Srikant Chari is a UX researcher and designer with experience consulting on conversational design for chatbots and designing surveys and conversation maps. He has founded two successful TEDx conferences where he coordinated speakers and events. As an intern, he designed websites and wireframes for healthcare and eCommerce clients. He also has research experience studying working memory and designing visual tasks for cognitive studies.

1. Srikant Chari
UX Researcher & Designer
www.srikantchari.com cheenu.chari@gmail.com 512-241-9077
I am a research-driven UX Designer with a penchant for
applying insights uncovered to solving design challenges.
Selected Experience Education
Skills
UX Designer & Researcher, Olivia AI
July 2015-July 2016
·Consulted literature in behavioral economics and cognitive psychology
to influence the conversational design between the user and the chatbot.
·Designed surveys to figure out which areas of spending users needed the
most help with.
·Conducted secondary research on over 21 spend categories relevant
to the user’s needs.
·Designed over 21 conversation maps that model how the user interacts
with the chatbot through various scenarios.
Founder & President, TEDxUTD
Nov 2013-Apr 2015
·Organized two successful TEDx conferences at my university,
held on April 13th, 2014 and April 12th, 2015 respectively.
·Coordinated with my 22-member team for the planning and
development of the conferences ranging from speaker selection
to marketing the event.
·Provided an engaging and enlightening experience for the audience
with an eclectic array of topics ranging from public health
to virtual reality.
UX Architect Intern, MePlusYou
June 2014-Sep 2014
·Worked with the creative department to design websites for various
eCommerce and Healthcare clients such as Convergence Health,
GlaxoSmithKline, and Louisville Slugger.
·Designed mobile and desktop iterations of sitemaps,
user flow diagrams
and wireframes for various clients.
·Learned how to build mobile first responsive websites.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Center For BrainHealth
Mar 2011-Aug 2013
·Assisted Prof. Dan Krawzyck’s lab in studying working memory,
decision making, and reasoning.
·Designed over 32 sets of visual-spatial tasks for the
fluid intelligence project.
·Recruited and proctored participants for the behavioral portion
of the study.
·Gained rudimentary knowledge of fMRI imaging analysis
using the MATLAB software extension, Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM).
MS, Applied Cognition & Neuroscience
(Concentration In Human Computer
Interaction)
BS, Cognitive Science
(Concentrations In Cognitive
Neuroscience & Computational
Modeling)
University of Texas at Dallas, May 2016
University of Texas at Dallas, May 2014
Methods
Software
User Interviews
Survey Design
Prototype Personas
Storyboarding
Affinity Diagramming
Customer Journey Mapping
Task Flows
Sitemapping
Wireframing
Usability Testing
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Excel
UX Pin
Mockplus
Invision
Axure
HTML
CSS
Java
MATLAB
Python
R