About me

Work, internships, academics, and things in-between.

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Lead – Experience Design

WongDoody

Design Fellow

Future Factory, Mumbai

Research Associate

NoRILLA

iii Online Fellow

Integrated Innovation Institute

Design Program Manager Intern

Intuit

Master of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services

Carnegie Mellon University

Design Intern

Scott Institute for Energy Innovation

First Place

Hack-A-Startup

Head, Finance & Internal Relations

IAESTE India

Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

Manipal University

Co-Founder

The Consulting Club at Manipal

Research Intern

Koç University

WWDC Scholar

Apple

Digital Solutions Intern

SBI Mutual Fund

Co-Founder & Partner

FURE

Management Intern

Mahabir Industries & Allied Works

Ops Manager Intern

Amazon

Maharashtra Higher Secondary School Certificate

PACE Junior Science College

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education

Jamnabai Narsee School

Design & Product

Aampe

At the age of 15, I embarked on my professional journey by establishing an e-commerce venture and working on its growth for the next seven years. Today, it stands as a well-established brand, processing more than 20,000 orders annually.

During my pursuit of an engineering degree at the Manipal Institute of Technology, outside of academics, I assumed a leadership role on the National Committee Board of IAESTE India, co-founded a consulting club, and earned the prestigious Apple WWDC18 Scholarship as one of just seven Indian students.

I then headed to the United States, and enrolled in the Master of Integrated Innovation for Products and Services program at Carnegie Mellon University. Throughout my time at CMU, I dedicated myself to expanding my knowledge and refining my skills as a transdisciplinary innovator.

In my very first semester, I won the CMU Hack-A-Startup competition, competing against 130 participants. For my Capstone project, my team developed a power-actuated deployable stair system for curtain-side trucks, utilizing the Integrated New Product Development process. This innovation is now patent-pending and will soon enter production thanks to our corporate sponsor.

During my summer internship at Intuit, I had the distinct honor of being the company's first Design Program Manager Intern. In this role, I had the chance to make an impact as a newcomer in the nascent DesignOps community.

In my final semester at CMU, I co-authored a master's thesis entitled "Design Thinking for Education in India" which was subsequently accepted for presentation and published by the Industrial Designers Society of America during their Education Symposium in New York City. By the time I completed my master's degree, I had accumulated diverse experiences in various domains, including business, operations, design, engineering, and research roles. 

Post graduation, I worked with NoRILLA to extend their patented mixed-reality educational system which bridges physical and virtual worlds to improve STEM learning. Simultaneously, in my capacity as a Fellow at the Integrated Innovation Institute, I actively engaged in instructional design and provided vital support to their newly launched online certificate and master's programs.

In 2024, I moved back to India and soon after joined WongDoody as an Experience Design Lead. There, I worked with EY to design agentic AI tools that enhanced financial auditing workflows for 140,000 professionals across 150 countries.

Currently, I’m a product designer at Aampe, which specialises in agentic infrastructure to deliver continuously personalised experiences.

Yash is that ideal blend of strategic product design thinking and effective program management. He uses empathy to understand the customer problem and then backs it all up with data. I would highly recommend Yash to any team looking for a motivated team member that is eager to learn and excel in delivering a strong product experience. He is an asset to any team he joins!

Bernice Lee
Director, Design Operations

You’ve been an amazing addition to the team. I really appreciate all your efforts in helping the AI team move forward and appreciate your ability to not only help research, concept and design, but also to really think through all scenarios, defend the design decisions and question business wants vs. needs. It’s been great to see your growth and ability to take charge and help lead the team…

Associate Director – Lead Experience Strategist
Client Technology

…I just want to say how incredibly grateful I am for everything you’ve done for the team. You’ve set the bar high and made things harder for me (in the best way!) by showing just how much a newcomer can achieve, even without guidance. You’re truly every team’s dream…

Senior Director
Head, Design Strategy & Growth

Yash is super responsive, efficient and has a great eye for detail. He’s a pleasure to work with and I hope to work with him on many more projects.

Chris Lund
Creative Director

Yash is someone who catches on quickly, pays close attention to detail, and takes the initiative to deliver high-quality work across many of our projects… Yash has technical skills combined with creative problem-solving that have been so valuable to our team. What stands out, in particular, are his abilities in project management…

Susanna Zlotnikov
iii Online Program Director