About
Product Designer. Problem Solver. Systems Thinker.

7+
Years of Experience
97%
Client Retention Rate
35+
Products Shipped
Clarity over complexity. Systems over chaos. Designing scalable experiences that move businesses forward.
I'm Shashikanth Kapikad, a Product Designer based in Mangalore, India, with 7+ years of experience taking products from ambiguous problems to shipped, scalable solutions.
I work across the full product lifecycle, leading stakeholder discovery, defining design strategy, building robust design systems, and collaborating with engineering to ensure what gets built matches what users actually need. My background spans SaaS, B2C marketplaces, enterprise platforms, and mobile across industries including real estate, travel, fintech, and logistics.
What drives me is the belief that great product design isn't about beautiful screens it's about deeply understanding a user's mental model, aligning that with business objectives, and building systems that scale without losing clarity. I treat every design decision as a product decision.
Skills and Expertise
Product Strategy & Roadmap Contribution
End-to-end Product Design Ownership
User Research & Insight Synthesis
Design Systems Architecture & Governance
Stakeholder & Cross-functional Collaboration
Information Architecture & Complex Workflow Design
Usability Testing & Iterative Validation
B2B SaaS · B2C Marketplaces · Enterprise Applications · Mobile Apps
Career
Work Experience
Product Designer
RC Teraabytes Pvt Ltd - Remote, India | Aug 2025 - Present Owning product design across the full lifecycle — from discovery and strategy through to delivery and system documentation.
Senior UI/UX Designer
Bix Bytes Solutions Pvt Ltd (CoCoGrid) - Mangalore, India | Oct 2019 - Jul 2025 Led design for 20+ products across SaaS and B2C, building scalable design systems and driving product strategy in close collaboration with PMs and engineering.
UI/UX Designer (Web & Product)
Trionix Global Pvt Ltd - Mangalore, India | Jul 2017 - Sep 2019 Designed and shipped complex web interfaces for enterprise clients, establishing design processes and UI standards.
RECOGNITION
Industry Recognition
Speaker – “AI in UX”, Design Quest 2024
Mangalore Institute of Technology & Engineering, Moodabidre, Mangalore, Karnataka
UX India Conference 2023 Attendee
The Leela Bhartiya City, Bengaluru 6/2, Thanisandra Main Road, Tirumanahalli, Bengaluru 560064
Core Committee Member – Design Quest Community.
Design Quest Community.
Certifications

UX Design - Interaction Design Foundation (IDF) Courses
Be10X ai tools workshop
Web & Graphic Design - BDPS Academy.