Based in Hyderabad, India

Designing for
Impact & Innovation

I’m Harish Mella, a seasoned UX Designer and Experience Strategist with 15+ years of experience leading digital product transformations, establishing DesignOps frameworks, and crafting explainable AI-human systems.

15+ Years Exp
40+ Projects
10+ Clients
8+ Industries
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Shaping Human-Machine Synergy

I direct digital experience strategies across enterprise operations, consulting platforms, and design-led ventures. My core strength lies in combining hands-on typographic and visual craft with high-level DesignOps structure to convert executive strategic intent into highly scalable, robust product designs.

UX & Experience Strategy

Facilitating alignment workshops, scoping North Star journeys, and matching product metrics to actual business values.

DesignOps & Systems

Deploying and governing cross-platform design systems (like Accenture's Groove) to minimize design debt and align development pipelines.

Human-AI Interaction Design

Designing explainable interfaces, confidence indicators, and human-in-the-loop controls for complex machine learning programs.

Selected Projects

Groove Design System
Accenture Operations Enterprise UX & DesignOps

Future Enterprise Case Study

Translating Accenture's enterprise strategic intent into cohesive digital operations modules, driving the Groove Design System adoption across global units.

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SynOps Intelligent AI
Accenture Operations Explainable AI UX

SynOps Platform

Designing the UX collaboration layer for Accenture's machine-intelligence workforce advisor, incorporating trust indices and role-based workflows.

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Clerk of Worx, NY Mobile UI/UX & Strategy

Code Works

Designing a high-utility iOS scanner application to automate construction site worker compliance, replacing manual zoning forms with live scans.

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OctoDash, Singapore Logistics Platform UI/UX

Octodash Platform

Developing the merchant portal and rider mapping workflows for a double-sided last-mile delivery network in Singapore's home business sector.

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Experience & Credentials

Professional Experience

Oct 2023 - Present

Founder

Nousverse LLP
  • Directing a boutique product design studio, helping clients translate complex business problems into clear customer journeys.
  • Applying AI-augmented design workflows to accelerate research synthesis, prototyping, and brand layouts.
Oct 2023 - Sep 2025

UX Manager & DesignOps Lead

Accenture - Operations Interactive
  • Led digital transformations and experience strategies for global operations dashboards, notably the SynOps automation platform.
  • Championed the global rollout and compliance of the Groove Design System across distributed teams.
  • Established recruitment, training, and capability building protocols to scale the local UX team's efficiency.
Oct 2011 - Oct 2023

UI/UX Program Manager

WebileApps (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Acquired by KFintech)
  • Managed end-to-end design lifecycles for fintech, healthtech, and logistics clients, moving products from wireframe to shipping.
  • Secured the key acquisition partnership with KFin Technologies through high-quality interaction prototyping.

Education & Executive Learning

2026

Fullstack Web Development

Coding Ninjas Certification
2025

Intelligent Interaction Design

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
2024

Persuasive UX Strategy

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
2023

HCI for AI Systems Design

University of Cambridge
2023

Post Graduate Product Management

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
2003 - 2007

Bachelor of Engineering

Anna University, Chennai (ECE)

Let's build something exceptional

Whether you are looking to scale an enterprise application, implement a design system, or explore explainable AI, I am open to consultation and design leadership roles.

harish@mharish9.com
+91 7675811122 Hyderabad, India
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