I’m an award winning product design leader with a start-up growth mindset.

Working at the intersection of human values and evolving technologies for the past 15 years, I believe, understanding people at a deeper level is the key to designing beautiful products with long lasting user experiences.

  • The Design Leadership Forum brings together industry veterans and rising stars who advance the practice of design by fostering a community where the world’s best design leaders can learn from one another.

  • NN/g's UX Certification program offers in-depth, targeted learning about the most important UX topics and effective UX techniques. It builds a solid foundation employing practical design guidelines based on hundreds of research studies.

  • The SAFe Agilist is the first major point of introduction into the SAFe principles and constructs. This allows one to expand their skills and experience to play a key role in driving business transformation.

  • Golden Key International Honour Society is the world's largest collegiate honor society for graduate and undergraduate students, and has strong relationships with over 400 universities around the world.

Awards & Recognitions

Recent experience

Property Exchange Australia
Experience design global lead
Apr 2021 — current

Cognizant
Service lead for Experience Design Strategy
Jun 2018 — Apr 2021

Telstra / Kloud
Experience design lead
Nov 2015 — Jun 2018

Iyer Coffee & Brew Society
Founder
Jun 2015 — Jun 2017

Design strategy

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Research operations

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Service design

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Customer journeys

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Ethnographic studies

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Design thinking

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Design strategy • Research operations • Service design • Customer journeys • Ethnographic studies • Design thinking •

  • Abi is not only an amazing designer, but more importantly an amazing person. Abi possesses a terrific disposition and is a genuine team player. His work ethic, professionalism and efficiency made him a real popular and invaluable member of our team.

    James Gold, Head of growth at Modeus

  • Abi is an expert in his field, he has both the technical and communication skills to deliver results all the time. He is highly motivated and sees the big picture, he drives energetically towards his goal. He is a great asset to any company.

    John Yu, Senior manager at Capgemini

  • Abi's solid technical knowledge of HTML & CSS was a plus - as it allowed me to converse with him in development lingo and work together to make the designs flow around the limitation of web browsers and a plethora of devices.

    Felix Satyaputra, Staff engineer at Zendesk

  • Abi is a very passionate designer and takes pride in his work. His understanding of user experience design is astute and he is always willing to learn new skills. I enjoyed working with him and he would be a great addition to any organisation.

    Pankaj Yadav, Digital strategist