Shilpa Shukla

Current

User Experience Manager at LPL Financial
User Experience Design Expert at Shilpa Design Consultancy

Education

University of California, Irvine
University of California, Irvine

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Industry

Computer Software

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Shilpa Shukla’s Summary

I am a professional User Experience Designer with nearly 15 years of experience working with leading IT companies including Hewlett Packard, SightSpeed (a service of Logitech), Microsoft, J.D.Edwards (a former Peoplesoft company), Nokia, and Apple.

I hold a B.S. and M.S. in Information and Computer Science with a focus in Human Computer Interaction, Software Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

My goal is to holistically apply quality design fundaments to inform software developers on how to create an optimal user experience while factoring in the organization's business model, the end-user's context and general design priciples such as interaction, visual, information, and usability concepts. My depth of knowledge in software engineering, human computer interaction and user-centered design combined with my artistic design knowledge has severed as a strong foundation for my career.

Responsibilities:
• I am the liaison which helps IT organizations bridge communication between internal and external stakeholders to ensure requirements are being effectively translated to most efficiently build the right product.
• I am the unifying voice that leads IT organizations to achieve the envisioned goals through application of pragmatic validation methods including contextual studies, concept testing, and usability testing, as well as through proactive heuristic, competitive, and market research.
• I serve IT organizations in driving the User Centered Design process through task page flows, mockups, design pattern guidelines, and application overview sitemaps.

Shilpa Shukla’s Specialties:

Team Leadership, Group Vision, Project ideation and management, Coordination of overall creative process, Design strategy and advocacy, Resource and personal management, Hands on creation of deliverables, Innovation in product conceptualization & design, Communication with software development teams, Computer Science skills to realistically assess feasibility goals, Interaction Design, User Experience Research, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, Technical Writing.

Shilpa Shukla’s Experience

User Experience Manager

LPL Financial

(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

August 2009 — Present (4 months)
User Experience Design Expert

Shilpa Design Consultancy

(Computer Software industry)

January 2009 — Present (11 months)

Principle Designer at Shilpa Design, a UX Design consulting service.

If you are seeking a User Experience Design expert contact me. I offer both consulting services and I am actively seeking full-time opportunities.

Within 15 minutes I can evaluate just about any UI product and identify key issues affecting your product's monitization and usability. I can perform this evaluation on products including web sites, hand-held devices, as well as a range of UI applications from enterprise financial services to consumer applications such as digital photography and video conferencing UI apps.

I can offer solutions to create an optimal user experience product.

I can perform early market research and contextual inquiry analysis to inform and validate software requirements, as well as usability analysis.

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Shilpa Shukla’s Interests:

Human Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Cognitive Science, Ethnography and Anthropology, Web 2.0 Technology, Social Networking Research, Spinning, Tango Dancing, Salsa Dancing, Cooking, Water Color Painting, Drawing, Sketching, Reading, Power Yoga, Meditation, Mountain Climbing and Hiking, Swimming, Poetry, Volunteer Work, Health and Nutrition