Designing Intelligence
Shipping at Scale
Lead Product Designer · Enterprise SaaS · Healthcare AI · Design Systems
Executive Summary
12+ years leading complex 0-to-1 products across Healthcare AI, Data Intelligence, Fintech, and Enterprise SaaS.
I specialize in turning high-density technical and clinical workflows into intuitive systems that engineering teams can ship with confidence. At Innobot Health, Collate.io (OpenMetadata), and Deuex Solutions, I built production design systems that cut component rework by 55% and AI-augmented prototyping pipelines that accelerated delivery by 40%.
Whether partnering directly with Founders and VPs of Product on product strategy, architecting multi-brand token systems, or mentoring senior IC designers, I focus on measurable business outcomes: adoption, workflow speed, and engineering velocity.
Impact that speaks for itself
Experience
Shipped
Iterations
Rework
Numbers from real products · real teams · real impact
Selected Work
Featured Projects
Collate · Enterprise
Commercial AI-powered data intelligence platform for enterprise data teams
Collate.io Website
Enterprise B2B marketing site for the commercial Collate data intelligence platform
OpenMetadata Website
Open-source data platform marketing site, discovery, observability, and governance
Emplora
AI-native HRMS. One employee record, a copilot that finishes the work, and a published price.
Emplora Mobile
The same HRMS on Android, capability parity, not a reduced companion app.
Nexus Play
Dive into a massive library of 145 premium browser games.
Crop.photo
Home Page Redesign Concept focusing on smooth user experience.
Atlas Freight
Real-time supply-chain visibility across ocean, road, rail, and air. Know where everything is.
Northwind
The workflow platform for operations teams. Orchestrate complex processes with the governance enterprise demands.
Vector
See what your models actually do in production. Tracing, evals, and cost monitoring for AI teams.
TripBits
Revolutionizing Your Travel Experience. Booking flights just became easier, smarter, and more rewarding!
Summer
100% Real, Premium Ice Cream landing page built with AI.
Sahal Wallet
Multichain and Multi-asset crypto wallet with high security features.
Aura Brand Guidelines
Branding guidelines and design system
ANKA
Gen Z UPI payments & wealth super-app. Real-time Safe to Spend clarity, automated group debt resolution, and zero-ads dark system.
AETHER EV
Your car. Your intelligence. One offline-first surface replacing the seven apps every EV driver juggles.
Bargain Rani
India's women-first marketplace, real products, fair prices, and the power to bargain without being judged.
Bargain Rani · Mobile
The same marketplace on Android and iOS, one account, with cart, wishlist and orders synced live with the web.
Vera
Primary care that actually knows you. Same-day visits, a dedicated care team, one calm place for your family.
Vera
Primary care that knows you, same-day visits, one named care team, and results written in plain language.
Vantage Care
Blood-pressure monitoring designed for Margaret, 74, because if it works for her, it works for everyone.
Sahara Financial Ledger
A private-wealth app that plans instead of reports. Name a goal and the whole ledger reorganises around reaching it sooner.
Wonder Smiles
A fear-free pediatric dental clinic brand and website, where kids actually want to visit the dentist.
Caldera
An invitation-only collection of private houses. Stay somewhere that remembers you.
MAISON ORÉ
A quiet-luxury atelier. Considered garments, made in limited runs, built to outlast the season.
Meridian
The operating account for modern companies. Treasury, cards, and bill pay, reconciled to the cent.
Lumen
A self-custodial wallet for actual humans. Hold, swap, and spend onchain assets, keys only you control.
आंगण AANGAN
A contemporary wada, walked in one continuous camera move. Every wall and pillar is generated in code. No models, no textures, and a slider hands you the sun.
वडापाव
Eleven scenes about a ten-rupee snack. Real-time 3D, a Marathi narration track, and an ending that plays the explosion backwards so everything gathers back into one.
तात्या विंचू
A scroll-driven cinematic descent into a Konkan wada. Eight film clips scrubbed by the scroll wheel, a WebGL room whose dust parts around your cursor, and no play button anywhere.
Career Evolution
The Design Journey
Enterprise AI, Data Platforms & 0-to-1 Architecture
I lead products end to end and consult on them from the first idea through to launch. Zero to one, across Fintech, BFSI, insurance, SaaS, enterprise, IT and studios. Teams bring me in to work out what the product should actually be, build it with them, and leave them able to carry it on without me.
Clinical tools people trust
Design lead on clinical AI, where a confusing screen is not an inconvenience but a risk. Built the design system the team still runs on, set up the AI workflow around Gemini and Claude Code, and used n8n to take the repetitive work off people’s plates.
Leading, not just designing
Ran design for enterprise SaaS and started leading rather than only making: hiring, reviews, and the unglamorous work of getting a team to agree how it designs together. This is where AI stopped being a novelty for me and became part of how the work got done.
Design systems that held up
B2B products first, then Web3 and Fintech dashboards dense with data. Built proper atomic design systems, because the alternative at that scale is twenty people quietly inventing twenty different buttons.
From pretty to usable
Mobile and web work where I stopped treating design as decoration. Learned to care about the flow before the pixels, and that a screen which looks right and tests badly is still wrong.
Learning the craft
Agency years. Visual design, interaction basics and brand work across whatever came through the door. Not glamorous, but it is where the eye gets trained.
How I Design
with
AI
AI isn't a shortcut, it's a force multiplier. Every phase of my process is augmented by the right model at the right moment.
Connects to every
tool I already run
Every AI model, design tool, and automation platform, wired into one intent-driven workflow that ships faster and thinks deeper.
Toolkit & Technologies
The Modern Stack
Fusing traditional design craftsmanship with current AI automation.
Design & UI/UX
Transforming complex concepts into intuitive, pixel-perfect realities. Using industry-standard software enhanced by generative AI to accelerate visual exploration and precise interface structuring.
Standard Stack
AI Augmented
Prototyping & UX
Bridging the gap between static screens and living experiences. Using AI predictive models and solid mapping tools to rapidly test and validate user journeys before writing a single line of code.
Standard Stack
AI Augmented
Motion & Interaction
Breathing life into digital products. Crafting fluid, meaningful micro-interactions and cinematic animations using advanced motion frameworks and generative video AI tools.
Standard Stack
AI Augmented
Front-end Engineering
Ensuring design feasibility and flawless developer handoffs. Integrating AI coding assistants to prototype functional components and bridge the execution gap between design systems and live codebases.
Standard Stack
AI Augmented
AI & Productivity
Supercharging daily workflows with current AI assistants. Automating the mundane to focus purely on strategic, creative product leadership and cross-functional alignment.
Standard Stack
AI Core Engines
Continuous Learning & AI Forward
Google AI Studio &
Antigravity Masterclass
HelloPM
AI Tools &
ChatGPT
Be10x
Generative AI
Mastermind
Outskill
I don't just design.
I
build design culture.
The work you see in the portfolio is the output. The systems, processes, and teams behind it are what I actually build.
Team Building
Building design teams from nothing, which turns out to be less about hiring and more about the structure around it. Who reports to whom, what good looks like at each level, and how design sits with product and engineering.
- Built design teams from scratch across multiple orgs
- Established hiring frameworks and rubrics
- Defined role ladders and growth paths for designers
- Cross-functional partnering with Product & Engineering
DesignOps
Making design repeatable. Systems, tooling and handoff standards, so the team stops rebuilding the same component and stops having the same argument with engineering every sprint.
- Design Systems reducing component rework by 50-60%
- AI workflow integration cutting iteration cycles by 40%
- Handoff standards and dev-collaboration protocols
- Tooling: Figma, Zeplin, Storybook, Notion, n8n
Mentorship & Growth
Getting junior and mid-level designers to the point where they make the call themselves instead of bringing it to me. That is career shaping, not critique on a Friday afternoon.
- Mentored designers across levels (junior → senior)
- Regular 1:1s, portfolio reviews, and critique sessions
- Created internal learning resources and workshops
- Championed psychological safety in design critiques
What leaders & collaborators say
"Rupesh is a silent river with a lot of depth in him. He is very bright at what he does and takes every task effectively. He is very lively and friendly at work. Every task he takes, he completes on time without complaints. A great team player and leader."
Rutika Paannchal
Sr. Manager HRBP @ Jio Platforms
"I had the opportunity to work with Rupesh for over 2 years. Throughout this time, he consistently demonstrated humility, collaboration, and a strong willingness to share his knowledge with others."
Prerana Poojary
Human Resource Professional
"Rupesh is genuinely one of the best person to work with. He approaches every task with clarity, precision, and a deep understanding of concepts. He breaks down complex problems into effective solutions, combining creativity with practicality."
Reethika Ravichandran
AI-First Product Design Lead
"Rupesh is a silent river with a lot of depth in him. He is very bright at what he does and takes every task effectively. He is very lively and friendly at work. Every task he takes, he completes on time without complaints. A great team player and leader."
Rutika Paannchal
Sr. Manager HRBP @ Jio Platforms
"I had the opportunity to work with Rupesh for over 2 years. Throughout this time, he consistently demonstrated humility, collaboration, and a strong willingness to share his knowledge with others."
Prerana Poojary
Human Resource Professional
"Rupesh is genuinely one of the best person to work with. He approaches every task with clarity, precision, and a deep understanding of concepts. He breaks down complex problems into effective solutions, combining creativity with practicality."
Reethika Ravichandran
AI-First Product Design Lead