Kaustubh Purohit
Pune
Summary
Project Manager recognized for flawless execution and finding solutions to complex problems. Communicative and reliable professional polished in developing scopes and objectives and maintaining comprehensive project documentation. Commended for unexcelled record of completing critical projects on schedule and within budget. Currently working as Project Manager in UX design area for last 4+ years. Have managed various projects for Website design, Web Applications and Mobile App designs. Also managed projects for SAP and Salesforce platform. Overall 18+ years of industry experience and 10 Years of relevant experience in design field including over 7+ years in user experience design. Functional experience includes Accessibility audit, HTML and XHTML, HTML5, CSS3. Understand and implement the accessible content effectively ensuring the cross-browser compatibility. Knowledge of various user experience design techniques such as usability analysis, heuristic evaluations, paper prototyping, and high-fidelity wireframe design using various digital tools. Expertise in wireframing and prototyping for the web and mobile domain.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager (Design)
Extentia Information Technology Pvt Ltd. (A Merkle Company)
2019.12 - Current
- Currently working as Project Manager for ES (Experience Studio) Group for all design related projects
- My role is to understand the requirement, communicate with required stakeholders for overall project understanding and do various activities such as Stakeholder communication, effort estimation of the project for UX, UI (Visual Design) and HTML, Resource management, creating a project plan and making sure the project is delivered as per the plan
- Conducting weekly review meeting with client to get timely feedback and ensuring both UX and UI design is addressed as per the business and user requirement enhancing the overall user experience and getting a final Sign off on the project from the client
- I had an opportunity to manage Projects for various Web applications, Mobile Apps
- (Native and cross platform app.) I have also managed design projects for SAP and Salesforce platform for various web application and mobile app requirement.
Associate Tech Specialist (UX Designer)
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
2006.06 - 2019.12
- Worked as PMO for Verizon account
- I have worked as a PMO for Verizon account
- I was responsible for maintaining the records and performing various tasks related to PMO
- Various activities performed while working as a PMO are listed below
- SO (Service order) for onsite and offshore resource requirement, Creating Quote, and contract for all T&M resources as per the workorder
- Co-ordinating with onsite DM
- Maintaining and posting RUS data for all T&M resources on monthly basis
- Creating new project in the system
- Maintaining the data and performing tasks related to projects
- Co-ordinating with various department for completing project related tasks on time.
Web Designer Engineer
Seed InfoTech (deputed to Tech Mahindra)
2005.06 - 2006.05
- Worked as User experience designer/Accessibility auditor for below projects: June 2005 to Dec 2019 OR Siebel Project: Study the current application and enhanced the user experience of OR Siebel application order journeys for various products used by Agents for raising the order for end customer
- Activities: Study the current application and understand the pain points and improvement scenario in the current application from user feedback that was gathered from questionnaire and through calls
- Designing the Paper prototype for different product modules of the application and building high fidelity wireframes using Axure
- BT Agent /online billing (UKBS) Project: Study the current systems and enhanced the user experience of BT Billing Agent and online systems used by Agent and consumers for all billing applications, products and networks services
- Activities: Coordinating with various stakeholders from business for requirement analysis, understanding the pain points and improvement areas
- Designing the Paper prototype for different modules of the portal and building high fidelity wireframes using Axure.
Graphic / UI Designer
Freelancer
2004.04 - 2005.05
- Worked as freelancer
- I created Computer-based Training Modules, Websites and Portals of various clients
- The various stages of projects are interacting with the client to understand the requirements, design the wireframes and deliver the Accessible content.
Faculty
EDIT Systems Pvt Ltd.
2001.01 - 2004.04
- Edit institute is a skill-based educational institute with specialise courses in Web design, multimedia, visual design, and also offering individual courses for various Adobe Products
- Activities: My work profile comprised of developing Interactive session for Corel and Flash MX, Learning CD development and created Interactive presentation for Edit systems Pvt Ltd
- Was involved in developing course materials and syllabus for web multimedia program
- I was also a project guide for many students.
Education
Diploma in Production Technology -
AISSMS Polytechnic
Pune01.1998
Diploma in Web multimedia -
Edit Institute
PuneCertification course in Human-computer Interaction Design -
Indian Institute of Technology Powai
MumbaiDiploma in Business Management, Distance Diploma Program in Business Management -
AIIMAS
ChennaiSkills
- Accessibility audit
- HTML and XHTML
- HTML5
- CSS3
- Usability analysis
- Heuristic evaluations
- Paper prototyping
- High-fidelity wireframe design
- Wireframing and prototyping for web and mobile domain
- Interactive prototype design using Adobe Photoshop, Flash, and Dreamweaver
- Web authoring using HTML, CSS, HTML5, and CSS3
- Interaction design using Microsoft Visio, MS PowerPoint, and Axure 7.0/8.0
- Accessibility testing using Accverify, WAI toolbar, and screen readers (Supernova, Jaws, etc.)
- Project Planning
- Project Management
- Resource Allocation
- Project Scheduling
Certification
- Certificate of participation - Section 508 Training on designing accessible websites
- Expo CD workshop at IDC, IIT Bombay - Communication Design for IT and Media Professionals
Toolsandskillsets
- Interactive prototype: Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver
- Web Authoring: HTML, CSS, HTML5, CSS3
- Interaction design: Paper prototyping, Microsoft Visio, MS PowerPoint, Axure 7.0/8.0
- Accessibility: Automated testing (Accverify), Manual Testing (WAI toolbar), Screen reader testing (Supernova, Jaws etc.)
Awards
- Certification of appreciation- Awarded by BT for the shop CRM application - 2006
- Tech Mahindra Certificate of Appreciation - "Cookie" award for 888 Project - 2008
- Valuable Team Player for CIO-P2P-Automation project - 2011
- Pat on the Back Award for UKBS project - July 2014
- Associate of the Month Award for UKBS project - April 2016
Timeline
Project Manager (Design)
Extentia Information Technology Pvt Ltd. (A Merkle Company)
2019.12 - Current
Associate Tech Specialist (UX Designer)
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
2006.06 - 2019.12
Web Designer Engineer
Seed InfoTech (deputed to Tech Mahindra)
2005.06 - 2006.05
Graphic / UI Designer
Freelancer
2004.04 - 2005.05
Faculty
EDIT Systems Pvt Ltd.
2001.01 - 2004.04
Diploma in Production Technology -
AISSMS Polytechnic
Diploma in Web multimedia -
Edit Institute
Certification course in Human-computer Interaction Design -
Indian Institute of Technology Powai
Diploma in Business Management, Distance Diploma Program in Business Management -
AIIMAS
- Certificate of participation - Section 508 Training on designing accessible websites
- Expo CD workshop at IDC, IIT Bombay - Communication Design for IT and Media Professionals
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