Testimonials
What people say about working with me
Real words from the product teams, leaders, and collaborators I’ve worked with, each shown next to the documented results behind them.
“[The work] Rajesh is assigned to is extraordinarily complex – updating a complicated, powerful enterprise financial system in a multi-year stream of work. His design deliverables have been great, and he was able to understand this robust product and improve its design immeasurably.”
Executive Director, College Board
Up to 90%
higher task success on redesigned PowerFAIDS workflows
College Board · PowerFAIDS
“Accessibility isn’t an afterthought with Rajesh. He bakes it into the process, and it shows in the user outcomes.”
Accessibility Consultant, College Board
Section 508 · WCAG 2.1 AA
built into design reviews, components, and handoff
DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester certification
“Rajesh has a gift for simplifying complexity. His design systems made our developer handoffs seamless and scalable.”
Senior Product Manager, College Board
“Rajesh helped bridge our UX, content, Accessibility and engineering silos with empathy and clarity. His leadership is subtle but powerful.”
UX Research Manager, World Bank
3× VPU Team Award
for cross-functional collaboration and project delivery, plus 25% higher task completion on redesigned workflows
The World Bank · 2011, 2012, 2018
“Rajesh is an outstanding UX lead. I’ve worked with him to redesign a highly complex financial aid software system to bring it into the modern world and his ideas and approaches never fail to impress.”
Director of Design Systems, EdTech Platform
Up to 70%
less onboarding time through simpler navigation, labels, and content hierarchy
College Board · PowerFAIDS
“His unique perspective and willingness to consider and implement stakeholder feedback helped us create something brand new, yet still familiar to our customer base.”
Sr. Director Product, Financial Services
“Our project was stalled until Rajesh joined. His UX Clinic sessions created alignment, momentum, and real user-first progress.”
Vamshi, Developer
UX Clinics & design critiques
recurring sessions that aligned product, engineering, and business stakeholders, plus mentoring for junior designers and developers
College Board · 2019–2025
“I doubt even other lead designers would have been able to accomplish as much as Rajesh has in his time at CB, and endorse him whole heartedly.”
Executive Director, College Board
“Rajesh brought clarity to chaos and helped us scale our product faster without sacrificing usability.”
Product Owner, Reston, VA
“Rajesh’s GenAI experience helped us rethink how we present AI-generated content to users. He made it transparent, ethical, and usable.”
AI Product Lead, FinTech Startup
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