Shape the chaos. Keep the heart.
Big on people, serious about craft, curious about AI — building calm products and confident teams.
Who I am
Part team alchemist. Part UX Yoda. Part experience designer. Part product whisperer. And always a teacher — mentoring and teaching are in my DNA.
Associate Experience Design Manager, EPAM Systems
Selected work
Complex problems, calm products.
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An AI-integrated creative collaboration studio for a global consumer-goods company selling in 180+ countriesUX lead · 12 months · Enterprise platform · AI pipeline Password
−30%time-to-market target
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AI-native design and orchestration: from prompts in Figma to a multi-agent design pipelineDesign lead · Agentic AI · Prompt engineering Password
L1→L3levels of AI in the loop
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A central entitlement platform for a global energy-technology companyUX lead · 12 months · Design Ops · Design system Password
1h→2mrequest turnaround target
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A fully online audit platform for a Big Four professional-services firmUX designer · 2 years · Enterprise cloud · Desktop Password
14countries in discovery
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A well risk-assessment app for a water-treatment technology makerUX designer · 3 months · Android & iOS
2user groups, one simple app
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An app-free networking experience for an NFC smart-card start-upUX designer · 4 months · Responsive web
4sharing modes, no app
AI in the loop
Five ways AI works for the team.
AI drafts, a named human decides. Every output lands as a reviewable draft inside the workflow.
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Generative AI
Designing with AI as a native material: generative AI inside the Figma workflow, from prompt to concept on the canvas.
- Figma Make
- Prompt engineering
- Concepts
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UX design pipeline orchestration
The UX process as a chain of reusable skills that synthesise research into journey maps, personas and user stories.
- Claude Code
- Custom skills
- Journey mapper
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PDLC pipeline orchestration
Agents working across the product lifecycle: complete or partial product information in, a working HTML prototype and developer handoff out.
- Multi-agent
- Agentic AI
- Handoff
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Creative design intelligence
A visual intelligence engine that turns rough wireframes and existing screens into art-directed interfaces.
- Visual intelligence
- Art direction
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AI design studio hub
The studio's skills, agents, pipelines and prompts in one place, so every team starts from a proven workflow with a human review step built in.
- Enablement
- Governance
- Adoption
Teaching & mentoring
Growing designers, then products.
Two decades of turning trainees into leads: Pan-India UX/UI trainings at Cognizant, UX training programmes at EPAM, and today the education stream that shapes how designers level up.
Mentoring and teaching are in my DNA.
- NowEducation stream, EPAM
Responsible for the education stream: UX training programmes, design-thinking workshops for engineers, and the way designers level up.
- 2023 —UX training programmes, EPAM
Led UX training programmes and regular UX crit sessions, and grew the team's AI-for-design practice together.
- 2017 — 23Founded an academy, RVM
Built an academy for "true learning" and industry-ready talent, incubating designers from colleges and institutions.
- 2008 — 17Pan-India UX/UI trainings, Cognizant
Ran UX and UI design trainings across India and mentored a team of 80+ designers. Best Trainer Award, Pan India, 2014.
- Weekly 1:1s
- Weekly team meetings
- Skill-gap identification
- UX crit sessions
- Regular talks
- Quarterly portfolio reviews
- Presentation & storytelling
Shiva has also been a great mentor and a go to person in conducting training programs for our PAN india design teams and hybrid teams.
Studio contributions
Beyond the project: new capabilities.
Work I've led for the India studio — immersive experiences, AR, meta-humans and workshops. Drag, swipe or use the arrows.
Future-of-garage experienceInnovation lab
01A one-stop experience that lifts client visits, with India success stories and capabilities in a single, consistent platform built on immersive technology.
- Ideation
- Co-concept
- Design
- Delivery
AR client-engagement experiencePhase 1
02An engaging, immersive experience for clients visiting the offices, using AR to show a company that leads with technology.
- Ideation
- Concept
- Design
- Delivery
AR client-engagement experiencePhase 2
03A second round of ideation, shaped by feedback from studio leadership.
- Ideation
- Concept
- Design
- Delivery
Designing for immersive experiencesNew capability building
04Spatial design for VR devices and AR environments: best practices, a delivery process and up-skilling resources for the studio.
- Desk research
- Benchmarking
- Best practices
- POCs
Innovation lab & delivery-centre designSpace & brand
05Visualising a made-real innovation lab to match marketing and brand goals, and reimagining a client delivery centre as the ideal place to work.
- Ideation
- Concept
- Design
- Delivery
Meta-human character designPhase 1 · New capability
06A 3D character with facial-capture sync, built with MetaHuman and Unity.
- Ideation
- Concept
- Design
- Delivery
Meta-human × AIPhase 2 · Advancing the capability
07Production-ready tooling, optimised character performance and integration with an AI knowledge base, alongside the developer community.
- Tooling
- Performance
- AI integration
AR virtual try-onPhase 1 · POC for e-commerce
08A proof of concept for a virtual try-on experience across web and app, for a luxury diamond-jewellery brand.
- Ideation
- Concept
- Design
Creative design & animationPOC
09Showcasing advanced Figma capabilities in creative design and motion for a global beverage brand.
- Figma
- Animation
- POC
Design-thinking workshopFacilitator
10Users first, multidisciplinary teams, step by step: ideate, prototype, test with users, learn. Conditioning the mindset to build MVPs — fail quick, scale fast.
- Facilitation
- Guidance
Recognition
Accolades, gratefully kept.
- People DeveloperImpact 2025 · EPAM
- Best ManagerEPAM
- Mentor AwardEPAM
- Performance ChampionEPAM
- AI Adoption ChampionEPAM Design Studio
- Special KudosCSSDA · 2021
- 2024UX DesignOpsLinkedIn Learning
- 2021Special Kudos AwardCSS Design Awards
- 2014Best Trainer Award, Pan IndiaCognizant
- 2014Certified Usability AnalystHuman Factors International · #2014-4978
- 2013Project of the YearBig Four audit programme
- 2012Project of the YearGlobal mobility programme
- 2011Project of the YearGlobal pharmaceutical programme
- 2010Oscar of the MonthPerformance recognition
In their words
I've seen him grow from a entry level trainee designer to a engaging creative leader in building the Chennai design team. Shiva has also been a great mentor and a go to person in conducting training programs for our PAN india design teams.
Shiva possesses a clear vision and is genuinely committed to helping people grow, learn, and enjoy their work in design. He uniquely understands that design must align with business objectives, which makes him an outstanding design leader.
He always impressed us as a team with his futuristic designs and concepts. He is open minded and is always up to date with new technologies.
Shiva is a rare species to work with and i believe he is from Kal-El the alien planet Krypton!! … Shiva is highly creative, precise and has a huge talent in visual design.
I've seen him creating a team culture that makes people at ease while creating focus on the deliverables that are expected. He brings a level of experience that others can learn from.
Shiva is a good listener and he is understanding the requirements really quickly. He is also open to new ideas and has the skill to visualise the UX screens that will bring customer delight.
He is responsible, down to earth and has an approachable personality. He is well connected with client stakeholders, because of which the client feels comfortable depending on him and assigning him more responsibilities.
His feedback was constructive, clear and to the point. It really helped me to find the right direction in my career. He is very supportive and encouraging during bad times.
Beyond the brief
An artist at heart. A biker by choice.
Before the job titles, there was a sketchbook. I still paint, letter and draw, and on weekends I'm usually somewhere on two wheels. Art is a part. Sometimes I do miss it :)
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