k.a. anand

Current

Freelancing at regain

Past

User experience designer at MPower Mobile (formerly Sapphire)
Co - Founder at kwippy
Interaction designer/developer at Uzanto Consulting

Freelancer at Freelancer
Visual Designer at kathaa animation

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Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Senior Secondary School - sector 10

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k.a. anand’s Summary

I have 5 years experience working in various roles in design. Started at the bottom as a graphics/animation/UI coder and then moved up the ranks. With a background in logic and a work experience in applied arts, I best suited in roles bordering between technology and the abstract (call it look and feel, visual design or anything else).
My strengths are a minimalist design with high emphasis on the user experience. And my goal is to work on products where the user experience has a high priority in the scheme of things.

k.a. anand’s Specialties:

Use case modelling, Scenario creation, Persona building, Prototyping - wireframe/lo-fi/hi-fi, Heuristic evaluation, Usability consulting

k.a. anand’s Experience

Freelancing

regain

(Design industry)

February 2009 — Present (6 months)

I have 5 years experience designing for the web/software. My strengths are minimalist design with the most emphasis on Usability and User experience. You can download and view my portfolio here: http://kaargocult.webfactional.com/static/linked/k_a_anand_portfolio.pdf
And I am open for work proposals.
User experience designer

MPower Mobile (formerly Sapphire)

(Wireless industry)

February 2008 — February 2009 (1 year 1 month)

It is the world's first mobile debit network enabling users to conduct transactions and perform banking functions from their handsets using text messaging. I handle the web frontend and design of the mobile applets.
Co - Founder

kwippy

(Internet industry)

January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year)

Kwippy is a nanoblogging platform and a social network integrated with your IMs. It adapts according to you and integrates into your workflow, so you don’t have to actively blog. In short kwippy does the blogging, while you just express.
Interaction designer/developer

Uzanto Consulting

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Worked as the interface between designing and developement in a Agile environment. Worked in the design of new features of Slideshare.net. Also handled the frontend HTML and CSS.
Freelancer

Freelancer

(Design industry)

October 2005 — December 2006 (1 year 3 months)

Worked on these:
1) A interactive mulitmedia educational CD for kindergarten kids. The challenges in this project where that the kids where new to computers and hence the interface design had to be completely intuitive. Had to research a lot about child interface design.
2) A business resource management for a RFID manufacturer. It was done using actionscript. The interface was such that a manager could create a process on an interface. This generated a XML file at backend which then was connected to the hardware. My role was till the generation of the XML file.
Visual Designer

kathaa animation

(Animation industry)

March 2005 — October 2005 (8 months)

I joined this company to hone my visual designing skills. Worked for both digital and print jobs. We handled the designing of websites which were released by Yash Raj films. During my stay there worked on sites for Mangal Pandey, Salaam Namaste and Neal and Nikki.

k.a. anand’s Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

2000 — 2004
Senior Secondary School - sector 10

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IIT Bombay Alumni
Interaction Design Association
IIT Alumni
HCI India
Designindia
Art&Design Lounge Club
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