Product Designer · 7+ Years · SaaS · Enterprise · B2C

I turn messy problems into products people actually use.

I work at the intersection of user insight, business strategy, and systems design. owning product decisions from discovery through to delivery across 35+ shipped products and 10+ industries.

7+

7+

7+

Years shaping product strategy & design

35+

35+

35+

End-to-end products
owned & shipped

End-to-end products
owned & shipped

10+

10+

10+

Industries from FinTech to PropTech

Industries from FinTech to PropTech

97%

97%

97%

Client retention across
7+ years

SELECTED WORK

I approach every project as a product problem first, a design problem second. Below are four projects where I owned the design end-to-end. from framing the problem with stakeholders to shipping a scalable system.

OneERP

Led end-to-end product design for a Swiss SaaS platform serving property managers. Translated fragmented multi-tool workflows into a unified system, reducing manual operations and improving daily efficiency across mandate management, accounting, and tenant services.

2025

OneERP

Led end-to-end product design for a Swiss SaaS platform serving property managers. Translated fragmented multi-tool workflows into a unified system, reducing manual operations and improving daily efficiency across mandate management, accounting, and tenant services.

2025

Global Star

Owned the UX strategy and design system for a high-volume travel agency SaaS. Drove a 30–40% reduction in booking time by rethinking data-heavy workflows and introducing a modular, scalable UI architecture for multi-leg itinerary management.

2024

Global Star

Owned the UX strategy and design system for a high-volume travel agency SaaS. Drove a 30–40% reduction in booking time by rethinking data-heavy workflows and introducing a modular, scalable UI architecture for multi-leg itinerary management.

2024

Holiday Swap

Designed cross-platform product experience (web + mobile) for a global home-swap marketplace operating across 125+ countries. Led discovery, journey mapping, and a reusable component library that reduced listing drop-offs and streamlined the swap-to-confirmation flow.

2023

Holiday Swap

Designed cross-platform product experience (web + mobile) for a global home-swap marketplace operating across 125+ countries. Led discovery, journey mapping, and a reusable component library that reduced listing drop-offs and streamlined the swap-to-confirmation flow.

2023

Houzi

Defined the product design strategy for a smart real estate app focused on trust, search clarity, and comparison confidence. Architected user flows and interface systems that make high-stakes property decisions feel approachable and informed.

2025

Houzi

Defined the product design strategy for a smart real estate app focused on trust, search clarity, and comparison confidence. Architected user flows and interface systems that make high-stakes property decisions feel approachable and informed.

2025

Let's build something that matters

I'm open to Product Designer and Lead Product Designer roles. full-time or contract. If you're building a product that needs someone who owns the full journey from insight to system to shipped feature, let's talk.

© 2026 Shashikanth Kapikad | All Rights Reserved

Let's build something that matters

I'm open to Product Designer and Lead Product Designer roles. full-time or contract. If you're building a product that needs someone who owns the full journey from insight to system to shipped feature, let's talk.

© 2026 Shashikanth Kapikad | All Rights Reserved

Let's build something that matters

I'm open to Product Designer and Lead Product Designer roles. full-time or contract. If you're building a product that needs someone who owns the full journey from insight to system to shipped feature, let's talk.

© 2026 Shashikanth Kapikad | All Rights Reserved

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