Hi, I'm Atharva.

Sr. product designer in Asheville, NC, at NorthQuad. M.S. in UX from Purdue University. I make complicated enterprise work easier to understand and act on.

Atharva Dnyanmote holding a clipboard in front of a presentation screen

How I work

  1. Research and requirements before pixels

    Figma comes after I've talked to people.

  2. Design at the system level

    I think in components, and in how each decision holds up at scale.

  3. Cross-functional by default

    I sit with engineers early and on purpose.

  4. AI is a tool in my process

    I use Claude Code, Cursor and Figma Make, mostly to prototype in code, and check the results with users and tests. I've also shipped products built on AI.

Background

At NorthQuad I design B2B SaaS: Sample Manager, Predictive Modeling, Agenda Keeper and The Village. Before that, SAP: enterprise onboarding that raised new-hire task completion by 25%.

Résumé (PDF) (opens in a new tab)

Experience

  1. Sept 2024 to presentNorthQuadSr. Product Designer
  2. Jan 2023 to May 2024Purdue UniversityProduct Designer & Graduate Research Assistant
  3. Nov 2021 to Jul 2022SAPProduct Designer

Education

  1. May 2024Purdue UniversityM.S. in Computer Graphics Technology, User Experience Design
  2. Aug 2021University of MysoreB.Des. in Human Centered Design

Published research

Not Only Annoying but Dangerous: Devising an Ecology of Protections for Photosensitive Social Media Users (opens in a new tab) ACM SIGACCESS ASSETS 2024 Data Ownership and Validation in Civic Life: Can Online Content Vouch for a Person's Credibility in the Absence of Standard Documentation? (opens in a new tab) SSRN preprint Who Can Play?: Analyzing Pre-Purchase Accessibility Information for Video Games (opens in a new tab) SECAC 2026, Winston-Salem, NC, Oct 21-24 Upcoming

Community

I started AVL UX, a design meetup in Asheville.

What I do for fun

Lifting, scuba diving, hiking, stargazing, painting miniatures, and too much philosophy.

Philosophy I stand by

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.

Miyamoto Musashi