Hi, I'm Ravi
I am a customer-centric product design leader with over 15+ years of experience in UX and product strategy, product design, generative, evaluative, mixed user research, prototyping, metrics and analytics, and servant leadership.
I have a Master's in Human-Computer Interaction from Clemson University. My specialization focuses on human factors research, interaction design, cognitive psychology, mixed UX research methods, experimental statistics, and experiment design.
I have published multiple research papers in Human Factors International Research group focusing on task analysis, user mental models and evaluation methods with a thesis on user error taxonomies and remedies.
Curious Life Long Learner
I have a never-ending curiosity about learning new things beyond my professional work, from ancient literature, stoic philosophies, mathematics, modern physics, application development, and modern emerging technologies (AI -Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Super Intelligence)
I have hands-on experience using with Amazon Web Services (AWS), I used its services, such as EC2, S3, AWS Sagemaker, and AWS Lambda, to develop and deploy applications such as a Twitter-like app, toy app, machine learning model, and deployment (GitHub) on sentiment analysis. I earned a Nano-degree in Machine Learning Engineering, where I developed real-world applications such as plagiarism detectors (NLP), sentiment analysis, and recommendation systems using Jupiter Notebook, Python, AWS and Kaggle.
My other interests are modern physics, including string theory, Einstein's field equations, the general theory of relativity, the Schrodinger equation, quantum mechanics, and quantum gravity.
Hobbies
I am an avid Formula 1 (F1) racing fan. In addition to watching F1, I build sim-racing setups from the ground up, creating PCs, configuring, and installing. I play chess sometimes in tournaments for fun, relaxation, and meditation. I dabble in street photography and urban sketching.
Family
We are a family of three. I live with my wife and son in Austin, Texas. I was originally from South India; my home town is Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, an evergreen paradise.
What am I reading?
Snapshot of a few of my books in my kindle library.
Let's talk about books and discuss about common interests.