Yogendra Yogi Solanki

About Yogendra Yogi Solanki

21 years in innovation industry revolutionizing the Digital Product Design, UX, product management, Sales and Marketing space for both B2B & B2C environments. 15 years design leadership experience - Hiring top talent, scaling & setting up globally diverse, cross cultural, large scale design business units constituting of directors, senior managers/ UX researchers /designers/ developers/ product managers / UX operations/ copy writers.Pushing the pre-mandated boundaries of creativity and tech ( Big Data, Analytics +AI ) to transform how people work, live, connect & think. AI driven Digital Transformation for large scale IT products, enterprise solutions for Fortune 100 firms.Design mentor advocating user centricity & design democracy. Managing design studios, KPIs, revenue generation, Growth management, P&L Management.Specialties: Thought Leadership, Go To Market Strategy, Banking & Financial services, Ecommerce & Retail, Fintech, Product Roadmap+Strategy.Design thinking, New client Acquisition, Agile UX, Lean UX, AI / ML, CRM, Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, IOT Platforms, SAAS, PAAS, Consultative selling, IBM Garage leader, Innovation Excellence, Service Design, Gamification, AWS, Salesforce, Conceptualization, Digital Storytelling, game design, ad campaigns, business pitches.1) Mentoring 100+ designers who breathe sleep and deep dive in creativity 2) Seasoned design leader for all genres across all platforms ( Smartphones/Mobile responsive and web portals, Online Social Media/ mobile UX/ iPhone/ IPTV & all fields of,Corporate websites, Marketing-Ad campaigns, Edutainment and elearning, etc.3) Proven track record of leading successful and awarded projects in Agile UX, Cloud technologies, design systems & Creative program mngmt.(staffing plan, mid level plans & UX effort estimations, project scheduling, RFP)4) Analyzing user Requirements/Research, Scenario Building, Storytelling, Persona-building & stakeholder mngmt. 5) Concept generation, developing Wireframes with Low/High fidelity prototypes.6) Developing Interactive UX models as well as defining UI guidelines for development, navigation, interaction patterns.7) Figma, Axure, Indesign, Power Point, Omnigraffle, Visio & Adobe Creative suite.8) Self taught iOS & Cocos 2d programmer with cross-browser, cross-platform developer9) New Age Tech savvy : React JS, Angular, Extensive knowledge of UI development, DHTML, CSS, HTML5, Xcode, Java script, JQuery, API, XML, Flex, Flash10) Visa type - H1B Visa Granted for USA

Experience

1. Director of Product Design

   Target

   Mar 2023 — Present · IN

   Spearhead & mentor multiple, large sized, high performance design / product teams working on digital products across Target India portfolio :EnterpriseUX, Target+, Data Science, Accessibility, User Research, Design operations+Design systems.Drive 360 creative direction, go to market strategy, aligning Agentic AI experiences and omnichannel digital innovation, UX/UI Design, research, insights, Brand strategy with Tech (Data Science, Analytics+ AI/ML) to drive sales, loyalty programs, as well as business goals to ensure global success in Retail and e-commerce.Identify top talent needed to address the growing needs of organisation, ensure the right talent is hired and their skills are cultivated while focusing on inclusivity, empathy, apt enablement strategies.Setting up capability & measuring ongoing performance and impact of the teams.Collaborate heavily with cross functional stakeholders across sales - marketing, design ops & senior design leadership in Target America to obtain buy-ins, while driving a unified voice of design, guest user experience and consistent alignment of priorities.Drive day to day business activities and customer engagements to improve KPI, critical metrics around customer sentiment, sales, adoption retention and growth.Provide a feedback loop back into sales, marketing and partner teams on needed features and / or plays to enable customer success as a point of influence in product roadmap.Spark big ideas that drive customer engagement, acquisition & retention, Act as a catalyst, mentor & coach who inspires others to deliver bar raising, best in class ideas and creative assets at a global scale to craft future of retail and e-commerce

Education

• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

  Master of Design ( M.Des), Product design, User experience design

Skills

• Mobile Games
• Enterprise Software
• Emerging Technologies
• Start-Up Ventures
• Mobile Devices
• User Interface
• Xcode
• Emerging Markets
• Css
• Storyboarding
• Stakeholder Management
• Product Management
• Mobile Banking
• Mobile Commerce
• IT Project Leadership
• Mobile Experience
• Creative Entrepreneurship
• Product Innovation
• Product Design
• Design Strategy
• User-Centered Design
• Mobile Interaction Design
• Mobile Applications
• New Business Development
• Digital Leadership
• Social Media
• Html 5
• Ios Development
• Cross Functional Team Building
• Digital Marketing
• Smart Tv
• User Interface Design
• Html5
• Concept Design
• IT Project & Program Management
• E-Commerce
• User Experience
• Product Strategy
• Research and Development