Sudhanshu Gautam

Lead UX Designer

Lead UX Designer with 10+ years spanning software engineering, healthcare, and global platforms. Shipped products reaching 1.6M+ users in emerging markets. Engineering background brings systems-level thinking to design. Currently exploring AI-powered design workflows.

Skills

Design UX Research, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Design Systems, User Testing, Accessibility
Tools Figma, Sketch, Miro, HTML/CSS, Git, Analytics, MCP Servers, AI Agents
Domains Localization, Healthcare, Emerging Markets, AI-assisted Design, Mobile-first

Experience

Wikimedia Foundation

Lead UX Designer

2020 – Present Remote
  • Led UX for the Language and Product Localization team, supporting Content Translation used across 300+ Wikipedia language editions.
  • Shipped Wikipedia for KaiOS — a keypad-first reading app for smart feature phones, reaching 1.6M+ downloads in emerging markets.
  • Created Wikistories — a visual storytelling format piloted in Indonesian Wikipedia with 2,714+ stories created and 89 returning editors.
  • Designed products for first-time internet users on the Inuka team, bridging digital access gaps in emerging markets.

Noora Health

Design Lead

2016 – 2020 Bangalore, India
  • Grew from design intern to co-leading the design team, building and scaling digital tools for the Care Companion Program.
  • Designed SMS/IVR-based engagement system for post-discharge follow-up, reaching families across multiple Indian states.
  • Led user research in low-literacy, multilingual healthcare settings, informing product decisions for diverse populations.

Tech Mahindra

Software Engineer

2011 – 2014 Hyderabad, India / Melbourne, Australia
  • Built banking systems for National Australia Bank across Hyderabad and Melbourne offices over four years.
  • Developed systems thinking and deep understanding of technical constraints that continues to shape design approach.

Education

Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID)

Interaction Design Programme · One-year programme

2015

Government Engineering College, Bikaner

Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering

2006 – 2010