About Me

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SOHAM HINDUJA

Career
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Location

Designer
B.S. Informatics - HCI
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‍San Francisco, CA

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

Illustrator

ProtoPie

After Effects

Principle

Origami

Bio

He's a UX Designer from Mumbai, India who has left the motherland to pursue his B.S. on another continent. He is studying Informatics at the University of Washington with a specialization in Human - Computer Interaction

Influences

Lucas Colusso: Mentor, hardest critic, taught and guided him through the world of design.
Dieter Rams' philosophy of Good Design
Mom, Dad and Sis: #1 fans, lifelong support

Special Skills

Interaction Design and Motion Animation
Product Vision and Strategy
User Research (2 years of real world research experience)

Hobbies / Interests

Works at NGO Kinspire as Head of Technology with orphanages in India for virtual education
YouTube Connoisseur
DC Comics > Marvel Comics

WHY INFORMATICS ?

I studied Informatics with a concentration in HCI at the UW. I learned all aspects of developing technology and leveraging information systems to generate actionable knowledge. I felt I needed to understand developing technology before I could start designing it.

Data Science

Database & Modelling

Design

Software Engineering

Systems Analysis

Web Development

WHY DESIGN ?

I get to explore the fascinating field of technology to solve complex problems while having a gratifying creative release. It is a blend of comprehending the human mind coupled with understanding computers and software to figure out a shared channel of communication reducing the burden on both entities.

MY SECRET INGREDIENTS

Empathy

Knowing how to talk, so people will listen and more importantly how to listen, so people will talk is essential

99 Problems

"A problem well stated is a problem half solved" - Charles Kettering, Head of Research,
General Motors ( 1920 - 1947 )

Tell Tales

From film making I learned how to generate a detailed informational narrative to progress a user through this interactive medium

Collaboration

Appreciate the value in diverse perspectives. Leverage expertise from other fields of technology development to boost knowledge and accuracy of solving the problem at hand

If you love something...

... Let it go.
"An idea should live in its lowest fidelity form until it has meaningful reason to do otherwise"
- Steven Olmstead, COS, InVision

Microsoft

Nov'20 - Present

Currently working as a Product Designer in the Cloud + AI organization to redesign Microsoft's Sales Experience.

🏆 Edifecs Internship

Nov'19 - May'20

Completed a 7 month internship with Edifecs - a healthcare tech company where I create an interactive component library for their enterprise design framework

🏆 Winner @ Samsung Hackathon

Nov'19

Won Best in Show & Best use of Samsung Ecosystem on the category of healthcare tech. Envisioned a mobile ecosystem for patient management in hospitals

MY JOURNEY

Growing up I wanted to be an inventor. I would tinker with anything I could get my hands on. My passion for engineering compelled me to build a shoe that generates electricity when walking, a smart bag-pack that identifies missing textbooks using RFID tags and a smart low cost saline monitoring system for rural understaffed hospitals

Contrastingly, being inspired by Dragon Ball Z and Harry Potter I decided to re-create famous scenes like the Kamehameha and Expelliarmus that threw me into the world of movie making and VFX. This hobby of mine taught me tools such as After Effects, Photoshop, Cinema 4D, etc. During this time I also formally learned hand drawn animation.

Coming to UW as pre-engineering, I spent the first two years figuring out what I wanted to pursue. It wasn't until the end of my sophomore year I took a class in User Centered Design where for the first time, I saw the fusion of creativity and technology. An area where I could solve problems using technology while showcasing my creativity.