Vishal Hemanth, Founder at MAKE Creative Design Studio in Bangalore, India

About

Creative thinker, Innovator & problem solver with over six years’ experience in new product design and development with focused interest in creating experiences through design. Exposure to user-centered design in digital interactions and bio-medical devices.

My short work history hosts a diversity of experiences including entrepreneurial with skills to manage and direct creative teams and administer quality engineering.

Strengths:

• Research, ideation, brainstorming, sketching, story-boarding

• Product / Industrial Design

• Graphic / Structural Packaging Design

• Quality Engineering

• SolidWorks / Rhino / KeyShot

• Photoshop / CorelDraw / MS Office

Education

Master of Design (M.Des.) Product Design and Engineering

Indian Institute of Science

2006 - 2008

The Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing (CPDM) at Indian Institute of Science was established to pursue excellence in teaching, research and industry interaction in the area of Design. The two-year M.Des programme is the flagship program of the Centre and is perhaps the only place in India pursuing an active research programme in Design spanning the broad areas of Design Theory and Methodology, Human Factors in Design, PLM and, Vehicle Design, Simulation and Testing.
B.E. Mechanical Engineering

Visvesvaraya Technological University

1999 - 2004
10th ICSE

B.P. Indian Public School

1992 - 1997
6th Standard CBSE

Sainik School, Bijapur

1991 - 1992
Primary CBSE

Kendriya Vidyalaya

1987 - 1990

Experience

Founder

MAKE Creative Design Studio

Nov 2013 - Present (11 years)

Founder Designer of MAKE. Lead the product design consulting activities with responsibilities that include:

- Overseeing overall design quality and spirit of the design team
- Regular interaction with all business units to support each other’s goals
- Assigning projects/tasks to designers and engineers
- Supervise & support design execution
- Sales pitch meetings, budgeting and proposal writing
Independent Design Consultant & Contract Quality Engineer

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Aug 2011 - Oct 2013 (2 years 2 months)

• Lead Industrial Designer;
• Identify applicable certification requirements;
• Ensure documentation and compliance of medical device as per ISO and FDA regulations;
• Practical knowledge of ISO 13485, 14971, IEC 60601-1, 60601-1-6, 60601-1-8, 62366:2008 and other relevant standards.
Information Architect

SapientNitro

Feb 2011 - Aug 2011 (6 months)

• Apply user-centered design methods to find and translate unmet user needs, business objectives, and technology capabilities into world-class business solutions;
• Assess existing sites for usefulness, usability, visual design, content, and branding.
Co-founder & Principal Designer

DSINE5

Mar 2009 - Jan 2011 (1 year 10 months)

• Co-founded the studio for Dhee Intellection Solutions with the aim to offer design services to SMEs and Start-ups;
• Lead creative innovation and design. Co-inventor in multiple Intellectual Properties;
• Handled and trained a team of trainee and experienced engineers.
Freelance Designer

Commercial Creative Designer

Aug 2008 - Feb 2009 (6 months)

• Provided and executed multiple design services (graphic/industrial/packaging) to SMEs and Start-ups;
• Single-handedly created and executed complete branding exercise for a real estate developer.
Intellectual Property Support Engineer (Prior-art research)

Dhee Intellection Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Jun 2005 - Jun 2006 (1 year)

• Study and analyze software prior art provided by the team of researchers;
• Evaluate software products, compare their features and compile them into documents.
Technical Support Agent

Sykes Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India

Oct 2004 - Apr 2005 (6 months)

Customer/Semi-technical support for Kodak Digital users.
Suggested improvements to the Kodak research team in the User Interface of EasyShare software.
Recognized for excellence at work by client Kodak as well as by Sykes Enterprises.

Awards

Finalist in LG Design Innovation Competition 2010.

2nd prize in the Aesthetics Competition Held at Shaastra 2007, IIT Madras.

2nd prize for designing the futuristic PC, Shaastra 2006, IIT Madras.

Designed posters and cards for a regional club at IISc, Bangalore

Skills

Elsewhere on the Web

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On Coroflot

@vlahsiv, member since 2006

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Vishal Hemanth

Systems Administrator, Visible Futures Lab (VFL)

Department of Applied Design Chair - Associate Professor/Professor