Hemant Kumar

Hemant Kumar is a Staff Product Designer at GitHub, drawing from a robust multi-disciplinary design practice that emphasizes User Experience, Product Strategy, and Systems Design. With a Master's degree in Design from IIT Bombay, Hemant has accumulated five years of experience in optimizing user engagement for notable brands such as IKEA, Garmin Systems, and Deutsche Bank. Hemant's career includes founding WhiteShapes Innovation and Strategy, where they provided strategic consultancy in User Experience and Communication Design, as well as roles at Hurix Systems and Microsoft. Hemant has also maintained a strong academic presence, engaging in seminars and workshops, and has been recognized with multiple awards for collaborative design projects and served as an Artist-in-residence at The School of Visual Arts in New York.