ABOUT

I am known as - Junaid

Where are you from? I am from and based out of Bangalore – have lived here most my life except for higher education and work.

You are educated, right? Driven by a deep desire and fascination to understand the human psyche I pursued and obtained an MS degree in Psychology with a specialization in Human Factors Psychology (Minor - Industrial/ Organisational Psychology). I completed the necessary undergraduate courses in psychology while I pursued and completed a MS degree in Electrical Engineering. My undergraduate degree is in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (from UVCE, Bangalore).

What do you do? I am the Co-founder and Director of My Chat Lesson Pvt Ltd - delivering learning content for high school students (CBSE, ICSE and KSEEB) through chat stories.

I am also a 'Designing Your Life (DYL)' certified Coach and a Stanford Life Design Educator for Universities. I have been helping individuals create a rewarding life and a fulfilling career through 1-on-1 coaching and through workshops.

Work experience? I have more than fifteen years of work experience as a Design Professional working with organisations such as Adobe, Oracle, ABB, IBM (among others).

Interest? There cannot be any other puzzle as cryptic or any other device as complex as the human mind. I am still as fascinated as ever to understand the human mind and what makes a human being do what he does. This is right in line with the work I do in Life Design and as a Design Professional.

Family? I am married to a PhD who worked at Indian Institute of Science as a post-doc for six years before taking up a teaching position (currently an Associate Professor) position at Dayanand Sagar University in Bangalore. We have a fifteen year old son.

Life's philosophy? This quote sums it up: “You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” -Jojo Moyes

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Co-founder and Director, My Chat Lesson Pvt Ltd | Dec 2023 - Present
Principal Consultant – ‘Designing your Life’ Practice, Q-GLUE Innovation Pvt Ltd. | Apr 2022 to Dec 2023
User Experience Designer, Adobe Inc., Bangalore | Jul 2018 to Mar 2022
Sr. User Experience Designer, Oracle India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore | Jun 2013 to Jul 2018
User Experience Lead, Endeavour Tech., Bangalore | Dec 2012 to May 2013
Usability & HCI Researcher, R&D Project Manager, ABB Corporate Research Ltd., Bangalore | Jan 2011 to Nov 2012
User Experience Lead, IBM Global Services, Bangalore, India | Jul 2009 to Dec 2010
User Experience Designer, Idea Integration, Houston, TX | Apr 2008 to May 2009
Sr. Interaction Analyst, Satyam Computer Services Ltd., Parsippany, NJ & Hyderabad, India | Dec 2006 to Apr 2008
Human Factors Engineer, Intel Corporation, Bangalore, India | Mar 2006 to Nov 2006
Human Factors Specialist, Human Factors International, Bangalore, India | Jul 2005 to Mar 2006

TEACHING CREDITS

I love to teach and believe that the best way to learn and master something is by teaching it. I regularly conduct workshops and teach courses.
Taught and spoke across prestigious institutes and conferences including IIM Lucknow, IIT Delhi, IIM Indore, Srishti-Manipal Institute, INTERACT, India HCI, (among others). 
Range of topics spoken on and taught – Designing Your Life, Design Thinking, The Science Behind UX Design, Quantifying Creativity for Modern Workplaces, Structuring Creativity, Choice Architecture in Interaction Design, etc. 

PUBLISHED BOOKS

Author of the books ‘Creating Your Life in 101 Steps’ (Self-help) and 'And We Remained' (Fiction).