About The Speaker

For 25 years and counting, Udhay (UKP) has led design teams across the globe. A quant by academics, UKP has worked across a broad spectrum – stealth mode start-ups, very large enterprises, leading product firms, academia, government, agencies etc., and strongly believes in design being a true change maker and that you don’t get great design for “nothing”! UKP most recently served as the Executive Director at Designit where he led Design delivery and DesOps, helping global clients craft human-centred experiences that not only unlock business value, but also enhance the way we live, work and play.

His expertise spans Design Leadership and Management, Strategy, Research, Service Design, Product Management, Front-end engineering, UX, CX, Design Delivery and Operations. He has published innumerable guidelines and specifications for corporations, conducted several training sessions & workshops on Leadership, Product Management, CX, UX, Design, Business Strategy, BI, Service Design and DataViz.

UKP has been part of multiple acquisitions and exits including his own start-up’s – a patent pending multi-factor authentication system for transactional security and a social-for-profit non-edible biofuel business that addressed the core fragmentation challenges plaguing marginalised supply chains for renewable energy.