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02 · Experience
03 · Capabilities
04 · Contact
◇ 01 · Intro
ABOUT

Senior UX designer for systems that can't afford to fail.

I'm Abhikant Nirbhavane. I design enterprise software for environments where getting it wrong has real consequences: dispute management, card controls, compliance workflows, complex quoting.

My work tends to follow a pattern: a system that grew complicated faster than it grew thoughtful, users quietly working around it, and a business that needs it fixed without breaking what people rely on. I bring structure first (information architecture, design systems, predictable patterns), then make it feel effortless.

I've shipped AI that explains itself, and I've deliberately kept AI out of systems where deterministic rules are more trustworthy. Knowing which answer fits which domain is, I think, the actual senior skill.

Abhikant Nirbhavane
◇ 02 · Experience

Experience

2023 – Present

Mid-Senior UX Designer · Fiserv

Sole designer on two flagship fintech platforms: Disputes Workspace (AI-assisted dispute management) and 360 Control (issuer administration console, shipped for Desjardins). Embedded product owner on 360 Control.

2022

UX Designer · Zywave

Only designer on the CPQ enterprise quoting platform: research-led redesign, design system from scratch, quote time cut from 18 to 10 minutes.

2021 – 2022

UX Designer · Photon

2018 – 2019

UX Designer · Logile

2017 – 2018

UX Designer · Dzynestudio

◇ 03 · Capabilities

What I bring

PRODUCT DESIGN
End-to-end enterprise UX
Information architecture
Data-dense interface design
Interactive prototyping
SYSTEMS
Design systems from scratch
Extending established languages
Component libraries (50+ comps)
Accessibility-minded patterns
HIGH-STAKES DOMAINS
AI workflows & explainability
Compliance & auditability
Fintech operations
Product ownership
◇ 04 · Contact
STATUS: AVAILABLE FOR NEW WORK

Let's talk about the next big thing.

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