I’m an engineer turned designer with a builder's mindset. I’ve co-founded a startup myself and spent the last four years designing inside early-stage and scale-up environments. I’ve worked with five startups across Europe in SaaS, health tech, and edtech, partnering closely with founders and product leaders to shape product direction. I naturally gravitate toward complex, system-heavy workflows and love the challenge of simplifying them while keeping the experience powerful and intuitive. My approach blends systems thinking, deep customer empathy, and a builder mentality that keeps me focused on solving real problems, not just polishing screens.

Poonam Chawda

I’m an engineer turned designer with a builder's mindset. I’ve co-founded a startup myself and spent the last four years designing inside early-stage and scale-up environments. I’ve worked with five startups across Europe in SaaS, health tech, and edtech, partnering closely with founders and product leaders to shape product direction. I naturally gravitate toward complex, system-heavy workflows and love the challenge of simplifying them while keeping the experience powerful and intuitive. My approach blends systems thinking, deep customer empathy, and a builder mentality that keeps me focused on solving real problems, not just polishing screens.

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I’m an engineer turned designer with a builder’s mindset. I’ve co-founded a startup myself and spent the last four years designing inside early-stage and scale-up environments. I’ve worked with five startups across Europe in SaaS, health tech, and edtech, partnering closely with founders and product leaders to shape product direction.

I naturally gravitate toward complex, system-heavy workflows and love the challenge of simplifying them while keeping the experience powerful and intuitive. My approach blends systems thinking, deep customer empathy, and a builder mentality that keeps me focused on solving real problems, not just polishing screens.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

UX Designer at eMabler
September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Led the redesign of the Enterprise SaaS platform and integrated AI features, improving clarity and usability, contributing to acquiring new customers.
UX Designer & Researcher at Mabler
March 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Led the redesign of the Enterprise EV-charging SaaS platform and designed three AI-focused product prototypes, improving information discoverability and usability, and workflow clarity for complex operational tools.
Product Designer at YAC-Global
December 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Led the end-to-end design of B2B SaaS and B2C platforms for YAC; designed the core product experience and visual identity, directly supporting fundraising efforts.
Founding Product Designer at YAC-global
July 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024
Designed B2B and B2C platforms, translating complex product concepts into simple, user-friendly experiences.
UX Designer & Researcher at OtOS
May 1, 2024 - May 1, 2024
Designed and prototyped the hearing test application, testing the full user flow from patient arrival to results with 30 participants to validate user needs and identify usability issues.
Founding UX Designer & Researcher at Otos
September 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024
Designed end-to-end user journeys for a Finnish health care app, mapping emotional and functional user needs of elderly.
UX Designer & Researcher at Serendip
June 1, 2023 - June 1, 2023
Key design contributor for Serendip.ai, an award-winning gamified sustainability learning platform; identified and resolved critical UX issues, redesigned game interface elements and HUD interactions, increasing user engagement and session time.
UX Designer & Researcher at GlobalCampus
January 1, 2023 - June 30, 2023
Designed UX, gameplay, and storyboard for Serendip.fi, an award-winning gamified sustainability learning platform for Finnish university.
CoFounder & Designer at Ep iassist
November 1, 2022 - November 1, 2022
Co-founded a health-tech startup focused on seizure prediction through a smartwatch + mobile app ecosystem for epilepsy patients.
Co-Founder & Designer at Epiasist
January 1, 2022 - November 30, 2022
Mapped end-to-end patient journeys, identifying moments of risk, emotional stress points, and translated them into mobile app design.

Education

MA, Art and Design (New Media) at Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024
MA Arts and Design (New Media) at Aalto University
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024
B.Tech Electronics Engineering at University of Mumbai
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2021

Qualifications

Academic Scholarship (Master's program)
January 11, 2030 - November 5, 2025
D'Source - DIC Design Challenge Winner
January 1, 2019 - November 5, 2025
SDGs Design Challenge Winner
January 1, 2020 - November 5, 2025
Indian Innovation Challenge Design Winner
January 1, 2019 - November 5, 2025
ICDC Award (Indian Innovation Challenge)
January 11, 2030 - November 5, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Healthcare, Education, Media & Entertainment, Gaming