I'm Pornima Lokhande, a UI/UX Designer and Researcher with 3+ years of experience across the US and India, designing end-to-end experiences for fleet management, AI interface design, E-commerce, EdTech, and SaaS platforms. I turn complex, data-heavy workflows into accessible, production-ready interfaces that boost task success, reduce cognitive load, and align with WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards. I'm known for leading cross-functional teams through research, design, and usability testing to drive workflow efficiency and innovation. I prioritize design consistency, accessibility, and inclusivity across global platform initiatives, while ensuring a smooth and collaborative design lifecycle.

Pornima Lokhande

I'm Pornima Lokhande, a UI/UX Designer and Researcher with 3+ years of experience across the US and India, designing end-to-end experiences for fleet management, AI interface design, E-commerce, EdTech, and SaaS platforms. I turn complex, data-heavy workflows into accessible, production-ready interfaces that boost task success, reduce cognitive load, and align with WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards. I'm known for leading cross-functional teams through research, design, and usability testing to drive workflow efficiency and innovation. I prioritize design consistency, accessibility, and inclusivity across global platform initiatives, while ensuring a smooth and collaborative design lifecycle.

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I’m Pornima Lokhande, a UI/UX Designer and Researcher with 3+ years of experience across the US and India, designing end-to-end experiences for fleet management, AI interface design, E-commerce, EdTech, and SaaS platforms. I turn complex, data-heavy workflows into accessible, production-ready interfaces that boost task success, reduce cognitive load, and align with WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards.

I’m known for leading cross-functional teams through research, design, and usability testing to drive workflow efficiency and innovation. I prioritize design consistency, accessibility, and inclusivity across global platform initiatives, while ensuring a smooth and collaborative design lifecycle.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

UI/UX Designer at Caterpillar Inc
January 1, 2025 - Present
Led UX and UI across web and mobile telematics interfaces, transforming machine health, location, and utilization data into clear dashboards for fleet managers, dealers, and operators across North America. Designed and optimized end-to-end workflows for fault triage, maintenance scheduling, and equipment monitoring, aligning product, data, and engineering teams. Improved operator and dealer task efficiency by 20% through mobile-first redesigns; conducted A/B tests and usability studies, lifting task success rates by 15% and reducing time-to-first-action for new operators. Partnered with product managers and data engineers to design AI-assisted fault detection interfaces and maintained Figma component libraries and design tokens with WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards.
UI/UX Design Intern at Chordz Technology
June 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024
Led product design for Meet My Artist SaaS marketplace, creating 15+ responsive web pages in Figma, establishing information architecture, navigation, and a reusable UI component library, accelerating design and development velocity by 10%. Collaborated with founders and engineers to translate business requirements into user flows, wireframes, and Dev-ready specifications, reducing ambiguity during implementation. Facilitated pre-launch usability sessions on onboarding, search, and profile views across desktop and mobile, resolving critical usability issues before launch and ensuring a consistent experience across breakpoints.
UI/UX Designer at InfoWay Solutions
January 1, 2021 - July 1, 2023
Owned full-cycle UX design across 20+ B2B and B2C products, including SaaS platforms, mobile apps, and clinic-facing tools, independently delivering research, flows, and production-ready UI in Figma. Spearheaded independent user research including interviews, usability testing, A/B testing, guerrilla testing, card sorting, and QA. Built a 60+ component Figma design system with tokens, style guides, and pattern documentation, cutting design revision cycles by 20%. Designed intuitive, accessible, user-centric experiences with a 75% conversion rate in EdTech and FinTech. Supported agile development with design workshops, feedback sessions, and sprint planning.

Education

Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction at Arizona State University
August 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Engineering at AISSMS IOIT
August 1, 2019 - May 1, 2023

Qualifications

Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts (Google)
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate (Google)
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
Design a User Experience for Social Good (Google)
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
Career Essentials in Project Management (Microsoft)
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026
IRB: Social and Behavioral Research - Group 2 (IRB)
January 11, 2030 - June 12, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Education, Transportation & Logistics, Manufacturing, Retail

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate