Tharun Katikireddi

About Tharun Katikireddi

I am a design leader with 18+ years of experience building products, platforms, brands, and digital systems across mobile, web, and print—primarily in complex, execution-heavy environments.At OneLern (FortunaPIX), I lead Design across Product, Corporate, and Print. Over time, my role expanded to include ownership of Print Operations, Supply Chain, Production, and Digital Transformation—areas where design decisions directly affect scale, efficiency, and outcomes.This experience shaped a clear belief:design is not just about interfaces or visuals. It is about systems.I work at the intersection of design, product, and operations—helping organizations move from fragmented efforts to coherent, scalable systems. My focus is on creating clarity through structure: processes, platforms, and decision frameworks that enable teams to execute better, faster, and with less friction.I am actively exploring how AI can augment this work—not as a replacement for judgment, but as a force multiplier for thinking, decision-making, and scale.I focus on building durable systems—across people, process, and technology—that allow organizations to scale without chaos.

Experience

1. Vice President - Design

   OneLern

   Aug 2023 — Present · IN

   Own end-to-end design leadership across Product, Corporate, and Print, spanning strategy, execution, and quality.Lead cross-functional alignment across Design, Product, Operations, Supply Chain, and Production to bring structure and clarity to complex workflows.Expanded responsibility beyond design to include print operations, supply chain coordination, and production workflows, ensuring design decisions translate into real-world execution.Drive system-level improvements that reduce friction, improve decision-making, and enable teams to operate with greater autonomy.Partner with leadership on digital transformation initiatives, focusing on scalable processes, internal platforms, and long-term operational clarity.Mentor and develop design and product leaders, building teams that think in systems—not silos.

Education

• Nizam Institute of Engineering and Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science

  2002 — 2006

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Post Graduate Program, User Experience Design: UI/UX for Data-Driven Business Applications