About

Alfred Samuel is a versatile Design Strategist, Data Story Telling expert, Product Innovation specialist, Mentor, Public Speaker, Researcher, Psychologist, Entomologist, Traveller, Artist, and Farmer. He is a multipotentialite, Design Thinking Coach, Design System Specialist, and UX CX Consultant who excels in making the unclear clear. With core skills in Story Telling, Reasoning, Probing, written & spoken English, he is a HFI & IxD IDC trained, self-motivated UX Leader. Alfred is a passionate UX advocate for the end user, with deep empathy for their everyday issues, struggles, pains, and challenges. He can translate simple, medium, and complex problems into compelling solutions, validating and iterating designs with target users. He has established, nurtured, and proliferated User Centered Design practice across multiple mega corporates. With more than 20 years of experience, Alfred has led a team of visual designers, user experience designers, and front-end developers in Verizon - UXCoE Design Labs, Chennai, Infosys - Communication Design Group, Chennai, TCS - Web 2.0 Innovation Labs, Chennai, and PVNETcop – Research & Development Department, Malaysia. Alfred radiates passion for work and infects others with positive energy. He keeps abreast of the trends and best practices of the UX industry, and his skills include User Experience (UX), Product Innovation, Wire-framing, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, Visual Design, User Research, Usability, Accessibility, Client Management, Project Management, Metrics, and Feedback Analysis. Alfred's special skills include FreeHand Drawing, Idea Generation, Sketches, Articulating, Presentation, and Arts&Crafts. He uses tools like Paper & Pencil, Block-board & Chalk, Photoshop, illustrator, Axure, MS office, Google Suite, and Sketch. Alfred has domain experience in Agriculture, Banking & Finance, Telecommunications, Consumer Goods, Education, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare, Information Services, Insurance, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Technology, and Transportation & Logistics. His research interests include VUI Voice User Interface, Conversational UI, Artificial Intelligence in UX, and Chat-Bot. Currently, Alfred is a Senior Design Manager - Human Experience at wongdoody, where he manages a growing team of experienced UI/UX designers. He heads the data management initiative to maintain data of all the designers