# Phaneendra Sivangula, Product Designer and HCI Researcher

> Phaneendra Sivangula is a product designer and HCI researcher with 5+ years of experience across healthcare, fintech, hospitality SaaS, cybersecurity and AI wearables. He is currently at Apple in User Studies Research (Data & ML Operations). Before that he was Founding Product Designer at KOS AI, a graduate researcher at the Rutgers HCI Lab for Health & Sustainability, and a product designer at Fountane, FactSet, GlaxoSmithKline and NationsBenefits. He works across research, design strategy and prototyping in code, and has published research in JMIR Aging and ACM venues.

The portfolio is a single-page app drawn in the browser. Everything on it is also available as plain text at the links below.

## Start here
- [Profile for reviewers](https://hellophaneendra.com/profile.md): experience, education, skills, publications, and where to find evidence of each skill
- [Full text of the site](https://hellophaneendra.com/llms-full.txt): every page and case study in one file
- [Resume (PDF)](https://hellophaneendra.com/Phaneendra_Sivangula_Resume.pdf)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/phaneendrasivangula/)

## Case studies (plain text)
- [Steady glucose: A glucose companion that changes habits, not just charts](https://hellophaneendra.com/work/glucose.md): Founding Product Designer, Jun - Sep 2025. 30% fewer glucose spikes, three concepts validated, and part of a $2M pre-seed raise.
- [Hotels, rebuilt: Redesigning a 26-year-old hotel management system for 7,000+ hotels](https://hellophaneendra.com/work/hotel.md): Product Designer, Aug 2023 - Aug 2024 (MVP in 8 months). MVP live in 8 months. Top 3 PMS on Booking.com, an estimated +40% adoption, setup in 24 hours or less.
- [Breathe easier: Making air quality something the residents of Elizabeth, NJ act on](https://hellophaneendra.com/work/air.md): UX Researcher, Designer & Community Engagement Manager, Apr - Dec 2024 (36 weeks). A live dashboard, sensor map and community boards, released to the residents of Elizabeth.
- [Secure APIs: Making API security make sense to the engineers who run it](https://hellophaneendra.com/work/cyber.md): Interaction Designer, 2 months (60 days). Redesigned Enterprise and Community Editions, a standout at the RSA conference and an award-winning design.
- [Market signals: Helping traders see, and act on, indications of interest](https://hellophaneendra.com/work/trading.md): UX Researcher & UX Designer (solo), 30 days. An IOI app with live market data, buy and sell side by side, custom filters and one-click routing from linked apps.
- [Care, delivered: Giving a 5-year-old OTC store a makeover seniors could actually use](https://hellophaneendra.com/work/medicare.md): UX Designer (design lead), 40 days. An adaptive desktop and mobile store, 3x the daily orders, and a Spot Award for the work.

## Research publications
- [Toward Safe and Confident Silver Drivers](https://aging.jmir.org/2024/1/e57402/) (JMIR Aging, 2024): Interview study investigating older adults' driving practices.
- [Sensing the Air](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18cyBMQQL5fg54uKLCpZrQqimo23bQUYe/view?usp=sharing) (ACM): A photo elicitation study on older adults' perceptions of air quality to inform technology design.
- [Technology Use in Community Work](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FaArmJWvmtZM1JGxr2VKElC-PbQJUirc/view?usp=sharing) (ACM CHIIR): Operational realities and implications for smart cities, and how technology can help nonprofits.