Figma Make

Wispr Flow

## Work experience

Manager \- Product Design at MPOWER Financing, Apr 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid, \- Lead design team for digital lending, self\-service, application and support journeys serving international students pursuing education in the U\.S\. and Canada\. \- Translate social impact data into product narratives and user journeys across a 2026 portfolio footprint of 25,000\+ students, 183 countries, 542 eligible universities and $1B\+ in tuition flows enabled; align design strategy with outcomes, including 93% loan\-critical access, 87% STEM/medical focus, 12x post\-graduation income lift and 77% remittance participation\. \- Lead MPOWER to win an award \- Digital CX program recognised by The Digital Banker as Winner: Best LendTech for Digital CX \- Personal Finance \- North America, strengthening simple, fast and supportive borrowing experiences\. \- Supported design and UX improvements around localised South Asia microsites, Chinese and Spanish translated experiences, technical SEO, a ChatGPT\-powered website answer engine and the streamlined Lightning Application for high\-intent STEM master's applicants\. \- Partnered with Product, Engineering, Growth, Marketing, Underwriting, Compliance and Leadership to reduce journey friction and support business outcomes, including decisions within three working days after document completion and a reported 10% incremental approval improvement from recalibrated NOVA scoring\. \- Embed AI\-augmented design workflows using Figma Make, Anthropic Claude, ChatGPT, Midjourney, PostHog and FullStory for discovery, synthesis, concept generation, funnel analysis, session replay, prototype iteration and executive storytelling\. \- Build next\-generation design capability through research discipline, accessibility standards, design QA, mentoring, reusable patterns and data\-backed prioritisation\.

Guest Faculty at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, Dec 2024 \- May 2025 · 6 mos, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, Served as Visiting Faculty at IIITDM Jabalpur, teaching Industrial Design \(UG – B\.Des\) and Product Design II \(PG – M\.Des\)\. Guided students in design thinking, user\-centred research, product development, and creative problem\-solving\. Focused on form, function, usability, materials, prototyping, and design strategy\. Mentored students through concept creation to refined design outcomes\. Encouraged industry\-aligned thinking and practical application of design methods\. Contributed to strengthening the next generation of designers through hands\-on, insight\-driven learning\.

Senior Lead \- Product Design at MPOWER Financing, Nov 2022 \- Aug 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid, Responsible for overseeing the design and development of MPOWER's digital products\. This includes collaborating with cross\-functional teams to define product requirements, user experience design, interaction design, and visual design\. \- Led the strategy, creation, and adoption of a scalable Design System and centralized component library across digital products\. \- Established a single source of truth for Design and Engineering, standardizing reusable components, interaction patterns, and UX guidelines\. \- Improved design consistency, product quality, and development efficiency through reusable design and development patterns\. \- Built stronger Design–Product–Engineering collaboration by aligning teams around shared standards and scalable workflows\. \- Enabled teams to design and ship faster at scale while maintaining a cohesive brand and user experience\.

UX Lead \- Technology at Extramarks Education India Pvt\. Ltd\., Jun 2021 \- Nov 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, Extramarks Education is an education technology firm that sells online and offline schooling and curriculum\. It was founded in 2007 and is located in Noida\. We have partnered with 9,000 public and private schools as of March 2018\. Over 8 million students and 1\.1 million internet users make up our user base\. Students, teachers, and parents make up our target audience\. I led the 'UX SWOT' team, which is responsible for meeting the firm's user experience needs\. Strongly motivated to create digital products that are inclusive and accessible to a large range of individuals\. My team included \- UX Designers I and II, Interaction Designers, Senior UX Researchers, Usability Experts, UX Writers, and Content Writers, among others\. With the support of Product and UI teams, everything from the website to multilingual apps for students, teachers, and parents was custom\-built from the ground up\.

Doctoral Candidate \- Senior Research Fellow \(SRF\) at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Jul 2020 \- Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, Collaboration with the physics department's optic group of research scholars resulted in the filing of a patent for an assistive technology device\. Collaborated and worked on a research project for simulation of thermoformed tactile diagrams, using ansys polyflow data with B\.tech mechanical students, As part of DOD, hosted a design thinking session for over 100 faculty members under Atal Innovation Mission \(AIM\), the Government of India's flagship project to build and encourage a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across the length and width of the country\. Throughout the academic years, I volunteered and supervised Ph\.D\. and M\.Des interviews\. Also, as a PG Representative for Kumaon House, I was an active participant\.

Junior Research Fellow \(JRF\) at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Jul 2018 \- Jun 2020 · 2 yrs, Greater Delhi Area, Department of Design \- DOD At the AIM \- Sirius Innovation Festival 2018, an Indo\-Russian ATL Innovation Bootcamp, I mentored a Clean Energy team \(Russian and Indian students\)\. Hon'ble Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hon'ble Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi were shown the final product designed and explained the entire ecosystem built around the innovation\. In makerspace, I worked as a teaching assistant and coordinated a variety of courses at the Department of Design\. Also, was organizer/coordinator for a few panels at the Empower Conferences in 2018 and 2019\.

Founder \- Design & Engineering Consultant at Kalpataru Engineers and Builders, Aug 2014 \- May 2021 · 6 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, The team at KALPATARU ENGINEERS & BUILDERS provides expert advice on Engineering and Technology sides\. We believe in sustainable development across all fields\. You can hire our consulting team for, Complete guidance, Information gathering, training, and evaluation\. we can do creative planning with successful results\. We manage the entirety of the construction project ‘from conception to completion, which includes subcontractors, materials, machinery, and equipment – from within a fixed price\. With KALPATARU ENGINEERS & BUILDERS who maintain an efficient, strong, and professional team, a Turnkey contract can be a win\-win situation for both the parties in the agreement\. Project executed \- 11 \| Turnkey, end to end construction \- 6 \| Land developer project \- 2 Upcoming projects \- PG Building Our team comprises of Govt registered/licensed PWD engineers and Leed certified architects\.

## Education

Doctor of Philosophy \- PhD, Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Master of Business Administration, International/Global Studies, The University of Western Australia

## Public links

- behance\.net: https://www\.behance\.net/theburningdesire

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