Hello, I am Ahmed—a product and service design strategist, and entrepreneur
Hello, I am Ahmed—a product and service design strategist, and entrepreneur
Born and raised in Mumbai, India.
I hold dual bachelor's in product design and sociology, plus a Master's in Design from Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech.
I have built businesses and have worked with Fortune 500 companies. My experience spans across diverse industries like banking and financial services (BFSI), retail, healthcare, food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, real estate, and heavy engineering.
My interests include reading, weight-training, and hands-on building projects.
Born and raised in Mumbai, India.
I hold dual bachelor's in product design and sociology, plus a Master's in Design from Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech.
I have built businesses and have worked with Fortune 500 companies. My experience spans across diverse industries like banking and financial services (BFSI), retail, healthcare, food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, real estate, and heavy engineering.
My interests include reading, weight-training, and hands-on building projects.
Born and raised in Mumbai, India.
I hold dual bachelor's in product design and sociology, plus a Master's in Design from Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech.
I have built businesses and have worked with Fortune 500 companies. My experience spans across diverse industries like banking and financial services (BFSI), retail, healthcare, food & beverage, consumer packaged goods, real estate, and heavy engineering.
My interests include reading, weight-training, and hands-on building projects.
I am currently
Pursuing
AI Product Manager Certification
by Microsoft
Building
Agentic RAG that reasons with Claude
for next 2 weeks
Reading Research Paper
Embodied AI Agents
Modeling the World
by Meta
Reading Book
The Future of Everything
by David Orrell
Reading Book
Neural Networks
by Dhaliwal, Lepage, Suchman
Experience
Product and Service Designer | Aref Finserv
Financial Services Dec 2024 - Jun 2024
Product and Service Designer | Aref Finserv
Financial Services Dec 2024 - Jun 2024
Product and Service Designer | Aref Finserv
Financial Services Dec 2024 - Jun 2024
Product Experience and Service Designer | Chicago Architecture Centre (Workshop Partner)
Experiences Jan 2024 - May 2024
Product Experience and Service Designer | Chicago Architecture Centre (Workshop Partner)
Experiences Jan 2024 - May 2024
Product Experience and Service Designer | Chicago Architecture Centre (Workshop Partner)
Experiences Jan 2024 - May 2024
Experience Designer | Starbucks (Workshop Partner)
Food and Beverage Jan 2024 - May 2024
Experience Designer | Starbucks (Workshop Partner)
Food and Beverage Jan 2024 - May 2024
Experience Designer | Starbucks (Workshop Partner)
Food and Beverage Jan 2024 - May 2024
Social Media Strategist (Part Time) | Institute of Design
University Chicago, U.S.A Aug 2024 - May 2025
Social Media Strategist (Part Time) | Institute of Design
University Chicago, U.S.A Aug 2024 - May 2025
Social Media Strategist (Part Time) | Institute of Design
University Chicago, U.S.A Aug 2024 - May 2025
Design Strategy Intern | Illinois Tech
Decision Quality Chicago, U.S.A Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
Design Strategy Intern | Illinois Tech
Decision Quality Chicago, U.S.A Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
Product and Service Designer | QuantumBlack Studio
Design and Business Consultancy Aug 2022 - Jul 2025
Product and Service Designer | QuantumBlack Studio
Design and Business Consultancy Aug 2022 - Jul 2025
Product and Service Designer | QuantumBlack Studio
Design and Business Consultancy Aug 2022 - Jul 2025
Lead Experience Designer | Infosys
IT & Design Consulting Bengaluru, India Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Lead Experience Designer | Infosys
IT & Design Consulting Bengaluru, India Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Lead Experience Designer | Infosys
IT & Design Consulting Bengaluru, India Feb 2021 - Aug 2022
Founder | Spaecio
Hair & Beauty Startup Mumbai, India Apr 2020 - Jul 2023
Founder | Spaecio
Hair & Beauty Startup Mumbai, India Apr 2020 - Jul 2023
Founder | Spaecio
Hair & Beauty Startup Mumbai, India Apr 2020 - Jul 2023
Design Strategy Intern | Illinois Tech
Decision Quality Chicago, U.S.A Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
Design Strategy Intern | Illinois Tech
Decision Quality Chicago, U.S.A Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
Social Media Strategist (Part Time) | Institute of Design
University Chicago, U.S.A Aug 2024 - May 2025
Social Media Strategist (Part Time) | Institute of Design
University Chicago, U.S.A Aug 2024 - May 2025
Education
Masters of Design | Institute of Design (ID) at Illinois Tech
Chicago, U.S.A Aug 2023 - May 2025 Illinois Tech
Chicago, U.S.A Aug 2023 - May 2025 Illinois Tech
Product Design | ISDI ( Parsons School of Design)
Mumbai, India Jul 2016 - May 2020 Atlas Skilltech University
Mumbai, India Jul 2016 - May 2020 Atlas Skilltech University
B.A. Sociology | University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India Oct 2016 - May 2019
Mumbai, India Oct 2016 - May 2019
Great design happens at intersections of technology and humanities, analysis and intuition, constraint and possibility.
Great design happens at intersections of technology and humanities, analysis and intuition, constraint and possibility.