Hribhav Panchal

Hribhav Panchal

AI Product Designer & Founder (Voice AI, Human-in-the-Loop UX) | Codes in Prototype

6 yrs experience · San Francisco, CA · <10 hrs/week

About

AI Product Designer and 2× founder who codes, with 4+ years designing AI-native products where system behavior, uncertainty, trust, and human handoffs are critical. Led UX for AI dashboards used by 300K+ engineers and designed voice AI for family healthcare, including escalation and human-in-the-loop flows for safety-critical moments. Prototypes directly in code using Claude Code, Cursor, and MD-driven agent skills.

Skills

Behavioral AnalysisDesign SystemsHTML/CSSInformation ArchitectureInteraction DesignReactTypeScriptUsability TestingVisual Design

Experience

  • AI Product Designer · Kedara01-01-2026

    ○ Owned end-to-end design of a voice AI assistant for family caregivers, defining how the system handles uncertainty and escalates to humans in safety-critical moments. ○ Ran caregiver research and conversation testing to understand trust breakdowns, urgent-care questions, and accessibility needs. ○ Designed escalation and human-in-the-loop flows for medical emergencies, with clean human handoff under high-stakes conditions. ○ Designed for voice accessibility (hearing loss, conversational interruptions) through voice agent behavior tuning and guardrail design. ○ Prototyped directly in code (Claude Code, Cursor, Figma Make) with custom MD-driven agent skills that automate design-to-code.

  • AI Product Designer · Keysight Technologies (HP)03-01-2025 – 12-01-2025

    ○ Owned UX for AI dashboards used by 300K+ engineers globally, designing AI Drill Down, AI Monthly Reports, and AI Dashboard Generation features that lifted workflow efficiency 11.49%. ○ Conducted engineer interviews and usability tests to map dashboard pain points, mental models, drill-down behavior, and reporting needs. ○ Built design system from scratch with auto-layout components, accessibility patterns, and edge-case state flows.

  • Product Designer · The Arc Web01-01-2024 – 08-01-2024

    ○ Led a 4-person design team on UX and brand identity for a startup news platform with AI-powered search and discovery. ○ Lifted retention 3% to 8.4% (2.8x) by using user feedback, and content discovery patterns to redesign navigation and filtering. ○ Built design system and brand identity from scratch: visual language, component library, and product surfaces.

  • Product Designer · Vidyut Tech06-01-2023 – 12-01-2023

    ○ Cut approval time 26.5% by designing multi-step decision and verification flows used by 90K+ operators quarterly. ○ Shadowed operator workflows and translated complex financial logic (eligibility, risk scoring, verification) into clear interaction steps. ○ Built design system from scratch, standardizing interaction patterns across internal product surfaces.

  • Founding Designer & Consultant · How Does It Matter (HDIM)06-01-2023 – 08-01-2024

    ○ Co-founded a 4-person embedded design studio serving 12+ startups across AI, SaaS, fintech, and consumer. ○ Led founder workshops, user interviews, competitor research, and design reviews to move teams from vague product bets to shipped flows. ○ Set craft bar, built reusable design systems, and shaped product decisions alongside founders from problem framing to launch.

  • Co-Founder & Founding Designer · Memboro (Acquired)08-01-2020 – 06-01-2022

    ○ Scaled a 0-to-1 social media consumer platform to 50K+ MAU with 85% retention, leading to acquisition. ○ Led user interviews, usability testing, and behavioral analysis to shape onboarding, monetization and growth surfaces. ○ Led a 7-person team to build product, brand, and growth surfaces from scratch.

Education

  • UC Santa CruzM.S., M.S. Human-Computer Interaction
  • IIIT DelhiB.Tech, B.Tech Computer Science & Design

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