I am a product designer based in San Francisco with 3+ years delivering end-to-end design across B2B and B2C products. I specialize in AI-native workflows, 0→1 products, and transforming data-intensive systems into intuitive experiences that users love. I thrive on turning complex problems into elegant, scalable solutions and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship impactful features. My approach combines design thinking, rapid prototyping, and a strong focus on accessibility and usability. I’m passionate about building design systems, aligning product strategy with execution, and continuously improving how teams work together to deliver value for users and the business.…

Deepak Mangapuram

I am a product designer based in San Francisco with 3+ years delivering end-to-end design across B2B and B2C products. I specialize in AI-native workflows, 0→1 products, and transforming data-intensive systems into intuitive experiences that users love. I thrive on turning complex problems into elegant, scalable solutions and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship impactful features. My approach combines design thinking, rapid prototyping, and a strong focus on accessibility and usability. I’m passionate about building design systems, aligning product strategy with execution, and continuously improving how teams work together to deliver value for users and the business.…

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I am a product designer based in San Francisco with 3+ years delivering end-to-end design across B2B and B2C products. I specialize in AI-native workflows, 0→1 products, and transforming data-intensive systems into intuitive experiences that users love. I thrive on turning complex problems into elegant, scalable solutions and enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship impactful features.

My approach combines design thinking, rapid prototyping, and a strong focus on accessibility and usability. I’m passionate about building design systems, aligning product strategy with execution, and continuously improving how teams work together to deliver value for users and the business.

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Experience Level

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Product Designer at Stratos Innovation Group
January 1, 2026 - Present
Reduced manual desk research time by 75% by architecting automated AI workflows with Zapier; engineered prompt-based playbooks to transform complex business data into structured, high-quality pre-call client briefs. Led the end-to-end redesign of the Stratos website, overhauled information architecture to improve content discoverability; leveraged Lovable to prototype and deploy modernized design patterns, resulting in a 34% increase in session duration.
Founding Product Designer (Contract) at MantisGrid AI - Agentic AI SRE Platform
November 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Designed a multilayer onboarding flow that synchronized complex backend environment configuration (AWS) with front-end agent setup, transforming a technical hurdle into a guided experience that increased first-time user task success by 30%. Reduced time-to-first-value by 25% with a structured Quick Start framework and documented end-to-end SRE incident workflows to improve transparency and trust in autonomous agent actions across critical production environments.
Founding Product Designer (Contract) at Pachira - E-commerce digital gift card enterprise
May 1, 2025 - August 1, 2025
Designed the end-to-end 0→1 digital gift card platform, prioritizing launch-critical features, defining target users and MVP scope, and helping secure $250K in seed funding. Created 15 high-fidelity interactive Figma wireframes for card customization, payment processing, checkout logic, and recipient redemption journeys; developed a centralized component library that improved engineering iteration speed by 40%. Conducted moderated usability tests with 10 early users, achieving a 90% task success rate across core purchase and redemption workflows.
Product Designer at Boardable
October 1, 2024 - May 1, 2025
Designed a 0→1 volunteer management platform for 2,000+ nonprofits, centralizing scheduling and reporting workflows to replace fragmented manual coordination systems and achieving an 88% user preference over legacy tools. Translated 80+ participant research insights into a prioritized roadmap in collaboration with Product and Engineering, delivering high-fidelity prototypes and documentation that supported smooth MVP release.
Lead UX Designer at COMET LAB
October 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025
Led the redesign of the Marion County public-health platform within an academic research setting, restructuring sitemap architecture and responsive wireframes to meet WCAG 2.1 accessibility standards and increase user engagement by 40%.
Visual Designer at Srushty Global Solutions
December 1, 2021 - October 1, 2022
Increased LinkedIn brand presence by 300% (1K→4K followers) by creating interactive 3D assets, motion graphics, and digital campaigns while collaborating across marketing and product teams to maintain consistent visual systems.

Education

Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction at Indiana University, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2025
Bachelor of Science in Multimedia and Animation at Vellore Institute of Technology, India
January 11, 2030 - April 1, 2022

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services