Senior Interaction Designer at Oracle
Bangalore Area, India
- Current
-
- Senior Interaction Designer at Oracle, Bangalore
- Past
-
- Visiting Faculty at Design Programme, IIT Kanpur
- Visiting Faculty at National Institute of Design - Bangalore Campus
- Interaction Designer at Oracle, Bangalore
- Usability Engineer at PeopleSoft | Covansys, Bangalore
- Design Intern at Emantras
- Education
-
- Cooper U (Alan Cooper's), San Francisco
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology
- Kendriya Vidyalaya
- Recommended
-
4 people have recommended Adesh - Connections
-
213
connections
- Industry
- Computer Software
- Websites
Adesh Singh’s Summary
I am an Interaction designer with four years of industry experience in designing business applications and supporting user experience activities for Oracle's application division. I started my career as an Usability Engineer with PeopleSoft and later moved to Oracle Applications User Experience group as an Interaction design lead. I've designed solutions across various domains including CRM, SCM, Manufacturing, US Govt. Contracts, OnDemand solutions for various mainstream products from PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Siebel CRM, Oracle Fusion etc. I have recently worked as the lead designer for Oracle's first ever Fusion Applications for Sales, which were showcased in Oracle Openworld 2007.
In my spare time, I prefer to get involved in bringing HCI community together through organizing conferences, connecting with academic institutions and student community from various design schools in India. I am also an active member of ACM SIGCHI, UPA, IxDA and Computer Society of India, and visited various HCI conferences including CHI 2006 at Montreal Canada.
I graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur with Master’s degree in design. My academic research was focused on interactions for touch screen interfaces, and I developed a touch screen based navigation system for IIT Kanpur’s academic campus. I also hold a Bachelors degree in Computer Science & Engineering with major in Software Engineering and Communication Systems.
Adesh Singh’s Specialties:
User Centered Design, Interaction Design, Software Usability Analysis, Leadership in Design Implementation, Developing Design Standards Guidelines and Patterns, Consensus Building, Project Planning and Management, Project Negotiations, Design Communication, Usability Evaluations, Usability Testing
Adesh Singh’s Experience
-
Senior Interaction Designer
Oracle, Bangalore
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)
December 2007 — Present (11 months)
Currently, I am supporting and leading various efforts to define a user experience paradigm for Oracle's Business Intelligence (BI) Edge Applications. The key goal is to provide a unified and seamless experience to Oracle's customer who owns various different BI solutions.
Also responsible to research and explore emerging web 2.0 trends in enterprise applications and develop guidelines and patterns around these trends. -
Visiting Faculty
Design Programme, IIT Kanpur
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2008 — March 2008 (3 months)
Conducted a short workshop on basics of Interaction design and usability methods in Feb 2008.
Invited guest to participate in a symposium on Design and Education organized by IIT Kanpur -
Visiting Faculty
National Institute of Design - Bangalore Campus
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Design industry)
February 2008 — March 2008 (2 months)
Conducted a short term coursework and weekly workshops on Prototyping Techniques
-
Interaction Designer
Oracle, Bangalore
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)
November 2005 — November 2007 (2 years 1 month)
After the merger of PeopleSoft with Oracle, I started with a new role of Lead Interaction Designer. Starting with analytical dashboards for manufacturing domain, I defined the standards and design patterns which are being used to develop new JDE dashboards for financials and CRM. Worked on bridging the gap of user experience across most Oracle acquired product lines PeopleSoft, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Siebel CRM On Demand, Oracle On Demand. Established a prototyping environment for product managers and developers using Visio. Developed UI specification and guidelines for new designs and conducted training session for the developer community
Worked on software development processes such as SDLC, SOA and Agile with primary focus to align UCD processes with them. -
Usability Engineer
PeopleSoft | Covansys, Bangalore
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSFT; Computer Software industry)
October 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 2 months)
Joined PeopleSoft |Covansys as a usability engineer with little knowledge of software usability and interaction design. Conducted expert usability evaluations, worked on usability testing logistics setup, data logging and observations logs. Provided design recommendations and worked with development teams to implement the designs.
The key areas of focus were JD Edwards EnterpriseOne products like CRM, Manufacturing, Financials and Self Service applications -
Design Intern
Emantras
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; E-Learning industry)
May 2003 — July 2003 (3 months)
Worked on a variety of projects ranging from marketing campaigns, print media design, E learning, Digital catalouges for Siemens & Bosch Products
Learned new tools like Photoshops, Flash and Action Script
Adesh Singh’s Education
-
Cooper U (Alan Cooper's), San Francisco
One Week Coursework, Interaction Design Practicum, 2007 — 2007
This crash course was focused on improvising the existing software development processes by introducing user centered design methods. Alan cooper and his team gave an insight into the need of effective user research to make a significant impact on the final designs. key topics covered in the workshop were: Design principles, defining team structures, User research, ethnographic interviewing techniques, modeling, profiles and personas, creating context scenarios and storyboards, defining data and functional needs, generating requirements, framework definitions, design communication, design validations.
For more details on this course visit http://www.cooper.com/services/training/ixd_practicum.html -
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Master of Design, Media and Communication Design, Human Computer Interface, Human Factors, 2002 — 2004
My first step towards a formal design education. Most exiting years of my life where I came to know a lot more about how less I knew about the deep ocean of knowledge. Met big intellects and researchers in such a powerhouse of knowledge.
Started here with designing an interactive dustbin for children which motivated them towards better disposal of garbage. Worked on an advertisement to promote Kannauj as a place of Indian heritage. Developed a new car wiper using a robotic arm in order to provide a variable range on the windshield. Worked on a Human Heart valve development in association with AIIMS Delhi and IIT Kanpur.
My Final thesis was focused on designing interfaces for touch screen systems. The final product was a map navigation system using a touch screen information kiosk -
Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology
B.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering, 1998 — 2002
I achieved an entirely new personality in KNIT. Then a shy and low profile Me jumped into a pool of opportunities, learning, computers, friends, and thrilling atmosphere.
More then academic coursework I was interested in learning Computers, playing computer games, developing ugly but interesting animations in C, developing functional ERP's for Drug Store Inventory using FoxPro, imitating automatic railway announcement system using Visual Basic, creating collage's first ever IVR system for student semester results enquiry.
Apart from all this I managed to perform immature dance skills on collages stage, performed and directed serious and humorous skit and plays. I contributed towards fine arts club by leading the club for 3 years and setting-up a photo developing studio in collage. Won many prizes in various events like photography, sketching, debates, dance, singing, skit and plays etc. Organized workshops on basics of computer hardware and basics of photography -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Schooling 1986 — 1998
I was the active member of Scouts and guides. Won zonal level competitions in science projects. Participated in AIDS campaigns at High School level
Additional Information
Adesh Singh’s Websites:
Adesh Singh’s Interests:
New media, Next gen social networks, Information Visualization, RIAs (Rich Internet Apps), Mobile Apps, Interaction Design, Human Factors, Photogaphy, Event Management, Puzzles & Mind Games, Creative Humour
Adesh Singh’s Groups:
ACM's Special Interest Group for Computer Human Interface (SIGCHI),
Usability Professionals Association,
Design Programme Alumni Association IIT Kanpur,
Alan Cooper University Alumni Association,
Interaction Design Association
-
IITKanpurAlumni -
Usability Professionals' Association International (UPA-I) -
Interaction Design Association -
IIT Alumni -
UX Professionals -
Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur(UP) India -
User Experience
Adesh Singh’s Honors:
- President of IIT Kanpur Design Programm Alumuni Association (2005 - till date)
- Special mention in "KC Mahindra Award for Excellence in Automotive design 2003"
- Stundent Secretory for Photography and Fine Arts Council at KNIT Sultanpur (2000 - 2002)
- Special Award in Design Challenge at DCamp Bangalore 2008
- Interviewed by Indian Express on "Success of IIT Kanpur's Design Programme"
Adesh Singh’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
