Hello
I'm Arya.

A UX designer with over 12 years of experience. I work on cutting edge AI-solutions, mainly for Cisco

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Recent work

Shaping the future of design system adoption at Cisco

Shaping the future of design system adoption at Cisco

A proactive JTBD research initiative to boost efficiency

Jobs-to-be-done
User research
Bringing org-wide design system alignment

Bringing org-wide design system alignment

Designing for a better product development experience

UI designs
Prototypes
From silos to 60 collaborative sessions

From silos to 60 collaborative sessions

100% critical talent retention with a community-first approach

UX community
Design leadership
A portfolio of AI platform and chatbots serving over 1M users

A portfolio of AI platform and chatbots serving over 1M users

Enabling $558M in bookings and $25+M in savings through AI innovation

UX strategy
UX design
UI design
Slashing ramp-up time by over 75% with a mentorship program

Slashing ramp-up time by over 75% with a mentorship program

90 days mentorship cutting escalations by 90%+

Mentorship
Design leadership
Innovating collaboration to overcome virtual-meeting (VM) fatigue

Innovating collaboration to overcome virtual-meeting (VM) fatigue

A creative initiative aimed at enhancing the VM experience for a global user base

Stretch Project
User research
UX designs

I build scalable user-friendly products, lead a talented design team, mentor emerging talent, and spearhead our UX recruitment efforts.

Experience

  • Sr UX Design Architect

    Cisco, via Relanto

    /24 - present

  • Principal UX Designer Sr Lead UX Designer Lead UX Designer Sr UX Designer

    Cisco, via Zensar

    /16 - /24

  • Sr UX Designer

    Mobisoft

    /15 - /16

  • UI/UX Designer

    The Circus Works

    /14 - /15

  • UI/UX Designer

    i-Value Bridge

    /12 - /13

Awards

  1. Leading Innovator
    /23 • Quarterly Awards • Zensar
  2. Team Lead of the Year
    /21 • Annual Excellence Awards • Zensar
  3. Leader - Customer Centricity
    /21 • Quarterly Awards • Zensar
  4. Finalist - CX (Cisco)
    /20 • Data Science Awards • Cisco
  5. Best Practice - Team
    /19 • Quarterly Awards • Zensar
  6. Star Achiever
    /18 • Quarterly Awards • Zensar

Certifications /24

  1. Introduction to Web Accessibility
    /W3C • WAI0.1x
  2. Flawless Typography: Understanding and breaking the rules
    Awwwards
  3. Introduction to Front-End Dev
    Meta (Facebook)
  4. Design with Figma: Building Striking Compositions
    Pablo Stanley • Awwwards
नमस्ते (Namaste)