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Sonu Kalwar
Experience

– Designing B2B SaaS experiences in the FinOps space, helping teams optimize cloud costs and financial decision-making – Simplifying complex, data-heavy workflows into intuitive, scalable interfaces – Collaborating with product, engineering, and business teams to align user experience with operational efficiency and cost visibility – Driving system-level thinking across dashboards, analytics, and workflows to improve usability and adoption

Owned end-to-end design for core fintech products across lending, payments, and credit systems. Key Contributions: – Led design for Freo Pay (BNPL), Credit Score, UPI, and Freo One ecosystem – Built and scaled a Design Language System (DLS) to improve consistency and speed across teams – Collaborated cross-functionally with product, engineering, marketing, and CX to align UX with business outcomes – Mentored designers and elevated overall design quality Impact: – Improved KYC completion from 60% → 90% through redesigned flows and fallback handling – Increased transaction success from 80% → 95% by optimizing repeat transaction experience – Boosted referral rate from 16% → 62% within 3 months – Scaled product reach from 85 → 1200+ cities within a year – Contributed to: • +2M users via Freo Pay • +1M users via Credit Score product – Drove 20% MoM revenue growth (Freo Pay) and 5% MoM (Credit Score)

Yellow.ai is now a global leader in generative AI-powered customer service automation for enterprises. – Designed modular Design Language System for AI chatbot platform – Enabled DIY bot creation, reducing dependency on developers – Improved customization and scalability for enterprise clients – Advocated for design impact across stakeholders, driving adoption of UX practices

Hnak.com is the e-commerce branch of Al Musbah group, one of the leading retail companies in Saudi Arabia - with 190+ stores across the Middle East region. – Designed e-commerce web and mobile platforms from scratch for Middle East users – Conducted research, competitive analysis, and usability testing – Collaborated with Saudi teams to iterate using interactive prototypes Platform Metrics: – 200K monthly active users – 54% checkout completion rate – 11% add-to-cart rate – 19% retention rate

Skillenza is a data - driven Skill acceleration platform. – Led digital marketing strategy across SEO, social, paid campaigns, and email – Promoted to manager role based on performance – Improved engagement and conversions through data-driven campaigns – Designed landing pages and user journeys ensuring consistent UX across channels

Sonu Kalwar
Skills
01
Product Design Strategy
Complex Workflow Design
Product Discovery
Information Architecture
Portfolio Design Strategy
02
Research and Experimentation
User Research
Usability Testing
Behavioral Design
Evidence-Based Decisions
03
Design Systems
Design Systems Strategy
Component Architecture
Design System Adoption
Design Documentation
04
Fintech Experience Design
Payments UX
Credit Product Design
KYC Flow Design
Repayment Experience
05
Data-Heavy Interfaces
Dashboard Design
Data Visualization
Progressive Disclosure
FinOps Experience Design
06
AI and Design Tooling
Human-Centered AI
AI Design Patterns
AI-Assisted Prototyping
Figma

Sonu Kalwar
Education

Ramaiah Institute Of Technology
2011 - 2015
Computer Engineering