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P O R T F O L I O O F D E V E N D R A S H E N D E - L E A D U S E R E X P E R I E N C E A R C H I T E C T / S P E C I A L I S T

I've spent 20 years asking one question: why do people struggle with products that were built to help them? The answer is almost never the user. It's a misaligned strategy, a skipped research step, or a design system that wasn't built to scale.
I'm Devendra Shende, A Senior UX Lead who partners with healthcare, finance, and enterprise organizations to close that gap — through rigorous research, clear information architecture, and design that earns stakeholder trust as much as user trust.
Summary
Senior UX Leader with 20+ years of experience driving large-scale digital transformations, human-centered design strategies, and end-to-end product experiences across healthcare, finance, insurance, energy, and e-commerce. Expert in structuring UX vision, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering intuitive, scalable, accessible solutions for enterprise and consumer ecosystems. Known for strong stakeholder influence, deep information architecture expertise, and hands-on leadership in research, interaction design, and service design. Committed to elevating UX maturity, mentoring teams, and aligning design decisions with measurable business outcomes.
Core Competencies
UX Strategy & Leadership • Human-Centered Design (HCD) • Design Thinking • Service Design • Information Architecture • User Research & Workshops • UX Audits & Heuristics • Journey Mapping • Personas • Workflow Optimization • Enterprise UX • Complex System Redesign • Cross-Functional Collaboration • Agile/Lean UX • Accessibility (ADA/WCAG) • Content Strategy • Interactive Prototypes • Visual Design Systems • Product Discovery • Stakeholder Alignment • Presentation & Executive Communication • Governance & Standards
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Atlanta, GA, USA
+1 813-598-0751
deven.shende@gmail.com
www.devendrashende.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/devendra-shende-b637775/
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