Mayank Khanna
Experienced Product Designer | Design Leadership
8 yrs experience · <10 hrs/week
About
With an M.S. in Information from the University of Michigan and a B.E. in Information Technology from Visvesvaraya Technological University, this individual has a strong educational background. Their experience includes roles such as Mentor at First Round Fast Track, Product Design Consultant at Buf, and Staff Product Designer at Nylas. They have also worked as a Senior Product Designer at Fungible, Inc., and as an Interaction Designer at Cloudistics and Kodak Alaris. Their expertise spans various domains, including human-computer interaction, design thinking, and product design. They have contributed to projects involving platform, onboarding, and growth initiatives, and have provided design leadership across product, brand, and marketing. This individual has also served as a Research Assistant at the University of Michigan, showcasing a diverse skill set and a strong foundation in design and technology.
Skills
Experience
- Mentor · First Round Fast Track08-01-2023
As a mentor at First Round Fast Track, provided guidance and support to individuals in the startup ecosystem.
- Product Design Consultant · Buf07-01-2023 – 09-01-2023
Executed design at the intersection of product, engineering, and business. Provided design leadership across product, brand, and marketing at Buf.
- Staff Product Designer / Design Lead Platform, Onboarding & Growth · Nylas09-01-2022 – 06-01-2023
Contributed as a staff product designer and design lead at Nylas, focusing on platform, onboarding, and growth initiatives.
- Senior Product Designer / Product Lead New Initiatives · Nylas09-01-2021 – 08-01-2022
Served as a senior product designer and product lead for new initiatives at Nylas.
- Lead Experience Designer · Appian Corporation08-01-2020 – 08-01-2021
Led experience design initiatives at Appian Corporation.
- Senior Product Designer · Fungible, Inc.05-01-2019 – 08-01-2020
Played a key role in the strategic partnership between the Cloudistics software team and Fungibles hardware team to create the next generation of software-defined composable cloud infrastructure at Fungible, Inc.
- Design Advisor · Kaagazi04-01-2018 – 05-01-2020
Provided design advisory services at Kaagazi.
- Interaction Designer · Cloudistics07-01-2016 – 01-01-2020
Designed various features across the web-based platform for managing an integrated cloud management solution at Cloudistics.
- Interaction Designer · Kodak Alaris05-01-2015 – 08-01-2015
Redesigned the image gallery experience of the Kodak Moments app and conducted user research at Kodak Alaris.
- Research Assistant · University of Michigan10-01-2014 – 05-01-2015
Created browser extensions to facilitate user research conducted at the University of Michigan through the Mtogether initiative.
Education
- University of Michigan - School of InformationM.S. in Information, Human Computer Interaction
- Stanford OnlineDesign Thinking
- Visvesvaraya Technological UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology
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