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Born and brought up in the coastal city of Mangalore in a Roman catholic household, I pursued a career as an engineer until by a spot of luck I came across the field of design. Post a Master's degree (Information and Interface Design, 2012-2015) from the National Institute of Design, I started my practice as a digital product designer. Now with 11+ years of experience, I am currently a senior design manager with a keen interest in growing designers, building great teams and psychological safety.

In my spare time, I like to travel to new places, make coffee content, read non-fiction and contemporary fiction , collect graphic art and write short stories and travelogues.

Want to work with me or discuss a cool project that you are working on?

Write me an email at kennethmdesouza [at] gmail [dot] com or DM me @kenneth

Work Experience

Senior Design Manager

Jiva AG • Jan 2022 - Sept 2025

  • Head of Product Design team of 10+ designers (product designers, ux writers and user researchers)
  • Responsible for the design of multiple mobile apps (Sahabat Jiva app, Jiva Agro app, Jiva Petani app, etc) and desktop interfaces
  • Directed the design of our internal design system – Akar

Senior Design Manager

Gojek • Dec 2017 - Jan 2022

  • Head of Merchant Platform design team of 10+ product designers across multiple products
  • Responsible for the design of all Merchant facing products ranging from GoFood Resto Management to the Midtrans Payment Gateway across region
  • Helped build the team and design processes as we scaled from a small team to 100+ designers and I grew from Senior Designer to Senior Design Manager

Senior Designer

Practo • Apr 2014 - Nov 2017

  • Worked on the Doctor facing products like Practo Ray and was the Design Owner for Practo Partner.
  • Led the effort for the Material redesign of the Practo Partner android app and oversaw the redesign of the iOS app.
  • Helped build the team and design processes as we scaled from 4 to 32 designers and was part of it from Intern to Senior Designer

Education

Masters in Design

National Institute of Design

Information & Interface Design

2012 - 2015

Bachelors of Engineering

NMAMIT (VTU)

Electronics & Communications

2006 - 2010