About
Jagdish Devnath
Product Designer focused on AI-native enterprise software - turning complex data into calm, obvious interfaces.
Story
Design as a way of making sense of the world.
I grew up curious about how things work - not just the mechanics, but the reasoning behind decisions. That curiosity pulled me toward design: a discipline that sits at the intersection of logic, empathy, and craft.
My path started in physical product design - consumer products, medical devices - before moving into enterprise software. That grounding in form, constraints, and manufacturability still shapes how I approach digital products: design isn’t decoration; it’s infrastructure.
Today I lead product design across AI-powered workflows at Windward, a maritime intelligence platform helping government agencies and commercial organizations in over 60 countries turn complex operational data into actionable decisions.
Principles
What I believe about good design.
- Calm over clever
- The best interface is the one users don't notice. Complexity should live in the system, not on the screen.
- Context is everything
- A feature that makes sense in isolation can create friction in a real workflow. I design systems, not screens.
- Precision as craft
- Spacing, weight, contrast - these aren't aesthetic preferences. They're the difference between information and noise.
- Ship to learn
- Research reveals what people say. Shipped product reveals what they do. Both are necessary.
- Slow down to speed up
- The right question at the start saves months of iteration. I invest in framing before I invest in solutions.
- Collaboration is design
- The best outcomes come from bringing engineers and PMs into the design process early, not presenting to them late.
Experience
Where I’ve done the work.
- 2022 - Now
Product Designer · Windward
Leading design across AI-powered enterprise workflows - remote sensing intelligence, visual link analysis, generative AI investigation, and compliance - for organizations in over 60 countries. Redesigned onboarding experiences that cut instructor-led training costs by 60–70%.
- 2021 - 2022
R&D Product Designer · Consure Medical
Designed digital and physical experiences for medical technology - UX/UI for connected medical products, working with clinicians, engineers, and R&D to balance regulatory, manufacturing, and usability constraints.
- 2020 - 2021
Product Designer · Topps Toys
Localized internationally recognized consumer products for the Indian market, adapting packaging and product design to regulatory, manufacturing, and customer requirements.
- 2018 - 2020
Junior Product Designer · Linchpins Designs
Designed lifestyle and consumer products using human-centred design - from concept sketches and prototypes to production-ready designs with engineering and manufacturing teams.
Education
Where the foundation was built.
- 2016 - 2020
B.Des in Product Design
Amity University, Noida
Focused on human-centred design, interaction design, and design research.
Certifications
Formal nods along the way.
- Mar 2021
Innovation by Design
IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay
- Aug 2021
UX Design
Google
- 2020
Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
Google Digital Garage
Honors & Awards
Recognition worth remembering.
- Mar 2019
DESCON 2019 - Third Prize, Design for All (Inclusive Design)
Amity University
Led a four-person team to a third-place win for PULSE - an inclusive public bench for railway stations and bus stops, designed around the needs of visually impaired and elderly users.
Publications
Writing that made it to print.
- Apr 2019
The Future of Public Benches - An idea that includes everyone
Design For All Institute of India newsletter, Vol-14 No-4 · with Navjot Singh, Vibhor Gupta, and Akhil Rajput
An inclusive-design study of outdoor public benches - rethinking a shared everyday object so it works for as many people as possible, regardless of age, gender, or disability.
Read the publication
Languages
How I say hello.
- English
- Full professional proficiency
- Hindi
- Full professional proficiency
- German
- Elementary proficiency