Sr. Product Designer · Bay Area, CA

Design that ships.
Strategy that sticks.

Founding Designer Product Owner Vibe Coder

I'm a Senior Product Designer and UX Strategy Lead with 10+ years driving end-to-end product design across enterprise software, fintech, retail, and telecom — at Cisco, Microsoft, Walmart, T-Mobile, and BNY Mellon. I lead discovery, define IA and interaction patterns, run usability research, build design systems, and own the roadmap from wireframe to shipped product.

What sets me apart: I also operate as a Product Owner — aligning stakeholders, writing specs, and prioritizing backlogs — and as a Vibe Coder who uses Figma AI, Lovable, Cursor, and Claude to take designs to working prototypes without waiting on engineering. I don't hand off. I ship.

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Mahesh Guntivenkata
Mahesh Guntivenkata
Founding Designer
@ Open to Opportunities
Selected Work

Projects that moved metrics

Enterprise-scale UX with verified, quantified outcomes — not just pretty screens.

01
Cisco
Learning Network Rebrand & Partner Experience
Led redesign of Cisco Learning Network and Learning Partner portal — improving user engagement by 18% and task completion by 25% through research-driven navigation and design system alignment.
↑ 18% engagement · ↑ 25% task completion
CISCO
RebrandPortal
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02
Microsoft
GOLocal M365 — Enterprise Deployment Tracker
Designed enterprise-scale deployment tracking across global markets for Microsoft 365, enabling local market teams to report rollout health with clarity and speed.
↑ Adoption across 14 global markets · M365 Enterprise
EnterpriseM365
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03
Walmart
IBG Internal Self-Reporting Tool
Designed an internal analytics and self-reporting tool for the world's largest retailer — reducing manual data processing time by 30% and giving managers real-time performance visibility.
↓ 30% manual processing time · Real-time reporting
WALMART
RetailAnalytics
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04
T-Mobile
Magenta Drive — Connected Car UX
Led UX for T-Mobile's connected car platform — designing navigation, media, and safety control patterns for constrained automotive contexts across a 12-month engagement.
↑ In-vehicle UX · Automotive Design System
T-MOBILE
AutomotiveIoT
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05
Cybersoft / PrimeroEdge
School Café Dashboard — K-12 Insights Module
Transformed K-12 nutrition data into intuitive dashboards over 18 months — giving district administrators clear visibility into compliance, inventory, and meal participation.
↑ Data clarity · Compliance visibility · 18-month engagement
PRIMEROEDGE
K-12Dashboard
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AI & Design

AI as a design material

Point of View
"I don't use AI to replace design thinking.
I use it to move faster through the parts that shouldn't slow you down."
— How I actually work, every day
Tools I use daily
Figma AI Layouts Claude Strategy Lovable Prototypes Galileo AI UI Gen Midjourney Moodboards ChatGPT Copy Cursor Code Figma AI Layouts Claude Strategy Lovable Prototypes Galileo AI UI Gen Midjourney Moodboards ChatGPT Copy Cursor Code
Vibe Coder
Design it.
Ship it.
I take designs to working prototypes without waiting on engineering — using AI to close the gap between idea and reality.
About

The person behind the work

Education
HBS
Harvard Business School Online
Design Thinking & Innovation
Currently Building
Indeats
Indian restaurant discovery & reservations for the Bay Area diaspora — Fremont, San Jose, Sunnyvale, Artesia.
Founder · Designer · Builder
Freelance & Consulting
✦
Sparkle
UX for agile startups — rapid interaction design & end-to-end product sprints.
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Boomlight Ventures
Strategic product design consultancy — user needs × business goals.
Contact
Got a problem
worth solving?
✉ Email me in LinkedIn ↗ maheshgv.com Open to new roles