ABOUT

I am known as - Junaid.

Where are you from? I am from and based out of Bangalore – have lived here most my life except for higher education and work.

You are educated, right? Driven by a deep desire and fascination to understand the human psyche I pursued and obtained an MS degree in Psychology with a specialisation in Human Factors Psychology (Minor - Industrial/ Organisational Psychology). I completed the necessary undergraduate courses in psychology while I pursued and completed a MS degree in Electrical Engineering. My undergraduate degree is in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (from UVCE, Bangalore). 

What do you do? I am a Design professional. I took time off corporate to build My Chat Lesson Pvt Ltd - as it's Co-founder and Director where we tried delivering learning content for high school students (CBSE, ICSE and KSEEB) through chat stories.

I am  a 'Designing Your Life (DYL)' certified Coach and a Stanford Life Design Educator for Universities as well. I have been helping individuals create a rewarding life and a fulfilling career through talks, courses, workshops and 1-on-1 coaching. 

Work experience? I have more than fifteen years of work experience as a Design Professional working with organisations such as Adobe, Oracle, ABB, IBM (among others) designing applications, proposing, managing and running design projects.

Interest? There cannot be any other puzzle as cryptic or any other device as complex as the human mind. I am still as fascinated as ever to understand the human mind and what makes a human being do what he does. This is right in line with the work I do in Life Design and as a Design Professional.

Family? I am married to a PhD who worked at Indian Institute of Science as a post-doc for six years before taking up a teaching position (currently an Associate Professor) position at Dayanand Sagar University in Bangalore. We have a sixteen year old son. 

Life's philosophy? This quote sums it up: “You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” -Jojo Moyes

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

  • Co-founder and Director, My Chat Lesson Pvt Ltd | Dec 2023 - Dec 2024
  • Principal Consultant – ‘Designing your Life’ Practice, Q-GLUE Innovation Pvt Ltd. | Apr 2022 to Dec 2023
  • User Experience Designer, Adobe Inc., Bangalore | Jul 2018 to Mar 2022
  • Sr. User Experience Designer, Oracle India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore | Jun 2013 to Jul 2018
  • User Experience Lead, Endeavour Tech., Bangalore | Dec 2012 to May 2013
  • Usability & HCI Researcher, R&D Project Manager, ABB Corporate Research Ltd., Bangalore | Jan 2011 to Nov 2012
  • User Experience Lead, IBM Global Services, Bangalore, India | Jul 2009 to Dec 2010
  • User Experience Designer, Idea Integration, Houston, TX | Apr 2008 to May 2009
  • Sr. Interaction Analyst, Satyam Computer Services Ltd., Parsippany, NJ & Hyderabad, India | Dec 2006 to Apr 2008
  • Human Factors Engineer, Intel Corporation, Bangalore, India | Mar 2006 to Nov 2006
  • Human Factors Specialist, Human Factors International, Bangalore, India | Jul 2005 to Mar 2006

TEACHING CREDITS

  • I love to teach and believe that the best way to learn and master something is by teaching it. I regularly conduct workshops and teach courses. 
  • Taught and spoke across prestigious institutes and conferences including IIM Lucknow, IIT Delhi, IIM Indore, Srishti-Manipal Institute, INTERACT, India HCI, (among others).  
  • Range of topics spoken on and taught – Designing Your Life, Design Thinking, The Science Behind UX Design, Quantifying Creativity for Modern Workplaces, Structuring Creativity, Choice Architecture in Interaction Design, etc. 

 

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