Shivam Gupta

About Shivam Gupta

I am a User Experience Designer at Google, working on Cloud Database Products. Previously, I worked as a Product Designer at VMware, working on Cloud Services. I have graduated from Indiana University with a master’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction. With over eight years of working experience in an agile working environment, I am currently working on a database product for scaling our consumers business. I want to create products that empower users and businesses worldwide and build a future with safety and integrity in mind. I’m energized by the idea that I will help solve some of the most challenging issues faced by enterprise service users today.Design skills- Product design (UX/UI)- Visual brand identity design- Brainstorming and Ideation- UX Research, User Interviews, User Testing, Wireframing, Prototyping, etc- Solid knowledge of web standards & technologies- Proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScriptThe UX and research process influence my process of solving complex design problems in a practical, creative manner to discover the best solutions.A hard-working person and a passionate learner. Good at public speaking. Having good interpersonal skills. Displayed leadership qualities throughout life by holding positions of responsibility across multiple organizations. An adventurous person who loves hiking and tackles challenges head-on. An avid reader, a mentor, a numismatist, and a poet.

Experience

1. User Experience Designer

   Google

   May 2022 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Accelerating Cloud database adoption and increase retention by crafting efficient, trusted and easiest to use console experience for our customers- Designing the interface for industry leading managed SQL Server, Cloud SQL- Creating the simplest and easiest to use end-to-end experiences for developers- Empowering anyone with a vision to build a better tomorrow by crafting grokkable cloud technologyImpact- Designed a feature enabling SQL Server customers to reduce cost by up to 85% providing them with more control of when they enable/disable simultaneous multi-threading- Improved RPO by 91.67%(1 hour to less than 5 minutes) by designing a feature to minimize downtime in the event of regional outages- Proposed and got buy-in to use a more illustrative component that visualizes customers’ database topology, enabling customers to better understand the impact of the failover operation- Unblocked $100M+ ARR for GCP by designing a feature to support cross region failover for several high compliance customers. Recognitions- Recognized with a Spot bonus* for my leadership in revamping the Cloud SQL and AlloyDB UX Design Studio and Office Hours- Recognized with a Spot bonus* for proactively initiating UX designs for a critical project and collaborating with the xfn, especially backend, teams to close down on implementation pathways- Recognized with a Spot bonus* for providing outstanding mentorship to the first apprentice on the team.*Spot bonuses allow managers to immediately recognize extraordinary achievements.

Education

• Shri Ramdeobaba College of Engineering and Management

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering

• Indiana University Indianapolis

  Master of Science - MS, Human Computer Interaction

Skills

• Leadership
• Microsoft Word
• Sql
• Teamwork
• Html5
• Poetry
• Java
• Css
• English
• Operating Systems
• Tableau
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Tibco
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Html
• Public Speaking
• C
• Windows
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Unix
• Vba
• Content Writing
• Blogging
• Microsoft Office
• Pre-Production Support
• Photoshop
• Itil Framework
• Adobe Photoshop