Resume
WORK experience
GEP Worldwide, Remote, U.S.
Sr. User Experience Designer
July 2022 - Present
User Experience Designer
November 2020 - July 2022
Enterprise Software (B2B Ecommerce & Supply Chain Management SaaS Platform)
User Experience Designer
Walmart Labs, Bentonville, AR
August 2019 - November 2020
Walmart Design - Health & Wellness (Pharmacy Retail & Mobile Experiences)
User Experience Designer (Contract)
AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, IL
February 2019 - August 2019
Business Operations (UX for Internal Tools)
User Experience Researcher (Research Assistant)
DePaul University, CDM
June 2017 - September 2017
ACM SIGCHI Publication
User Experience Design Intern
Interface Sense, Mumbai, India
November 2014 - May 2015
User Interface Design & Prototypes (using HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript Libraries) of SaaS products
professional organizations
ACM SIGCHI
2016 - Present
IxDA
2016 - Present
education
DePaul University, CDM, Chicago, USA
M.S. Human-Computer Interaction
Graduated with distinction, CGPA: 3.96/4.0
2016 - 2018
Symbiosis International University, SICSR, Pune, India
M.Sc. in Computer Applications
Specialization in Software Development
2013 - 2015
University of Mumbai, Ramnarain Ruia College
B.Sc. in Computer Science
Major: Applied Computer Science
Minor: Mathematics
2010 - 2013
achievements
Certificate of Innovation
October 2021
In recognition of valuable contribution as an inventor toward the patent application number titled US 17/514,128 and Data Processing System and Method for Operating an Enterprise Application at GEP Worldwide.
Certificate of Appreciation
May 2018
Received a prize and a "Certificate of Appreciation" for outstanding performance and lasting contributions to the CDM Student Ambassador Program (Academic Year 2017-2018).
The ComEd Student Innovation Contest
January 2018
Ranked 8th under the leaderboard
CDM Tuition Award
January 2018
Received a scholarship of $13,280/- for graduate assistantship from College of Computing & Digital Media, DePaul University.
Publications
How User Experience is Practiced: Two Case Studies from the Field.
Putnam, C., Bungum, M., Spinner, D., Parelkar, A.N., Vipparti, S. and Cass, P. (2018). How User Experience is Practiced: Two Case Studies from the Field. CHI '18 Extended Abstracts, April 21-26, 2018, Montreal, QC, Canada https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3188468
Neuron Focus Support – Eliminating Distraction Through Facilitated Goal-Oriented Task Management.
Parelkar, A., & Panganiban, G. (2018). Neuron Focus Support – Eliminating Distraction Through Facilitated Goal-Oriented Task Management. Design Incubation Colloquium 5.1, October 27, 2018, DePaul University, College of Computing and Digital Media https://designincubation.com/publications/abstracts/neuron-focus-support-eliminating-distraction-through-facilitated-goal-oriented-task-management/
Using the Z-bellSM Test to Remediate Spatial Deficiencies in Non-Image-Forming Retinal Processing.
Elliott C., Putnam C., Zelinsky D., Spinner D., Vipparti S., Parelkar A. (2020). Using the Z-bellSM Test to Remediate Spatial Deficiencies in Non-Image-Forming Retinal Processing. In: Arai K., Kapoor S. (eds) Advances in Computer Vision. CVC 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 943. Springer, Cham
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17795-9_41
patent
Data processing system and method for operating an enterprise application (GEP Worldwide)
Oct 2021
US20230137639A1
See patent
CERTIFICATIONs
Cinema 4D Masterclass (Beginner) (Udemy.com)
Nov 2021
See certificate
Introduction to VR with Unity (Udemy.com)
Dec 2018
See certificate