Vijay Gakhar

About Vijay Gakhar

I’m a product design leader with deep expertise in driving growth through strategic, user-centered design. I’ve scaled high-performing teams across FinTech, HRTech, and enterprise SaaS - delivering adoption, retention, and revenue in complex, AI-powered products.From product strategy and discovery to go-to-market and growth, I embed design into every stage of the product lifecycle. I’ve built global teams, mentored emerging leaders, and partnered cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and sales to align design with business priorities and accelerate execution.In every role, I level up design as both a business practice and a catalyst for clarity, velocity, and growth.

Experience

1. Advisor - Growth

   Wolffkraft® - Global Strategy & Design Studio

   Dec 2025 — Present

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

  Bachelor of Design, Interaction Design, Communication Design, Graphic Arts

  1998 — 2002

• Purdue University

  Master of Science, Human Computer Interaction, Computer Graphics, Consumer Behavior

  2002 — 2005

Skills

• Persona
• User Interface Design
• Front-End
• Card Sorting
• Heuristic Evaluation
• Ethnography
• Mobile Applications
• Usability Testing
• Visual Design
• User-Centered Design
• Prototype
• Adobe Fireworks
• Rapid Prototyping
• Experience Strategy
• Strategy
• Usability Engineering
• User Experience
• Wireframes
• Copy Writing
• Axure
• Accessibility
• User Research
• Design Thinking
• Mobile Design
• Paper Prototyping
• Task Analysis
• Metrics Definition
• Human Computer Interaction
• Prototyping
• Interaction Design
• User Experience Design
• Mockups
• User Interface
• Iterative Design
• Information Architecture
• Wire Framing
• User Scenarios
• Experience Design
• Contextual Inquiry
• Information Design