Mehul Thakkar
Product Experience Strategist and a people focused leader
My focus is to shape and execute a strategic UX vision that transforms enterprise products into intuitive, efficient, and scalable solutions.
By aligning user experience with business objectives, leveraging data-driven insights, and fostering cross-functional collaboration, I aim to drive design excellence that enhances productivity, accelerates digital transformation, and delivers measurable business.
I currently lead UX design for enterprise products, improving usability and efficiency for finance product
I am responsible to define and implement UX strategy for Oracle Financial Services suite of products. I have been conducting Bootcamps for JAPC region to institutionalise Redwood design process.
My experience includes
Product ideation & conceptualization,
Create and refine comprehensive UX user flows
Setting up, leading and mentoring cross-location design teams.
20+ years Experience
Diverse Exposure
I have traveled across regions to conduct user studies, for pre-sales, executing UX projects, etc.
I have worked with product-based and service-based companies for various domains
Driven by a fundamental belief that everything starts and ends with human beings; hence, any solution must follow the human-centered approach.
Skills
UX design
User Research,
Affinity diagramming
Interaction Design,
Prototyping
Journey Mapping
Worked on end-to-end PDLC and have applied UCD processes.
UX Processes
Establishing UX process
Defining UX clearance criteria
Establishing UX processes
Defining individual's growth path
I have defined and refined UX processes to align with the business and users' needs.
Leadership
UX Strategy
Close collaboration with multiple teams ​
Good storyteller
Establishing, mentoring and managing design teams
Managing large products ​
I have driven multiple initiatives across the organisation
Experience Overview
May 2022 - Present
Oracle India Pvt Ltd.
UX Strategist
Responsible to strategize and design experiences for products in the financial domain, creating designs as per redwood design systems
Conduct UX boot camps for the JAPAC region.
2020 - May 2022
Digitate
(A Product arm of Tata Consultancy Services )
Manage a portfolio of 10+ software products. Ensure adherence to UCD processes. Mentoring and guiding a team of UX designers.
Responsible to standardize UX processes, mature UX of products, offering a consistent experience to internal and external users, defining collaborative working models, and envision future UX for the brand.
Head, Experience Design Studio
2011 - 2020
Tata Consultancy Services
UX Design Head, PX CoE
Responsible to strategise and design experiences for TCS products, mentor, manage and do hands-on from research to testing phase of PDLC.
2005 - 2011
iGate Patni
UX Architect
Responsible to closely work with users, stakeholders, developers ensuring UCD process is followed for the applications being created.
To Conceptualise, ideate, design based on inputs captured during the Research phase.
Portfolio
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Compliance Management System
Designed a solution for a large enterprise that managed compliances for 400+ software products.
Skill Development Portal
Analyzed rural and urban India by conducting field studies enabled us to get insights into building a platform for skill development in India
Anti Money Laundering
Redesigned an application to make it intuitive to use,
Applied IV widely to simplify data analysis for users
