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Pranali ValsangkarUser Experience Designer

Electronics EngineeringThadomal Shahani Engineering college

(Bachelor of Engineering)

National Institute of DesignInformation and Interface Design

(Post Graduate Diploma in Design)

Mobile Research LabResearch Intern

Design For Use, GurgaonSenior Interaction Designer

Fiserv Global Services IndiaLead Usability Analyst

Geodesic SystemsSenior Software Engineer

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2008

2010

2011

2012

Scenario

Site Audit

Analysis

Focus-group

Information architecture

Wireframe

Feedback and Testing

User - Interview

Stakeholder

Prototype

ConceptsUser Study

Flowchart

Client Interaction

Persona

Info-Graphics

Style guide

Interaction table

4 years of design experience, 4 years of developmentexperience with exposure of various domains,platforms, users and various cultures.

I have travelled to various cities from few differentcountries. I am an explorer. I am always on lookout forhappiness, surprises and new knowledge.

As a designer I strongly believe in the process. If theprocess is correct and if I enjoy it then I know that Inever have to worry about the final outcome.


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Wireframing

It is an information portal

application for customer service

representatives to access the

consumer information generatedby various biller applications about

transactions and other account

details.

The objective is to seamlessly

integrate 5 information portals for 5

different biller solutions into one

with all the information, features

and functionality.

UX efforts anr being utilized to

bring in the consistency and

standardization. At the same the

Interface is being converted to

modular and fluid layout.

InfoPortal 2.2Information portal for CSR

Offshore design engagement, Biller solution

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2013Prototype

Concepts and analysis


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Design For UseSenior Interaction Designer

Worked on around 10 major

projects for 6 clients. Main

responsibility was to understand

client vision, tap down user

requirements and convert thatinformation in to an interface.

The information cloud on left lists

down key domains for the projects.

Got a chance to work personally

with various local clients as well as

to work onsite with clients based

out of Texas and California.

HR management software

Energy Trading client

Holiday packages Travel deals

e-Commerce Websites

Travel Portal

Admin user Configuration GUI

US based Organic food online retail portal

Completely configurable HR Software for managing HR processesanytime, anywhere. From Recruitment to Retirement

premier software solution provider for energytransactions and risk management which enables

clients to handle any aspect of the energycommodities lifecycle around the world.

User experience design for the consumers holiday bookingexperience

Online retail for traditional Indian women wear

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US based Premium diamond jewelry online retail

SEOUsability revamp of a search engine

optimization tool. The tool enabled users toanalyze the website traffic from searchengines and social sites.

This was an Indian retail store targeted towards customers from the USand UK geography who does not have ready access to the designertraditional cloths


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Energy trading application is used by

traders and business portfolio

managers to efficiently manage thecommodity trades in energy domain.

This was a legacy application with a

very primitive GUI. The application

was made up of information heavy

and task heavy interface pages.

Exercise was to re architect the

information and the screen layout

and come up with a more simpler

interface.

Energy trading clientEnterprise application

Offshore design engagement, usability fix,patterns generation, standardization,interaction patterns, style guide

2011

Visual prototype for one of the trading form


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Visit Product page

Brief was to design a mobile platform

interface for India's premier Bollywood

portal(Hindi film information) which is a

prime source of the industry media (

celebrity news, movie releases,

videos, songs, wallpaper, events andupdates )

The task was to design native mobile

application to mimic the website and

deliver all the information and media

more efficiently.

Major difference was brought in to the

content organization and navigation.

iPhone App Android App

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Hindi Film news and

media portal

Infotainment portal

Android, iOS, RIM OS, screen architecture

2010

Freelance projectsIndependent Design Consultant
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bollywoodhungama&feature=search_result%23?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ib2xseXdvb2RodW5nYW1hIl0.https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bollywoodhungama&feature=search_result%23?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ib2xseXdvb2RodW5nYW1hIl0.


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This was an open ended researchwhich was targeted towardsgathering firsthand data on mobileusage in the macro service industryof India. The deliverable was areport highlighting variousinnovation opportunity areas.

- IBM research lab

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Mobile phone usage

Indian service industryField research, 8 weeks

On field research, research documentation

Objective of this researchassignment was to understand themethodological framework ofPhenomenological research; tolearn and practice research skills(Long Interview, ParticipantObservation, Focus GroupInterviewing and Systematic SelfObservation)

- HP research lab

Media consumption

Tier3 cities of IndiaField research, 4 weeks

Long Interview, Participant Observation,Focus Group, Self awareness

2009

2010

User researchResearch Associate

Regions covered

Research data analysis


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This research project is an effort to

provide solution that

accommodates the requirements of

the diverse scripts practiced for

writing, in India; while typing on aportable device like mobile phone.

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2010Indic script input for

mobile phones

Graduation project

Mobile phone interface, multimodalinteraction, Indian consumer, definingresearch statement, solution and user testing.

Research and study

27 Users were studied from wide

user base, in order to understandthe usage of native language in

day to day life transactions

practiced for reading and writing

purpose.

Mobile research labResearch InternFunding: Nokia Research

User study

Structure of devanagiri script


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Accelerometer

Lipi Desktop interface

Wiimote

Mercury tilt sensor

Joystick

Mac book Accelerometer

Wooden prototype

Mercury tilt sensorArduino

Prototypes

The core concept was prototyped

and tested for different input

modalities like

Gesture control

Tangible interface Touchscreen interface

Handwriting recognition

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Concept

Basic writing practices and script

structure was converted into the

interaction model.

The interaction model was thenprototyped and tested using

various input modalities.

Innovative interaction methods

were proposed.


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The task was to come up with a

innovative navigation structure for

a two touch cloud computing

tablet; bundled with new age

technology sensors.

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2009Navigational interface

for a tablet

Industry project (concept)

Cloud computing, new age devices,smart interface for a smart tablet

Student projectsClassroom and Industry Projects.


12/16

Depiction of the process of tea

making as an Information

Graphic. It explains the recipe of4 different types of tea in 4

quadrants of the circle. The blue

color is water content and white

is milk. Red line represents heat.

The solid lines are mandatory

steps where in the dotted ones

are optional.

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2009

140 participants from 39 countries

participated in the camp. Thismap displays the participant

strength from each country. The

brief was to present the

participant information in non-

obvious manner which will reveal

some new knowledge about the

country.

Ek cup chai

(one cup of tea)Student project

Information design, data graphics,

Camp participant

Info-graphicsTactical Technology Collective

Information design, data graphics,

2009


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Interface for a iPhone internet

radio application which aims to

engage youngsters and help them

explore the world of online musicstreaming.

It was a team project where in 3

designers worked together to

define the system architecture,

interactions and innovative

interactions.

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2008iPhone radioIndustry project

iOs, innovation, teenage users

Concepts

Wireframes


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Got introduced to the world of digital

music creation.

- Ajay Kapur and Curtis Bahn

Processing coding and arduino

prototyping

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2008Electronic musicStudent project

Chuck, sensor based music generation,digital music generation

Physical computingStudent project

Arduino, processing, wiring, physicalprototyping, electronic music

Objective was to get an overview of

the world of physical computing.Gaining hands on experience of the

interactive functional prototypes for

the tactile interfaces.

- Yashas Shetty

Physical computingPhysical Prototyping

2008

Game prototype


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User interface development

and management

Lead team of 6 developers 2 product interfaces on all

platforms

4 different platforms.

symbian, java, UIQ and

blackberry platform.

Own API design and

development.

Windows mobile

Implemented network layer

for one messaging protocol

for windows mobile.

Mobile messenger and rich

data sharing application

(bluetooth, wifi)

Windows application

Data sync software

Windows-windows mobile

Desktop treading client -

Sharekhan.

Blackberry Interface development

Java Interface developmentcustom API

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2007-08

2006

2004-05

Mobile GUI development, J2ME, .Net

Geodesic LimitedSenior Software Engineer


16/16Enthusiast

http://flickr.com/photos/pranali/

Photography, clay model making, travelling

As a person I am nature lover and nature driven. I am

always ready to learn new things and explore new

places. I love to travel and capture the memories. I love

to work with clay. Its a very flexible material to workwith. It provides complete freedom of thinking.
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