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hemant jha

Executive Design & Innovation Leader specializing in product, strategy, and sustainable systems

Honest StructuresYale UniversityChicago, Illinois25 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Product/system designer focused on ultra-clean, modular, customizable work/organization environments (e.g., making stations for studios and fabrication spaces). Emphasizes rules-based interaction models, restrained structural visual language, and hands-on field research/prototyping to embed industrial constraints (tolerances, load paths, safety) into intuitive, training-free user experiences.

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Key Strengths

  • Designs complex modular systems with clear interaction rules
  • Translates industrial/technical constraints into intuitive, self-explanatory UX
  • Field-driven insight gathering that materially shifts product direction
  • Encodes constraints into geometry/affordances to reduce user error and training
  • Leads prototyping strategy by matching fidelity to risk and validation goals
  • Cross-functional collaboration with engineers focused on scalable component behavior

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Experience

FacultyUniversity of Illinois Chicago · Jan 2025 – Presentpart-time
Business Design & StrategyEdward Jones · Dec 2022 – Present
FacultySegal Design Institute at Northwestern University · Dec 2022 – Presentpart-time
PrincipalHONEST STRUCTURES · Aug 2018 – Present
Advisor to the Building Committee, IIM AhmedabadIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad · Oct 2021 – Presentpart-time
FacultyIIT Institute of Design · Nov 2009 – Presentpart-time
Executive Director. Founder.wheelwell NFP · Jul 2009 – Present
Chief Design OfficerGodrej · Dec 2014 – Apr 2018
Mentor, Innovate for ImpactKellogg School of Management · Jan 2012 – Jan 2015part-time
Design DirectorIA Collaborative · Jun 2011 – Sep 2014
Founder and Principalthinkmore · Jan 2009 – Jun 2011
Founder and Principalthink/thing · Jan 2007 – Dec 2008
Senior Designer, Sony Design Center, LASony Electronics · Sep 2004 – Nov 2006
Industrial Designer, Advanced Research GroupHarman International · Jan 2001 – Jan 2002
ArchitectKevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates · Jan 1999 – Jan 2001
Principal Industrial DesignerRichard Meier & Partners · Jan 1998 – Jan 1999

Education

Yale Universitymaster, Architecture (1998)
School of Planning and Architecturebachelor, Architecture (1995)

Skills

Cross-functional leadershipPrototypingSalesforceStrategic planningFigmaAccessibilityAdvanced researchAIArchitectureAudio equipment restorationBrand strategyBuilt environment designBusiness designBusiness growth strategyClient experience design

Languages

English

Publications

3 publications

DesignSustainable designManufacturing at scaleDesign and technology

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hemant jhaExecutive Design & Innovation Leader specializing in product, strategy, and sustainable systems