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I'm Sid, a product designer from the fast-moving SF Bay Area. I'm passionate about simple and elegant digital services that augment human lives for the better.
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What sets me apart is my background in software engineering, mathematics, and startups, allowing me to build solutions that address user-needs and business agendas, but empathize with developer needs and limitations as well. I'm able to contribute to all facets of a product launch, from business strategy, user research, and development.

Education

M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction
University of California, Santa Cruz
2022-2024
B.S. Computer Science & Statistics
University of California, Santa Cruz
2018-2021

My bag of tricks

Research: Quantitative, Qualitative research methodologies, split testing, Data Analysis, T-Testing, SQL
Design: UX Laws, Prototyping, Interactions, Accessibility, Testing, Responsiveness, XR/Spatial Environments
Development: Html/CSS/JS , Git, Android/IOS Dev, Frameworks and Libraries,  

Outside of Design

My recent apple ginger batch looks wonderful

I'm been obsessed with brewing Kombucha tea. I find the fermentation process to be calming

Selected for team USA, my proudest moment

Im an ex student-athlete, most involved with "Dragon Boat", a canoe racing sport

My meditation channel "Growing With Sidho"

I'm really into eastern philosophy, Currently have a 150+ day streak on my daily meditations

Tanaka from anime "Haikyuu"

Anime has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, but I rarely have the time to finish a series

My Design Journey

Sept 2016 - June 2018:
Google IgniteCS
Some of my very photogenic students
Being a first generational immigrant, I felt very privileged to be able to attend college and I wanted to give back . Therefore, I served as the underclassman leader in "IgniteCS", a Google initiative to promote STEM education in schools. Through running workshops and designing educational material, my leadership and communication skills greatly improved.
Student Leader and Instructor: Google IgniteCS 2022-2024
Designed and Orchestrated 20+ workshops aimed at introducing computer science concepts to 7 cohorts of elementary and middle school students through simple game development.
Google IgniteCS Team Website
2019-2021:
Sproutlabs & AVIS
Relaxing with friends after lab meetings

During my upperclassman years, I was drawn to graphical and visual programming classes, such as data visualization. This classes helped me understand the limitations of code.
Undergraduate Student Researcher: UCSC Advanced Visualization Labs 2018-2019
Created several interactive visualizations to aid in coursework and research. Most notably, created an infographic of the gender-wage gap, which as selected from a group of 80 students to be highlighted as a reference of student work.  
UX Design/Development Intern: Sproutlabs Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Designed and developed 10+ screens to be used in an IOS application that aimed to connect user-provided Bluetooth sensors with Sproutlab's servers.  
Data Visualization Selected InfographicSproutlabs Page (Archive)
2021-2022
Gap Year + Wring
Myself and my friends at team SJDB 
I took a gap year to prepare my materials for graduate school and to pursue my sport seriously for a while. I also worked with nonprofits and starts to gain design experience.
UX Designer: Wring 2021-2022 summer 2023
Designed new features, screens, and patched visual bugs on Wring's platform, a SAAS service that aims to automate the process of testing web-based software.
Designer and Developer: San Jose Dragon Boat Fall 2021
San Jose Dragon Boat is a non-profit sports team affiliated with San Jose State University (SJSU). Designed and launched a landing page for the team to garner more publicity.
Wring Landing PageSJDB Landing Page
2022 September - 2023 December:
Missfit's Labs
Getting invited to speak at Carnegie Mellon University
During my time at graduate school, I was very interested in getting involved with student research, primarily on using design as a tool for social good. I joined the Missfit lab under professor Kate Ringland to explore how I could use design as a medium for social good.
Graduate Researcher and Designer: UCSC Missfit Lab 2022-2023
Conducted Qualitative research into socialization in virtual spaces and overcoming social anxiety, culminating in the creation of Social Hero and an academic conference paper
Missfit LabConference linkSocial Hero (Case Study)
2023 April - 2024 Jaunary:
IBM Research
Our team at IBM's Almaden Headquarters
Towards the end of my graduate schooling, I was given the opportunity to conduct research at IBM Almaden, and I was incredibly excited to be involved with such a large organization.
UX Designer (Student Capstone): IBM Research April 2023 - Dec 2023
Designed Kainos Studio, an educational machine learning platform that aided in explaining technical AI-concepts to those without a technical background.
Prototype Case Study
2024 April - Now:
Katrisk
I had my college graduation during my time at Katrisk
During my last quarter of college, I balanced my schoolwork along with working at Katrisk. It was difficult to juggle the two, but I was happy to have my first professional design gig.  
UX Designer: Katrisk April 2024 - July 2024
Modernized SpatialKat, Katrisk's premier risk analysis software that quantifies the risk and potential financial losses that occur as a result of natural catastrophes.
Katrisk Case Study
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...and the best is yet to come!😊 If you made it this far, please feel free to reach out to me, I'm excited to bring your ideas into fruition. Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the internet, have a great day!

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