You will find 17 testimonials here. All testimonials are verifiable upon request. Names have been removed for privacy as this is a public page. Assuming this page was of interest to you, you may also be interested in reading my UX bio and resume.
Experience Design Studio Head
As Abhay’s manager and colleague, I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with him as a Lead Designer at EPAM. I would definitely recommend Abhay for any future opportunities in UX design or research. During Abhay’s time with EPAM, he has consistently demonstrated a high level of professionalism, creativity, and leadership. He always puts his best effort into team and project initiatives, and I firmly believe that he has the capabilities to excel in any future role.
As a Lead Designer on the team, Abhay’s role has been to take charge of UX activities on various projects with different clients and industries. He’s shown a consistent ability to understand requirements and translate them into viable UX concepts and solutions, and an attention to detail and deep understanding of UX principles.
Abhay has been a natural leader within our team, effectively collaborating with team members, providing guidance, support, and motivation to contribute to the overall growth of the team. His positivity and collaborative spirit have made him a natural mentor and his efforts in organizing team events and knowledge-sharing sessions. As an example, Abhay spearheaded our “T-Sessions” initiative to promote broadening of skills across the Experience Design group. Another example of Abhay’s contribution outside of client work was his instrumental role in collecting and cataloging our UX processes, tools, and templates. He recognized the importance of standardizing our workflows and ensuring consistency across projects. By doing so, he greatly facilitated knowledge sharing and streamlined our design processes, resulting in increased efficiency and improved project outcomes. Through these types of initiatives, Abhay has really helped to promote a culture of continuous learning and to elevate our team’s overall skill set and morale.
Beyond his technical expertise, Abhay is genuinely well-liked by his peers. He’s always friendly and approachable, actively engaged in daily conversations and small talk, which have made him a pleasure to work with.
I’d recommend Abhay as a great addition to a UX department. His design abilities and dedication to continuous improvement, and ability to foster a collaborative work environment make him a valuable addition to any team. I am confident that he will make the same positive impact that he made at EPAM to any team he joins.
Director & Head of Research and Insights Delivery
Highly motivated, to the point, professional in depth UX knowledge is what comes to my mind when I reflect on how Abhay works and handled his tasks.
We worked together a few months on a client project where we combined our knowledge on UX design and research to deliver with great excellence on an maturity assessment and UX improvement case for multiple products of a client.
Abhay has made a huge contribution towards the successful delivery of this project. He organized and performed interviews with internal and external stakeholders, analyzed the clients software, competitors and helped to create an overview on current improvement points as well as recommended solutions on these findings. Only through Abhay´s high motivation and UX skills, we were able to show the full picture to the client in a very short time frame. It was also great to see how Abhay shared his ideas and process improvements with the team which led to a high quality deliverable.
Director
I had the pleasure of working with Abhay on the discovery project for a diamond jewellery e-commerce website from a UX perspective, and I was impressed with his contributions and impact on the project’s success.
Abhay’s ability to hold himself accountable for commitments made and prioritize tasks makes him a reliable UX Lead. His partnership with and across teams to achieve results and deliver project success demonstrates his collaborative and supportive approach to work. As a role model for his team, Abhay’s reliability and responsibility have a positive impact on team morale and productivity.
One of Abhay’s strengths is his ability to quickly adapt to changing demands of business or situation and make sound decisions.
This skill, combined with his outstanding presentation skills, excellent client relationship management, and facilitation of workshops, makes him a valuable asset to any project team.
In summary, I highly recommend Abhay for UX Lead and Principal roles. His dedication, reliability, and excellent communication skills make him an excellent choice for any project. I look forward to working with him again in the future.
Senior Delivery Manager
I want to take a moment to appreciate Abhay’s outstanding contribution as the Lead Designer for <a world’s leading construction company’s> Assessment project where I was a Delivery Manager.
Abhay’s dedication and hard work have been truly remarkable, especially considering the tight deadline and complexities of the project.
I’m impressed by how well he collaborated with the client and team to achieve the project’s objectives. His proactive approach and independent steps to bring more value to the client did not go unnoticed and were greatly appreciated.
Abhay’s ability to keep the context in mind and be the driver of your team has been his forte. His contributions to the project, such as setting up the Miro board, creating a UX plan, providing recommendations, and insights, have been instrumental in the project’s success. Abhay’s suggestions for having separate demo meetings, internal reviews, and tie-down recommendations to goals have been crucial in ensuring alignment on final deliverables and avoiding any surprises.
I want to thank Abhay for his efforts in keeping everyone on the same page, assisting team members, explaining any complexities to the client, and helping others whenever possible. Abhay’s team spirit and ability to be a great team player have made the team stronger.
I encourage him to continue doing what he think is appropriate, and I’m sure it will lead any project to success. Keep up the good work!
Experience Design Manager
It is my pleasure to recommend Abhay as a talented lead designer. His proactive approach and consistent initiative are admirable. For instance, he successfully organized and spearheaded knowledge-sharing events within the Netherlands design department, which positively impacted the breadth and diversity of our team’s knowledge and fostered teamwork in times of the new normal.
As Abhay’s manager, I received outstanding feedback from colleagues of varying competencies about his exceptional leadership, communication, and design skills. He graciously accepts critique and actively seeks feedback to enhance the quality of his work.
Overall, I highly recommend Abhay for any design role. His initiative, positive attitude, and attention to detail make him an outstanding leader and designer, who would be a valuable asset to any team.
Engineering Design Manager
I had the pleasure of working with Abhay during the discovery stage of a project where he served as the Lead UI/UX designer. Throughout the discovery stage, Abhay demonstrated exceptional design skills, attention to detail, and a deep understanding of user needs. His ability to turn complex ideas into user-friendly and visually appealing designs was truly impressive.
Abhay was always professional, collaborative, and communicative, making sure that all stakeholders were on the same page and that the discovery stage was completed on time and within budget. His expertise in user experience design was evident in the positive feedback we received from our customer.
It was a pleasure to work with Abhay, and I highly recommend him for any UI/UX design role. He is an invaluable asset to any team and will undoubtedly contribute to the success of any project he works on.
Principal UX Researcher
I have worked together with Abhay for a UX discovery project that included multiple activities from usability assessment to internal workshops and end-user interviews and surveys.
Abhay was a valuable partner and a key factor for the success of the project. He was proactive, well organized and always willing to go the extra mile.
He is an excellent UX designer that understands the importance of Human centered design and is well equipped to run end-to-end UX related activities from discovery to design and testing.
As a collaborator he was excellently able to clearly communicate and support his ideas but also always willing to hear others and find a common ground.
I personally feel that I learned a lot from our collaboration and I am looking forward to the chance of working with him again on future projects.
Head of Enterprise Architecture
Abhay worked in my team for many years as a UX Architect. Abhay is more then competent in his field, and was an asset to our team. He brought a users perspective into the Enterprise and System Architecture practice which was really valuable. Furthermore, Abhay was committed to bring the practice of UX forward within the IB.
I would absolutely recommend Abhay as an asset to any company not only because of his knowledge but also because he was a pleasure to work with.
Associate Creative Director – Experience Marketing
He comes across as an innately informed, insightful and committed to pursue engaging experience for the users.
He showed tremendous potential and an unwavering eagerness to continuously push the envelope. He is a persistent collaborator, willing to take responsibility, continuously probe for user needs, and act as a evangelist for the cause he is pursuing to complete the task at hand.
With his innate ability to communicate his mind and his resolute commitment, he would play a pivotal role in the success of any team he would be part of.
Qualities: Passionate, dependable & insightful
Global Head of Customer Service & Experience
I worked with Abhay for many years in the IB in his role looking after user experience.
I always found Abhay to be very approachable and professional in his approach. His knowledge of UX practices and principles dovetailed very well with my customer experience work. Abhay shows great passion in his work to improve the user experience for our customers through utilizing best practice approaches to remove friction and help create seamless experiences which help to build trust and advocacy.
I would certainly recommend Abhay as an asset to any company looking to improve their digital experiences.
Senior Manager, Product Development / Management
I have worked with Abhay for almost 7 years and have found him to be one of the most knowledgeable people I know in UX design. Just check out his blog at www.conetrees.com and you’ll understand why.
Apart from that he is a very sociable person to work with, always meeting you with a smile and lots of positivity.
Lead UX Designer
Abhay and I are part of the same team at EPAM Continuum. He brings very positive energy to the team, caring about his colleagues and being proactive with activities.
He is organising the “T-Sessions”, a group meet up for our design team, where each time one of us presents a design subject and provoke discussion after that.
He is curious to learn new stuff and genuinely involved. Really enjoy having Abhay on our team!
Senior UX Designer
We had an opportunity to attend a training session on “Tips for Effective Usability Testing in India” by Abhay at IIT Mumbai.
We found it to be very insightful and engaging with lot of real examples from his past experience in this domain.
His knowledge and expertise was well appreciated by everyone and proved to be more than useful in our careers as UX designers.
Business Analyst
As part of a large scale transformation project at the International Baccalaureate Abhay created a library of UI components that we referenced extensively throughout the design phase. In additional to this, he was always on hand for advice and support on a wide range of UI/UX questions.
I enjoyed working with Abhay and would have no hesitation in recommending him.
Strategy Consultant
Business Analyst
I worked with Abhay on on a complex multi-brand discovery project based in the education domain. It was a pleasure to work with such professional as Abhay.
He is experienced, talented Design Lead, very client oriented, great team player, huge contributor to common work with excellent communication skills. He likes challenging tasks and great in solving complex problems. I look forward to working again together.
Quality Assurance Analyst
I have worked with Abhay in one major project which involves data visualizations and site design. That was when he put together the Usability and Interface Guidelines for the organization. This was very important at that time because we did not have anything in place nor does the team had any understanding about visualization standards.
His passion for UX was very evident and he would stick to the principles of UX design despite the constant resistance from technical team. Because of this, he was able to change the way the team think and approach interfaces to be user-centric.
wHe is an advocate of UX and welcomes questions and ideas. I learned from him more about usability testing. He is a great asset to the team and I look forward to working with him again.