Where design meets business impact
Empowering teams and products through
strategic design leadership
About me
About me
Designer turned Entrepreneur with a knack for building from scratch and a passion for solving the right problems.
I’m a designer turned design entrepreneur with 12+ years of experience building teams, systems, and startups. Along the way, I’ve partnered with C-suite leaders, fixed the Product-Tech-Design triangle, and embedded design thinking into strategy. Today, I balance my entrepreneurial hustle with design consulting, still driven by solving the right problems and creating lasting business impact.
12+
Years Experience Design
Driving strategy, systems, and experiences across clients, startups and global enterprises.
6+
Years Leading Teams
Built and mentored self-sufficient design teams that worked independently with PMs/POs.
2 Design
Teams, Systems Build
Delivered reusable systems that improved speed, consistency, and adoption across products.
10K+
Users Impacted
From digitising pensions at Royal London to rethinking society security and management with my startup.
12+
Years Experience Design
Driving strategy, systems, and experiences across clients, startups and global enterprises.
6+
Years Leading Teams
Built and mentored self-sufficient design teams that worked independently with PMs/POs.
2 Design
Teams, Systems Build
Delivered reusable systems that improved speed, consistency, and adoption across products.
10K+
Users Impacted
From digitising pensions at Royal London to rethinking society security and management with my startup.
Experience Timeline
Experience Timeline
Experience Timeline
Hyderanad, Telengana
Cognizant
Oct 2013 – Aug 2017
UX Consultant
Joined Cognizant Hyderabad as Interaction designer.
Worked with Client like AMEX and Google for thier Banking and Financial Projects
Started User Research Capabilities within Hyderabad facilities to be offered as a service to existing clients
Organized workshops and design learning sessions to mentor junior deisgner and people who wnated to get trained in UX
Hyderanad, Telengana
Cognizant
Oct 2013 – Aug 2017
UX Consultant
Joined Cognizant Hyderabad as Interaction designer.
Worked with Client like AMEX and Google for thier Banking and Financial Projects
Started User Research Capabilities within Hyderabad facilities to be offered as a service to existing clients
Organized workshops and design learning sessions to mentor junior deisgner and people who wnated to get trained in UX
Hyderanad, Telengana
Cognizant
Oct 2013 – Aug 2017
UX Consultant
Joined Cognizant Hyderabad as Interaction designer.
Worked with Client like AMEX and Google for thier Banking and Financial Projects
Started User Research Capabilities within Hyderabad facilities to be offered as a service to existing clients
Organized workshops and design learning sessions to mentor junior deisgner and people who wnated to get trained in UX
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Cognizant Interactive
Aug 2017 – July 2021
Senior UX Consultant
Moved to Edinburgh, UK to work with one of cognizant’s insurance client Royal London.
As Service deisgner worked on the projects to digotize tehir pension portal for their Advisors and customers
Build and maintain thier design system for consistency and maximum resuse across different pods.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Cognizant Interactive
Aug 2017 – July 2021
Senior UX Consultant
Moved to Edinburgh, UK to work with one of cognizant’s insurance client Royal London.
As Service deisgner worked on the projects to digotize tehir pension portal for their Advisors and customers
Build and maintain thier design system for consistency and maximum resuse across different pods.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Cognizant Interactive
Aug 2017 – July 2021
Senior UX Consultant
Moved to Edinburgh, UK to work with one of cognizant’s insurance client Royal London.
As Service deisgner worked on the projects to digotize tehir pension portal for their Advisors and customers
Build and maintain thier design system for consistency and maximum resuse across different pods.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Cognizant Interactive
July 2021 – Jan 2022
Manager UX Consultant
Took up strategic and leadrole in Royal London design team
As UX Lead worked on thier main website and its CMS for better conversion and positioning of Royal london Products.
Lead a team of 3 Designer ( 2 Product Designer and 1 UX Writer) for Royal London Digital Marketing.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Cognizant Interactive
July 2021 – Jan 2022
Manager UX Consultant
Took up strategic and leadrole in Royal London design team
As UX Lead worked on thier main website and its CMS for better conversion and positioning of Royal london Products.
Lead a team of 3 Designer ( 2 Product Designer and 1 UX Writer) for Royal London Digital Marketing.
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Cognizant Interactive
July 2021 – Jan 2022
Manager UX Consultant
Took up strategic and leadrole in Royal London design team
As UX Lead worked on thier main website and its CMS for better conversion and positioning of Royal london Products.
Lead a team of 3 Designer ( 2 Product Designer and 1 UX Writer) for Royal London Digital Marketing.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Drip Capital
Jan 2022 – Aug 2023
Product Design Lead
Back to India, Joined Drip Capital as product Design lead to build their design team.
Launched Trade360, driving 300+ signups in month one and 70% higher adoption with simplified invoice features.
Built and maintained DC Design System for consistency across products.
Led a 4-member design team and partnered with product & tech leaders to shape strategy and growth.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Drip Capital
Jan 2022 – Aug 2023
Product Design Lead
Back to India, Joined Drip Capital as product Design lead to build their design team.
Launched Trade360, driving 300+ signups in month one and 70% higher adoption with simplified invoice features.
Built and maintained DC Design System for consistency across products.
Led a 4-member design team and partnered with product & tech leaders to shape strategy and growth.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Drip Capital
Jan 2022 – Aug 2023
Product Design Lead
Back to India, Joined Drip Capital as product Design lead to build their design team.
Launched Trade360, driving 300+ signups in month one and 70% higher adoption with simplified invoice features.
Built and maintained DC Design System for consistency across products.
Led a 4-member design team and partnered with product & tech leaders to shape strategy and growth.
Gurugram, Haryana
HUB Technology Partners
Sept 2023 – Mar 2025
Head of Product Design
Joined HUB to work on their Platform and add design perspective on their GTM strategy.
Optimized design processes at HUB, reducing documentation time and positioning design earlier in the lifecycle for higher team productivity.
Built a Design System that improved reusability and consistency, cutting client demo time by 50%.
Led a 3-member design team and partnered with PMs/POs to deliver product demos, executive tools, and roadmap alignment through research and workshops.
Gurugram, Haryana
HUB Technology Partners
Sept 2023 – Mar 2025
Head of Product Design
Joined HUB to work on their Platform and add design perspective on their GTM strategy.
Optimized design processes at HUB, reducing documentation time and positioning design earlier in the lifecycle for higher team productivity.
Built a Design System that improved reusability and consistency, cutting client demo time by 50%.
Led a 3-member design team and partnered with PMs/POs to deliver product demos, executive tools, and roadmap alignment through research and workshops.
Gurugram, Haryana
HUB Technology Partners
Sept 2023 – Mar 2025
Head of Product Design
Joined HUB to work on their Platform and add design perspective on their GTM strategy.
Optimized design processes at HUB, reducing documentation time and positioning design earlier in the lifecycle for higher team productivity.
Built a Design System that improved reusability and consistency, cutting client demo time by 50%.
Led a 3-member design team and partnered with PMs/POs to deliver product demos, executive tools, and roadmap alignment through research and workshops.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mydoor Keeper
Mar 2025 – Present
Cofounder, Product and Engineering
Cofounded Mydoor Keeper to solve Society Management and security issues in Srilanka.
Built MVPs for resident communication (bills, complaints, visitors) and home repair services, driving 400 daily active users across 5 condos.
Scaled the services platform to 150+ monthly tickets through WhatsApp and HubSpot integrations.
Founded and grew a 3-member team across design, development, and operations to launch and scale products.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mydoor Keeper
Mar 2025 – Present
Cofounder, Product and Engineering
Cofounded Mydoor Keeper to solve Society Management and security issues in Srilanka.
Built MVPs for resident communication (bills, complaints, visitors) and home repair services, driving 400 daily active users across 5 condos.
Scaled the services platform to 150+ monthly tickets through WhatsApp and HubSpot integrations.
Founded and grew a 3-member team across design, development, and operations to launch and scale products.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mydoor Keeper
Mar 2025 – Present
Cofounder, Product and Engineering
Cofounded Mydoor Keeper to solve Society Management and security issues in Srilanka.
Built MVPs for resident communication (bills, complaints, visitors) and home repair services, driving 400 daily active users across 5 condos.
Scaled the services platform to 150+ monthly tickets through WhatsApp and HubSpot integrations.
Founded and grew a 3-member team across design, development, and operations to launch and scale products.
Education
Education
Education
Guwahati, Assam
2009 - 2013
Bachelor in Design
Indian Institute of technology Guwahati
Focused on User Experience Design, Digital product Design and User Research and Consumer Behaviour
Guwahati, Assam
2009 - 2013
Bachelor in Design
Indian Institute of technology Guwahati
Focused on User Experience Design, Digital product Design and User Research and Consumer Behaviour
Guwahati, Assam
2009 - 2013
Bachelor in Design
Indian Institute of technology Guwahati
Focused on User Experience Design, Digital product Design and User Research and Consumer Behaviour
Courses
Courses
Courses
GrowthX
Product Management and Marketing, Cohort based Course
GrowthX
Product Management and Marketing, Cohort based Course
GrowthX
Product Management and Marketing, Cohort based Course
Interaction Design Foundation
Platform based learning on different topic of Deisgn and Research
Interaction Design Foundation
Platform based learning on different topic of Deisgn and Research
Interaction Design Foundation
Platform based learning on different topic of Deisgn and Research
Recomendations
Recomendations
Team Player, Strong Foundation, Proactive Leader
Team Player, Strong Foundation, Proactive Leader
Rahul Nath
Chief Product Officer
Drip Capital
Hozefa is deeply passionate about UX and brings a strong customer-first mindset to his designs. He is diligent, a self-starter, is able to operate independently. At Drip, Hozefa set up the foundations for a strong UX function - he created the design system for the company. He was an asset to Drip.
Andrew Barnett
Chief Product Officer
HUB technology Partners
Hozefa consistently aligned design goals with company objectives, ensuring design delivered real business value. As a mentor and leader, he built a confident, independent team strengthening cross-functional alignment. Hozefa also shape key design decisions with C-suite leaders as a strategic partner, balancing his vision with execution
Jonny Galbraith
Head of Product
HUB Technology Partners
Hozefa established HUB’s design language and embedded a design thinking process into our product lifecycle, which improved how we build and deliver. Hozefa built and mentored the design team, setting up strong foundations and a culture of creativity. He’s a rare mix of craft, strategy, and leadership.
Keyur Sorathia
Founder and Director
Embedded Interaction Lab, IIT Guwahati
Hozefa handled my project at Embedded Interaction Lab (EILab), where he managed a group of 12 researchers. He is efficient, clever and takes appropriate decisions for the project. He is quick leaner, understands project requirement very well to produce desired results. He being a good team player helps team motivate.
Silvia Bordin
Project Manager Expereince Design
University of Trento
I have had the pleasure of working with Hozefa for the duration of his internship within the Smart Campus project at the University of Trento. Hozefa proved to be responsible, trustworthy, committed and willing to learn and share his knowledge, while at the same time being very friendly, open and kind.
Rahul Nath
Chief Product Officer
Drip Capital
Hozefa is deeply passionate about UX and brings a strong customer-first mindset to his designs. He is diligent, a self-starter, is able to operate independently. At Drip, Hozefa set up the foundations for a strong UX function - he created the design system for the company. He was an asset to Drip.
Jonny Galbraith
Head of Product
HUB Technology Partners
Hozefa established HUB’s design language and embedded a design thinking process into our product lifecycle, which improved how we build and deliver. Hozefa built and mentored the design team, setting up strong foundations and a culture of creativity. He’s a rare mix of craft, strategy, and leadership.
Keyur Sorathia
Founder and Director
Embedded Interaction Lab, IIT Guwahati
Hozefa handled my project at Embedded Interaction Lab (EILab), where he managed a group of 12 researchers. He is efficient, clever and takes appropriate decisions for the project. He is quick leaner, understands project requirement very well to produce desired results. He being a good team player helps team motivate.
Silvia Bordin
Project Manager Expereince Design
University of Trento
I have had the pleasure of working with Hozefa for the duration of his internship within the Smart Campus project at the University of Trento. Hozefa proved to be responsible, trustworthy, committed and willing to learn and share his knowledge, while at the same time being very friendly, open and kind.
Andrew Barnett
Chief Product Officer
HUB technology Partners
Hozefa consistently aligned design goals with company objectives, ensuring design delivered real business value. As a mentor and leader, he built a confident, independent team strengthening cross-functional alignment. Hozefa also shape key design decisions with C-suite leaders as a strategic partner, balancing his vision with execution
