KASTURI DANI

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About me — 

I’m a Product Designer currently working on exciting things at Webex. My design journey started out as a naive graphic designer and although reluctantly at first, eventually evolved into a passion for designing interactive products.

While my past work leans towards enterprise products, I am always eager to try something new and different! I have particularly enjoyed tackling complex problems, while elevating the enterprise user experience to a consumer grade level. My other strong suits are designing complex data visualizations, design systems, and building products from the ground up.

Prior to our new normal, I enjoyed traveling and exploring new places. While most of that is on pause at the moment, I’m trying to find alternative ways to stay sane and creative. The house cats in the meantime are thrilled that I’m putting in more hours being their servant.  

Experience

may 2020 – present

senior product designer

Cisco Webex

Lead designer for Cisco Webex’s Partner Hub – anadmin portal for Cisco partners to manage Webex trials & subscriptions. Also working on other key initiatives to elevate the admin experience including designing data visualizations and interactions.

jan 2018 – may 2020

senior product designer

Cisco CloudCenter

Lead designer for CloudCenter’s Cost Optimizer –a data & analytics-based tool to help technical usersand IT admins spend less on their cloud costs. Part of the design & development team that built the product from the ground up. Additionally, designeddata-heavy charts and visualizations for Particle – an internal design system.

oct 2016 – jan 2018

product designer

Inkling

Responsible for the design of a mobile app for a new product to help retail customers optimize top-down communication from headquarters, and improve the productivity of field workers. Part of the coreproduct team from conception to MVP & beyond.

jun 2013 – sep 2015

user experience designer

SAP Labs

As part of the Global Design & Innovation team, I worked on key projects and escalations including enterprise & consumer-facing applications built onFiori, SAP’s robust design language, and also contributed to Fiori’s evolution of UX patterns & guidelines.

oct 2012 – apr 2013

designer

nCircle Security Systems

may 2012 – oct 2016

designer

Freelance / Contract

Education

sep 2015 – aug 2016

master of human computer interaction + design

University of Washington
Seattle, WA

 

aug 2010 – dec 2013

bachelor of fine arts – graphic design

California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA

 

aug 2009 – may 2010

foundation in design

LASALLE College of the Arts
Singapore