Glad you stopped by! Hello once again! I am Anirudh - a soccer loving, tea drinking, User Experience Researcher with an ever bleeding passion for accessibility, diversity, and inclusion. I've worked for companies like Grid Dynamics (Client - Google), Thomson Reuters, UserWorks, Inc. and LTI. I hold a graduate degree in Human-Centered Computing from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Me and UX
By leveraging UX Research, I get into the users' minds whom businesses serve. I help identify the clients' and stakeholders' needs, thereby increasing the product's value.
I employ a mixed methods approach (viz., Context Interviews, Surveys, Benchmarking) and provide customer experience insights to businesses. With a specialized working knowledge of accessibility standards and tools (viz., JAWS, NVDA, ZoomText), I make the workplace, and products more inclusive and accessible. My pioneering strategies involving participants with disabilities in my usability study at Thomson Reuters brought about a fundamental change in the company's participant recruitment policies for product testing.
I bring a unique blend of UX research experience from multiple domains and Accessibility, thereby helping businesses deliver products that cater to diverse audiences.
Other things you may want to know about me...
When idle, books offer a place of solace. I love mythology, modern history, and sport biographies. If you do not find me at home, I am either traveling, or sitting at a Barnes & Noble store somewhere, thinking about what book to buy.
I travel whenever possible because I love meeting new people, learning about different cultures, and being my best self, one day at a time.