Kapil Khairnar

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About Kapil Khairnar

Practitioner of Design Thinking and in Design Doing I trust, making technology more humane. Currently, leading the global design at Aera Technology, leader in decision intelligence, cognitive automation and self-driven enterprise platform. Our design team is spread across India, Romania, USA and Mexico. In the past I have spearheaded and managed design operations at MNCs like ZS Associates, Indecomm Global Services, Brainvisa (now Encora Inc.), and as an advisor/mentor I also help startups and entrepreneurs in the area of strategy and design. I am a high energy and passionate design leader with 19 years of experience leveraging human-centered design & design thinking to provide solutions to fortune 500 companies, SMEs as well as start-ups. A global mindset having worked in multiple geographies especially India, EU, USA & SEA. Rooted at the intersection of human-centered design, technology and business; I am a hands-on design leader with entrepreneurial spirit leveraging user-centered, and empathy-driven approach to deliver unified user experiences in a meaningful and differentiated way which benefits both users and businesses. Proven track record in setting up multidisciplinary design teams & operations, providing design direction and crafting best-in-class user experiences; building solutions that create emotional connect with the users and delivering value to the business. I have extensive experience in the digital domain and pursuing my interest in space design, sustainable architecture and industrial design. Expertise & Specialties- UX-UI, Interaction design, Communication Design, Service Design - Design Operations, Design Management, Creative Direction - Agile SCRUM, LeanUX, Rapid Prototyping, MVP, Waterfall - Digital Marketing, Content Marketing, Marketing Analytics, Presentations - Thought Leadership, Talent Development, Mentoring, Coaching - User Research (Qual-Quant)- Low/Hi-Fi Prototyping & Validation - Formative & Summative Usability Testing Solution areas worked on throughout my career- PaaS, SaaS, Web-Mobile Applications - RPA, Chatbots, AR-VR, IoT - BI, Analytics, Data-Viz - Elearning, Websites, Multimedia, Motion Design - Marketing Design (Integrated Digital, Offline, mar analytics)- Product Launch Programs - User Adoption Programs Industries Catered To- Lifesciences, Pharma, Medical Devices - Banking & Finance (BFSI)- IT, Software - Elearning, Education, Publishing, Entertainment - Automotive & Manufacturing - Start-ups