Senior Product Designer

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B2B and AI platforms

I untangle complex and data-heavy workflows.

I untangle complex and data-heavy workflows.

10 years

Of leading design and product strategy across technical industries.
Of leading design and product strategy across technical industries.

5 SaaS products

Shaped, designed, and launched with a global reach.
Shaped, designed, and launched with a global reach.

About me

Career highlights

Experience

BlueDot

Senior Product Designer

2022 – 2026

Owned design and product decisions for BlueDot's entire client experience.

GetSetUp

Product Lead

2021 – 2022

Explored product management and led delivery for the B2B partner network (the primary driver of revenue).

WebXpress

Design Lead

2016 – 2021

Established the design practice as the first design hire at WebXpress. Designed net-new products and processes.

Marketing Manager

2014 – 2016

Co-built the marketing function from the ground up and built the lead engine that grew the qualified pipeline by 50%.

Multi-disciplinary expertise

I leverage my roots in IT and MBA to speak the language of every domain and to take wholistic product decisions.

Specialities

Product Strategy
0 to 1 Developments
Complex and Data-Heavy Products
Human-AI Interaction
Workflow Simplification

Testimonials from my colleagues

Rahul combines genuine visual craft with strategic thinking, user empathy, and the kind of collaborative instinct that raises the bar for everyone around him. He shapes product direction, not just design direction.
James Aufricht

VP of Product

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BlueDot

Rahul has shown great leadership in managing expectations and delivers in a phenomenal way while keeping scope lean.
Tim Lambertus

Chief Product Officer

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BlueDot

He has an eye for details and it reflects in his deliverables. He single-handedly created the design language of our entire product line.
Siddharth Wani

Product Head

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WebXpress

Rahul has a phenomenal ability to understand complex problems clients have struggled with for years. He asks the right questions to get at the root cause and designs solutions that would make you think he was an SME.
Apurva Mankad

Founder and CEO

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WebXpress

I am consistently impressed by how Rahul juggles product, UX, and technical aspects of the business with such grace and ease.
Sonya Karamchandani

Frontend Engineer

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BlueDot

He is very good at communicating and assessing risks and steer the team away from roadblocks.
Deepika Akkineni

Principal Data Engineer

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GetSetUp

Rahul combines genuine visual craft with strategic thinking, user empathy, and the kind of collaborative instinct that raises the bar for everyone around him. He shapes product direction, not just design direction.
James Aufricht

VP of Product

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BlueDot

Rahul has a phenomenal ability to understand complex problems clients have struggled with for years. He asks the right questions to get at the root cause and designs solutions that would make you think he was an SME.
Apurva Mankad

Founder and CEO

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WebXpress

Rahul has shown great leadership in managing expectations and delivers in a phenomenal way while keeping scope lean.
Tim Lambertus

Chief Product Officer

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BlueDot

I am consistently impressed by how Rahul juggles product, UX, and technical aspects of the business with such grace and ease.
Sonya Karamchandani

Frontend Engineer

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BlueDot

He has an eye for details and it reflects in his deliverables. He single-handedly created the design language of our entire product line.
Siddharth Wani

Product Head

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WebXpress

He is very good at communicating and assessing risks and steer the team away from roadblocks.
Deepika Akkineni

Principal Data Engineer

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GetSetUp

Rahul combines genuine visual craft with strategic thinking, user empathy, and the kind of collaborative instinct that raises the bar for everyone around him. He shapes product direction, not just design direction.
James Aufricht

VP of Product

・

BlueDot

Rahul has shown great leadership in managing expectations and delivers in a phenomenal way while keeping scope lean.
Tim Lambertus

Chief Product Officer

・

BlueDot

He has an eye for details and it reflects in his deliverables. He single-handedly created the design language of our entire product line.
Siddharth Wani

Product Head

・

WebXpress

Rahul has a phenomenal ability to understand complex problems clients have struggled with for years. He asks the right questions to get at the root cause and designs solutions that would make you think he was an SME.
Apurva Mankad

Founder and CEO

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WebXpress

I am consistently impressed by how Rahul juggles product, UX, and technical aspects of the business with such grace and ease.
Sonya Karamchandani

Frontend Engineer

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BlueDot

He is very good at communicating and assessing risks and steer the team away from roadblocks.
Deepika Akkineni

Principal Data Engineer

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GetSetUp

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Design System

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Design System

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Getting Started with a New (Software) Product

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The Myth of B2B Users

Article on Medium

Design System

Peak under the hood of this portfolio, inspired by a painting I made.
Rahul Malkani

Senior Product Designer

Rahul Malkani

Senior Product Designer

Rahul Malkani

Senior Product Designer

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