Savani- Pronounciation- (suh-VA-nee)
Meaning: Early morning raga sung in rainy season
I'm a product designer who thrives on all things ambiguous and gnarly. With a strong focus on craft, storytelling, and high exploration output, I enjoy diving into the details, solving problems thoughtfully, and bringing order to chaos.
Day Job
I’m currently exploring Senior Product Design roles while contributing to game design for Bolsa Chica Conservancy, combining storytelling and interaction to inspire environmental awareness. Before that, I designed at GEP, Renesas, Canopy and Reliance. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science along with an Master's in HCI from the UMBC.
Out of office
Outside of work, I enjoy mentoring early-career designers, reviewing portfolios, and contributing to social impact projects. I’m also a sketcher, casual badminton player, and lifelong learner with a love for animation, art, and café-hopping. Lately, I’ve been learning classical music—it's my way of staying grounded and creatively inspired. Let’s connect if you’re into design, art, or good conversation!
My superpowers
Design Speed
I've fine-tuned my processes and resources to prioritize ideation and the investigation of a greater array of possibilities within a condensed timeframe. This enables me to conduct a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of solutions.
Structure in ambiguity
I have a knack for adding clarity and structure to ambiguous problems and environments. I love making complex situations easier for others to navigate and understand.
Design 🤝 development
As a knowledgeable engineer, I understand the intricacies and limitations of software. I'm adept at collaborating with my development team, which could entail everything from fixing small bugs in the production to reviewing code on Github.
Experience
Aug 2021 - Jul 2024
GEP
UX Designer
Led design efforts for 15+ SaaS products, driving a 30% increase in user engagement and improving client retention rates by 20% through intuitive, AI-driven dashboard solutions for supply chain and forecasting tools.
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
RealityAI
UX Design Intern
Improved user adoption and usability of Reality AI’s B2B applications, specifically focusing on the onboarding experience for Reality AI’s Portal Browser 3.
Aug 2020 - Dec 2020
DARE Labs (UMBC)
Research Assistant
Assisted professor and senior researchers in the development of user interfaces related to map visualizations, spatial controls, and data capture tools using 3Doodler pen.
May 2020 - Aug 2020
Canopy
UX Design Intern
Supported product roadmap refinement and established KPIs for the Canopy Cloud Foundation desktop app. Designed and shipped web and mobile components for the Canopy 3 platform, contributing to a 12% increase in user engagement.
Jan 2019 - Jul 2019
Reliance - Unlimit IoT Pvt. Lmt.
Product Manager
Designed web and mobile UI/UX for enterprise and consumer IoT brand applications built using complex, work for PTC and Cumulocity platforms.
Awards
Nov 2024
MAAI Hackathon - AI
1st place winner
Jan 2020
Maryland Works Inc.
Design for Non-profit Award Winner
Jun 2019
Gogate Fellow Scholarship
Master's Scholarship 2019
Volunteering
Nov 2024
Bolsa Chica Conservancy
Product Designer
Aug 2021
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Design Mentor
Jul 2020
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Virtual Student Ambassador
Writing
Education
2021
M.S in Human-Computer Interaction
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
User experience design— 4.0 GPA
2018
B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
Shivaji University, India
