Pratik Hegde🇺🇸

About Pratik Hegde

Principal UX Designer at Spot by NetApp

I am a UX Designer living in Overland Park, Kansas.

I am an HFI Certified Usability Analyst™️ and I currently work at Spot by NetApp, where I am responsible for one its core products. With an experience of 9+ years in IT industry and 7+ years in design, I had the opportunity to work in all stages of the design process, right from discovery to design to evaluation for web and mobile applications, analytics and data dashboards. I have experience in creating and evolving design systems, designing design education programs for large organization (4000+ employees) and pairing up with senior leadership to run many design initiatives.

My eduction background is in engineering, with a Masters degree in Computer Science. This enables me to understand complex systems architecture and seamlessly collaborate with engineering and product stakeholders to create great outcomes.

Design is my passion and I use it to positively impact my surroundings. I find it fulfilling to share my learnings as an experienced UX designer and contribute to the community. I have written articles on Medium.com and some of them have also been published with internet magazines like Prototypr.io and Phase. I also had a short stint of UI design tutorials on Youtube. I often volunteer for conducting seminars, workshops and mentoring engineering students on their projects; feels very rewarding! 😌

I live with my wife and an adorable 4-year-old boy! I like to spend leisure time with family and friends talking, playing games or having food! I find peace in painting and pursue digital painting as a hobby.

I have come up a long way navigating through my design career, of course I had fantastic Mentors at early stages of my career. I would like to show my gratitude by sharing my experience and knowledge here. ✨

Expertise

Sessions with Pratik Hegde

• Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship

What mentees say

“Pratik was very happy to help and understood the difficulties I am facing as a self-taught. He have me a good feedback on my work and guidance on my future steps.”

“Pratik is extremely thoughtful, analytical and approachable. I shared my case study with him and he went slide-by-slide to ask questions and let me know what he thought. He was so thorough and helpful. I highly recommend him as a mentor. Thank you so much for your time Pratik. I look forward to connecting with you again.”

“Pratik gave me very practical advice about the career trajectory for early-stage designers and how to position oneself for success. His insights were extremely helpful and I would highly recommend him as a mentor!”