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Yogananth Gopinathan

Hey 👋 I'm Yogan, an experienced Product Designer & Strategist

I specialize in complex enterprise systems, DevOps & SRE platforms, and AI-enabled products.

For 14+ years I have been designing for Enterprise SaaS platforms, Organizational systems and AI-enabled applications.

I drive product design end-to-end from problem discovery through design execution, while contributing to product strategy and collaborating closely with engineering, product, and leadership teams.

Over the years I've worked on DevOps and SRE platforms as well as enterprise systems across industries including automotive, manufacturing, logistics, real estate, services, and startups.

Turns out designing complex enterprise platforms was easier than finishing my own portfolio website.😅

Currently I'm on a nostalgic journey, transforming years of Figma, Sketch, and XD files, plus half-written case studies and scattered screenshots, into meaningful stories.

Brands I've worked for
Yanmar
Fuso
Mercedes-Benz
CloudBees
Daimler
Hockey India
Hockey India 2
Yanmar
Fuso
Mercedes-Benz
CloudBees
Daimler
Hockey India
Hockey India 2
Experience
Mar 2025 - Present

Caladrius.ai

Product design lead

  • Led end-to-end product design for an AI-driven SRE companion platform, helping teams make faster decisions in complex operational environments with multiple tools. Reducing MTTR by more than 50%.
  • Involved with product discovery and problem definition to identify high-impact opportunities for AI-assisted SRE support.
  • Conducted interviews with SRE teams to translate operational pain points into core product features.
  • Partnered with leadership to define the strategic product direction and product led growth.
Aug 2022 - Jan 2025

CloudBees INC

Staff product designer

  • Owned Product Analytics design for CloudBees Unify - an enterprise DevOps CI/CD platform, converting large volumes of pipeline data into actionable performance dashboards.
  • Designed data visualization dashboards catering, engineering teams to monitor performance across DevOps pipelines
  • Partnered with product and engineering teams to define requirements and turn complex technical capabilities into features.
  • Established shared design patterns and a reusable component library in Figma for the design team, improving design consistency and team iteration speed.
  • Optimized platform Information Architecture, resulting in improved navigation and feature discoverability across the ecosystem. Improved feature discoverability and navigation efficiency by 50%.
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022

ReleaseIQ INC (Acquired by Cloudbees)

Staff product designer

  • Worked end-to-end on a DevOps orchestration and intelligence platform providing visibility across the software delivery lifecycle.
  • Designed release intelligence dashboards that enabled teams to mitigate deployment risks.
  • Partnered with engineering and DevOps teams to understand release life-cycle stages and convert them into product features and operational insights.
  • Architected a scalable Design System in partnership with front-end engineers to ensure UI consistency. Improved design turnaround time by 30% and Reduced dev Hand off meetings by half.
Sep 2018 - Feb 2021

Sevael Technologies

Senior UX Designer

  • Conducted discovery workshops with clients and business stakeholders to align on product goals and define project strategies.
  • Designed interactive prototypes and design systems to ensure consistent user experiences and efficient implementation.
  • Led design efforts for Daimler's Industry 4.0 transformation initiative, designing digital product experiences for manufacturing systems. Improved their operational efficiency by 20%
  • Clients included: Daimler, Mercedes-Benz, Sify, Fuzo, Yanmar.
2012 - 2018

Vector n' Raster Digital Media Solutions

Independent Design Consultant

  • Provided product design and digital consulting for startups and organizations across multiple industries, delivering web and mobile applications from concept through launch.
  • Managed remote developer teams and delivered projects from concept through launch.
  • Worked with clients across industries including logistics, real estate, manufacturing, healthcare, education, hospitality, and nonprofits in UK, USA, Australia, Singapore, Zambia, and India.
  • Projects included work for organizations such as Hockey India, Hyfroflex piping, Tamil Nadu Hockey Association, St. Michael Group of Institutions, Comate Engineering.
  • Also contributed visual design, web development, marketing efforts and branding work where required as part of broader product engagements.
2011 - 2012

Vikram Media

Visual Designer

  • Designed print advertisements and marketing materials for newspapers and magazines across multiple brands.
  • Created marketing collaterals including product catalogs, brochures, and brand identity materials.
Process

How things get
built together

01 —

Understand the Why

Every great design starts with empathy. I dive deep into the problem to uncover insights that shape the foundation.

02 —

Create the Vision

I blend strategy, usability, and visual storytelling to design experiences that feel intuitive and look distinct.

03 —

Validate with Real Users

Through feedback, testing, and iteration, I ensure the design works in the real world — not just on Figma.

04 —

Launch & Scale

I guide projects from concept to launch, helping teams build scalable design systems and maintain consistent, well-crafted brand experiences across products.

Testimonials

What people say

Derry Birkett
Derry Birkett
Product design leader - Cloudbees

"Yogan is a thoughtful, driven and dedicated design lead who works hard to deeply understand the domain and design targeted solutions which solve identified problems. He has no problem defending his designs with research, logic and sounds reasoning. He also works around his immediate needs in order to create an overall better experience for his solution when needed.

On a personal level I also appreciate Yogan's easy-going and likeable personality: he's friendly, open, funny and enjoyable to work with individually and within a team.

I would recommend Yogan as a designer to any leaders who need someone driven to autonomously get a handle on a problem - even challenging ones - and design and drive solutions that are well considered and impactful."

Pierre-Antoine de Preux
Pierre-Antoine de Preux
CEO Flozy

"Yogan was great at understanding our product and updating the visual elements of our product to make it more modern and more relevant to our target user base. I would totally recommend working with Yogan!"

John Menard
John Menard
Product Designer

"I had the pleasure to work with Yoga on various projects when running one of my startups. Yogananth pretty much led most of the design work that came through from our first client. He asked good questions, challenged approaches and was an overall pleasure to work with. The work was completed quickly and with utmost quality. I highly recommend Yogananth when it comes to anything design related as he'd be a fantastic asset to any embedded team."

Seth Gold
Seth Gold
CEO - Wholesalehelper

"Yoganath is a great designer. Easy to work with, has great ideas to bounce around and always makes sure to deliver quality. We collaborated on wireframes, UI/UX, branding materials, landing pages, etc."