Design, Product & Technology Hiran Venugopalan
ResumeProduct design leader working across design, product and technology. 16 years of experience building design teams, shaping products and working with engineering and business teams to solve complex problems.
My work spans product definition, design leadership, interaction design, design systems and product strategy. I’m interested in how these disciplines come together to build better products and capable teams.
Leading Product Design across an enterprise communications portfolio spanning workflow automation, reporting, data visualisation, provisioning and integrations. Partnering with Product and Engineering to define annual and quarterly roadmaps, shape product direction and translate complex technical capabilities, high-volume data and operational requirements into coherent product experiences across global markets.
The work ranges from defining new product capabilities to designing complex interaction models and turning manual, operationally intensive processes into usable products. A key part of the role is making sophisticated systems and large volumes of data understandable and actionable through thoughtful product design.
Joined as one of the first internal product hires during Kaleyra's transition from a service-led communications business to a product-led organisation. Built the Product Design team and helped establish the design foundations for a growing product portfolio.
As the company expanded through acquisitions and across geographies, the challenge shifted towards bringing disparate products and services into a more coherent experience. Worked across product definition, information architecture, interaction design and design systems to establish a shared product experience while accommodating regional, regulatory and operational requirements.
Passionate about learning and creating value throughout the entire product lifecycle.
Nicola Junior Vitto
EVP and Chief Product Officer · KaleyraBuilt the Product Design team as Quintype grew from a publishing product into a broader digital publishing platform. Expanded the product beyond its core publishing capabilities by designing new tools around the needs of publishers and their workflows.
Transformed a largely manual customer onboarding process into a self-service visual website builder, reducing onboarding time and enabling customers to get started independently. Led design across the expanding product suite, establishing the information architecture, interaction patterns and design systems needed to support its growth.
Hiran set a clear and ambitious vision for Quintype’s products and consistently pushed them toward world-class standards.
Irfan Rafeek
Senior Product Designer · QuintypeDesigned civic engagement software including a complex public budget suggestion tool and a flexible theming system that enabled civic bodies to customise their digital experiences.
His ability to understand a product, its users and the market deeply, and provide specific actionable insights…
Unnikrishnan KP
Engineering Lead · Bang the TableCo-founded and helped grow a digital and social media agency to nearly 90 people, leading design, branding and technology across the business.
My work extends beyond products and organisations into open-source software, language computing and design communities.
A volunteer-led community connecting 3,000+ designers across Kerala to share knowledge and strengthen the design ecosystem.
One of the earliest language computing communities, building standards, tools and infrastructure for Malayalam.
Bringing product design into FOSS, working with maintainers to improve projects through design.
Supporting designers as they navigate their work and careers, from developing their practice to taking on new responsibilities.
Interested in where design, product and technology meet. Always open to conversations about ambitious products, interesting problems and teams doing things differently, especially at established, remote-first startups where design helps shape what gets built.
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