I am a Product Design Lead on the OLX Autos team and I am currently managing a team of nine designers in the C2B2C domain. As a lead designer and a manager, my work involves mentoring and empowering the team to unlock their potential at all career stages. I lead several projects and also support my team and their work with sufficient hands-on work wherever required. I studied engineering and then my favourite design from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. I started my corporate career at Samsung as a UX designer. From a curious engineer to a student of multidisciplinary design and finally an empathetic product designer, it has been a magnificent journey so far. With a keen interest in the behaviour of humans with digital products and Human-Centred Design, I believe bringing in design to enhance the experience is essential. I am a keen observer and a passionate designer who strongly believes one has to look beyond the boundaries of a single design discipline to get an innovative and unique solution. I have a constant urge to learn more and work towards a holistic system design and employ my design capabilities in enhancing the overall end-to-end experience of the users. I believe, if there’s a conflict between a User Goal and a Business Goal, design should be able to innovate to find a bridge to make sure that users cannot lose because I truly believe that the product is for the users, not the business. I push Innovation because I feel that as a designer if we are not innovating and creating future visions for products and organisations, we are not doing justice to ourselves and our work. I push for design excellence by looking for the highest levels of user validation, innovative solutions and IP opportunities. I always make sure that innovations seep into the product as second nature, this could be backed by the fact that I have 4 patents in my name and continuously working to get more filed soon. I love solving problems. Be it a normal day-to-day problem of a consumer or breaking my head to build complex UX flows for a business. I try to learn and practice creativity beyond the usual realms of UX design through music, magic and martial arts. It not only gives me much-needed breaks but also somewhere helps me become a better designer and professional.