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.