Santosh🇺🇸

About Santosh

Product Strategy and Experience Design at Macys Inc

I am a performance-driven product design leader, passionate about individuals, teams, cultures and creating products that engage people, drive business outcomes and optimize performance. I use design and technology to improve experiences for people and brands. My work is grounded in research and data and executed with human-centered methods that drives strategies, concepts & real-world applications and experiences.

Engaged in user experience design, research and product development, my work sits at the intersection of developing, executing, socializing and driving innovation in UX strategies and designs across organizations.

I teach, mentor and collaborate with professionals, entrepreneurs, engineering teams, product managers, startups and domain leaders. My interest areas are design thinking, product management at a global scale, innovation, cultural and organizational transformations.

I also speak solo and participate in panels at marketing and design strategy conferences on UX design & strategy, human experience design, service design, entrepreneurship, usability and empathy. In my community work, I have facilitated creative problem-solving sessions using Design Thinking and other methods.

Expertise

Sessions with Santosh

• Mentorship Session (30 min): General mentorship

What mentees say

“Santosh provided an honest and insightful mentorship call. He effectively addressed all my doubts and his expertise in product development and ability to offer practical guidance made the experience valuable. I highly recommend his mentorship to others seeking expertise in the field.”

“As I complete a month on the platform I reminiscence about the first ever mentor who I had a conversation with on ADPList. It was a pleasure to connect with Santosh and learn about his journey from India to the US, as well as his career pivots after completing his studies. He also encouraged my entrepreneurial spirit and shared relevant stories.”

“Santosh is a great professional and very kind man. I truly enjoyed our session and am thankful for the insights he shared with me.”