About - Naveed Ahmed

Me

I am a User Experience (UX) Designer and have spent more than 13 years designing and crafting experiences for digital products.

My work includes working with cross-functional teams and Senior Leadership to develop the product vision, strategy, and the UX. I work alongside partners from Product Management, Engineering, User Research, Content Design, Art Directors, and Marketing to execute various aspects of the product experience.

Professional Journey

During my career, I have had the privilege of working on the drawing board as well as managing design teams. I've led teams that have designed products integral to the digital experiences of hundreds of millions of users.

In the last decade, I have worked at places such as Microsoft, Adobe, Red Hat, and Infosys, where I solved design problems for productivity, information management, growth, retention and for core product experiences.

Personal Stuff

Besides design, I dabble into photography, watch reruns of Seinfeld, and binge on sci-fi. I was once a hardcore Matrix fan and went too deep down the rabbit hole, that I now prefer spending time in libraries and museums.

I enjoy writing and recently published a book on Microsoft Lists with Apress Publishers. I have written a few articles on enterprise user experience too, on Medium; you can get to them from the Publications section.

With varying speaking and written skills in eight languages, I dream of becoming a polyglot one day; before which I want to learn the Sign Language too.

Design origins

My journey in design is something that I accidentally embarked upon and one that I have never looked back since. It started with designing a humble poster in 2005, and before I knew it I found myself doing freelance design for print and web, which later turned into a career in user experience design.

In 2012, I took a break from career to pursue a full-time Masters in Interaction Design from IDC School of Design (erstwhile Industrial Design Centre) at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) in Mumbai. The intense learning and the amazing people ❤️ I met during the program completely transformed me and helped me become what I am today—a better designer.