Raghavendra Mahendrakar

My Passion & Expertise at Raghav4Web

UX ≠ UI

Seasoned IT professional with 20+ years of experience, including 10+ years in UX and Product Design. Specialized in end-to-end product design, user journey mapping, and intuitive, user-centered solutions. Expert in KPI and Dashboard design, creating data-rich interfaces that drive strategic decision-making. Worked with global brands including NIKE, APPLE, MICROSOFT, and INFOSYS–FINACLE. Leverage deep user research, behavioral insights, and data to deliver measurable business outcomes. Proficient in mobile-first, responsive design, Agile methodologies, and cross-functional collaboration.

Core Competencies

User Research, Design Thinking, Wireframing, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, UX Strategy, Visual Design, Responsive Design, Accessibility Design, Mobile-First Design, User Flows, Journey Mapping, Figma Design, UI Design Systems, Heuristic Evaluation, Design System Creation, Persona Development, Task Analysis, Product Design, Stakeholder Interviews, Agile UX, UX Writing, Microinteractions, Design Validation, User-Centric Design, UX Audits, Cross-Platform UX, UX Metrics And KPIs, AI-Integrated UX, AI-Powered User Interfaces, Conversational UI Design, AI-Enhanced Personalization, Machine Learning In UX, Predictive UX Design, Chatbot Experience Design, AI-Driven User Behavior Analysis, Natural Language Processing (NLP) In UX, Ethical AI Design

Technical Skills

  • AI & UX Integration: Conversational UI Design, Chatbot Flows, AI-Powered Personalization, Natural Language Processing (NLP) for UX, Predictive User Experience, AI-Driven User Insights, Ethical AI Design, Generative Design Tools (e.g., Uizard, Galileo AI)
  • Design & Prototyping: Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Axure, Balsamiq, InVision
  • Development Tools: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Angular UI, Material UI
  • Project Management: Jira, Trello, Asana, Zeplin
  • Prototyping & Testing: Balsamiq, UXPin, Hotjar, Google Analytics, Heuristic Evaluation, Stakeholder Interviews
  • Platforms: iOS, Android, Web (responsive and adaptive design)
Raghav4Web

UX Specialization


VIBE Design 100%
AI-Driven Product Design 100%
UX Strategy & CX Leadership 100%
Voice and Conversational UX 100%
Customer Experience (CX) Platforms 100%
Business Intelligence (BI) and KPI Analytics 100%
Dashboard Design and Analytics 100%
User Research 100%
Usability Testing 100%
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 100%
User-Centered Design (UCD) 100%
Interaction Design (IxD) 100%
Information Architecture (IA) 100%
Wireframing & Prototyping 100%
Sketching & Wireframe 100%
Design Systems 100%
Accessibility (WCAG Compliance) 100%
Responsive Design 100%
User Research & Usability Testing 100%
Collaboration & Communication 100%
Data-Driven Design 100%

Human-Computer Interaction – HCI




Carry out a design process that focuses on people’s needs to ensure that designs are easy and pleasurable to use. Create and enhance user interface designs based on principles of human cognition. Design engaging user experiences for desktop, mobile and physical devices. Evaluate the user experience of a design through user tests and expert evaluations.

Mobile User Experience (UX) Design




Design mobile interfaces based on mobile usability best practices. Use personas and task modelling to inform the design of a mobile user experience. Design mobile interfaces that cater to the different operating platforms (e.g. iOS vs Android). Design mobile user experiences that are engaging and fun.

Design Thinking: The Ultimate Guide




Apply an iterative, user-focused design process to generate innovative ideas that solve complex, ill-defined problems. Make use of practical design thinking methods such as interviews, co-creation sessions and rapid prototyping, in every stage of the design process. Initiate a new working culture based on customer needs and wants, so all work is focused on creating holistic and sustainable customer value. Employ user research techniques to ensure products and solutions are truly relevant to their target audience.

Interaction Design for Usability




Carry out a design process that focuses on people’s needs to ensure that designs are easy and pleasurable to use. Reduce the costs, risk, and time required to design and implement products by designing with usability in mind. Integrate user-centered design into lean and agile development processes, to ensure that all work creates customer value. Increase an organization’s UX maturity and ability to create great user experiences by engaging the whole team in user-centered design.

User Research – Methods and Best Practices




Carry out user research, such as interviews and observations, to ensure that designs are relevant and provide a great user experience. Plan user research projects that are valid and ethically sound. Reduce time and cost of product design and development through fitting user research into design processes in the most optimal way. Provide actionable insights to stakeholders through effectively communicating the results of user research projects.

Agile Methods for UX Design





Evaluate the agility of teams, identify agile patterns and anti-patterns and adapt to different variations of agile teams. Make use of specialized design and research techniques that are suited for agile teams. Research and design in collaboration with engineers to work within the constraints of short sprints. Design for experimentation and create agile-friendly deliverables.

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  • Automotive Procurement KPI Dashboard: Price Variance Management

     













    Automotive Procurement KPI Dashboard: Price Variance Management - @ Google AiStudio

    Project Overview

    The Automotive Procurement KPI Dashboard is a specialized, data-driven application designed to help automotive manufacturers visualize, track, and optimize critical purchasing performance. It serves as the primary tool for procurement teams to gain immediate visibility into vendor pricing, global commodity trends, and the root causes of material cost fluctuations. The platform integrates AI insights to flag anomalies, transforming procurement from a reactive reporting function into a proactive, strategic cost-saving center.

    Technology Stack: React (TypeScript), Tailwind CSS, High-Performance Data Visualization Libraries, Predictive AI/ML Modeling for Anomaly Detection

    My Role: Product Owner, UX Designer, Data Visualization Specialist.

    1. The Problem: Hidden Price Leakage and Volatility

    Automotive procurement teams face immense pressure from volatile global commodity markets and lengthy, complex vendor relationships. The key operational challenges were:

    • Lagging Insight: Traditional quarterly or monthly reports were too slow to address rapid price changes in materials like steel, plastic resins, or semiconductors, leading to significant unmanaged price variance leakage.

    • Blind Negotiation: Buyers lacked instant, consolidated data (contractual price vs. market index vs. invoiced price) at the point of negotiation, limiting their leverage and costing millions in unnecessary spend.

    • Data Fragmentation: Procurement data was siloed across ERP systems, contract databases, and market intelligence reports, making it impossible to perform a holistic "Should-Cost" analysis.

    The goal was to provide a real-time, unified intelligence layer that highlighted where cost variances were occurring and why.

    2. The Solution: Real-Time Variance Control with AI Flagging

    The dashboard provides a singular, authoritative source for all purchasing metrics, driving immediate action through predictive intelligence.

    • Unified Price Variance View: A core component shows the Price Performance Index (PPI) across all major component categories, instantly flagging vendors or parts where the invoiced price deviates negatively from the contractual or benchmarked "should-cost" price.

    • AI Anomaly Detection: The embedded AI continuously monitors material cost trends and historical purchase orders. It proactively highlights subtle pricing anomalies (e.g., a 2% price increase on a non-commodity item from a single vendor) that human operators would typically miss, enabling preventative negotiation.

    • Dynamic Trend Forecasting: Visualizations track the correlation between global commodity indices (e.g., LME Aluminum) and actual component purchase prices, giving buyers a predictive tool to time their purchasing strategies.

    • Drill-Down Efficiency: Built with React and TypeScript, the application guarantees fast loading and stable data drill-downs from the highest level KPI (Total Spend) down to a specific Purchase Order line item.

    3. The Design Process: Maximizing Actionable KPIs

    The design process centered on ensuring maximum data density and minimal cognitive load for the high-pressure procurement user.

    • UX Research – Buyer Workflow Mapping: Mapped the key decision points in a buyer's month (quarterly review, negotiation prep, daily variance checking). This confirmed the need for the Variance Delta Chart as the primary navigational element.

    • Tailwind CSS for Speed and Density: Utilized Tailwind CSS to create a dense, yet legible, dashboard that is responsive enough for both large command center screens and a buyer’s laptop during a negotiation meeting. Color-coding (Red/Green/Yellow) was used aggressively to ensure glanceability.

    • Information Hierarchy: The dashboard follows a strict top-down hierarchy: Total Spend & PPI (Executive Summary) → Category Variance (Manager View) → Vendor/Part Anomaly (Buyer Action View).

    • AI Explainability: A key design challenge was making the AI’s flags trustworthy. Each AI-generated anomaly comes with a simple, human-readable explanation (e.g., "Price exceeds 3-month rolling average by 4.5%").

    4. The Final Product: Strategic Cost Optimization

    The Automotive Procurement KPI Dashboard successfully shifted client procurement teams from manual reconciliation to strategic, data-led intervention.

    • $7.5M+ in Identified Annualized Savings: Within the first year of deployment, the real-time variance detection and AI flagging led to the identification and capture of multi-million dollar price leakage opportunities.

    • 25% Faster Negotiation Cycles: Buyers reported significantly reduced time spent preparing for negotiations due to instant access to unified market and historical data.

    • Reduction in Unjustified Price Increases: Proactive monitoring and standardized KPIs resulted in a 12% decrease in year-over-year unjustified price increase across key component categories.

  • ParkingPro+ IoT AI Dashboard: Operational Intelligence Platform

     






    ParkingPro+ IoT AI Dashboard: Operational Intelligence Platform - @ Google AiStudio - Live Demo

    Project Overview

    ParkingPro+ is a responsive, SaaS-based IoT AI dashboard designed for facility managers and operators. It provides a single pane of glass view for complex operational data, including carpark occupancy, detailed building utilization, and the real-time health status of thousands of interconnected IoT sensors and devices. The platform shifts operations from reactive monitoring to proactive, predictive resource management.

    Technology Stack: React (TypeScript), Tailwind CSS, Custom Data Visualization Libraries, Real-time WebSocket integration. 

    My Role: UX Architect, Full-Stack Prototyper, Data Modeling & Visualization Lead.

    1. The Problem: Operational Blind Spots and Reactive Management

    Operators managing large, multi-site infrastructures faced three critical challenges:

    • Data Silos & Fragmentation: Occupancy data (carpark, offices) was separate from device health data (sensors, cameras, access points), making it impossible to correlate maintenance issues with operational impact.

    • Reactive Maintenance: Device failures were often only discovered when a user reported a broken sensor or payment machine, leading to long periods of downtime and revenue loss.

    • Poor Resource Allocation: Without real-time, aggregated capacity insights, staff scheduling, security patrols, and maintenance routes were inefficiently planned, increasing overhead costs.

    The core challenge was to build a system that made vast streams of sensor data reliable, immediate, and actionable for both field staff and executive management.

    2. The Solution: Unified Health Monitoring and Predictive Insights

    ParkingPro+ delivers an integrated view by prioritizing data integrity and operational context.

    • Unified Health Status: A critical dashboard widget shows the aggregated health status of the entire IoT network (e.g., 98% online). Managers can drill down to see devices flagged by AI as at-risk (displaying anomalous behavior like high temperature or erratic readings) before outright failure.

    • Capacity & Utilization Map: Provides a live, geospatial overview of all assets (e.g., Carpark A is at 92% capacity, Building 4 is 30% occupied), allowing management to dynamically shift pricing or allocate staff based on need.

    • TypeScript Data Reliability: The use of TypeScript was essential for defining strict data schemas for complex IoT payloads, ensuring data reliability and reducing runtime errors when integrating multiple real-time data streams.

    • Actionable Alerts: Alerts are tiered—Critical, Warning, Informational—and automatically linked to suggested maintenance protocols, accelerating resolution time.

    3. The Design Process: Focus on Glanceability and Field Use

    The design process emphasized practical usability across diverse operating environments and device types.

    • UX Research – Field Interviews: Conducted structured interviews with maintenance and security staff to understand their workflow while on patrol. This informed the need for a hyper-efficient, mobile-first design.

    • Atomic Design with React: Developed a library of reusable, type-safe React components (e.g., Occupancy Card, Device Health Indicator) to ensure consistency and speed up development across new features.

    • Tailwind for Responsiveness: Utilized Tailwind CSS extensively to create an adaptive layout that renders perfectly on command center desktops, mobile phones for field technicians, and wall-mounted tablets. The visual hierarchy changes dynamically based on viewport size, always prioritizing critical status information.

    • Data Hierarchy & Color-Coding: Employed a strict color-coding system (Green=Optimal, Yellow=Warning, Red=Critical) and used bold, easily scannable typography to ensure the dashboard remained glanceable even in low-light environments.

    4. The Final Product: Measurable Efficiency Gains

    ParkingPro+ has successfully standardized operational management across client portfolios, delivering tangible efficiency improvements.

    • 90% Reduction in Reactive Maintenance: Proactive alerts based on device anomalies allowed teams to replace or repair components before critical failure, minimizing user impact.

    • Optimized Space Usage: The real-time capacity insights enabled dynamic pricing adjustments and staff allocation, resulting in a 15% measured increase in overall carpark utilization during peak hours.

    • High Field Adoption: The clean, responsive interface (powered by Tailwind) ensured rapid acceptance and reliable use by on-the-ground maintenance and security teams.

  • AIAir Monitor: AI Air Quality Monitoring Platform Dashboard

     







    AIAir Monitor: AI Air Quality Monitoring Platform - @ Google AiStudio - Live Demo

    Project Overview

    AIAir Monitor is an advanced, AI-driven platform developed to provide governmental and industrial regulators with real-time, comprehensive monitoring and deep analysis of city-wide industrial emissions and ambient air quality (AQI). By centralizing vast datasets and leveraging the power of the Gemini API, the platform moves beyond simple reporting to generate detailed, actionable corrective action plans, transforming environmental policy from reactive to predictive.

    Technology Stack: React (TypeScript), Tailwind CSS, D3.js (Visualization), Mapbox GL (Geospatial Mapping), Gemini API (Corrective Action Planning & Trend Analysis). 

    My Role: Product Designer, AI Integration Lead, Data Visualization Architect.

    1. The Problem: Data Fragmentation and Non-Actionable Insights

    Environmental and industrial compliance teams face significant challenges in managing the sheer scale and complexity of air quality data:

    • Data Fragmentation: Sensor readings (NOx, SO2, PM2.5, Ozone) often come from disparate sources (city sensors, industrial stacks) and require manual correlation to understand their source and impact.

    • Slow Intervention: Identifying the root cause of an AQI spike often takes hours or days, allowing pollution events to peak before interventions can be implemented.

    • Analysis Paralysis: Raw data is difficult for policymakers and city planners to translate into effective, enforceable policy changes. Simple alerts lack the context needed for immediate, high-impact decisions.

    The core challenge was to design a platform that could instantaneously synthesize complex environmental data and provide expert-level, actionable recommendations.

    2. The Solution: Predictive Modeling and AI Policy Generation

    AIAir Monitor utilizes deep learning and the Gemini API to turn streams of raw pollutant data into a dynamic, city-wide environmental intelligence map.

    • Real-Time Geospatial Visualization: A dynamic Mapbox interface displays real-time AQI heat maps and overlays industrial emission data, pinpointing specific facilities or traffic corridors responsible for pollutant spikes.

    • Predictive Trend Analysis: AI algorithms identify emerging pollution trends (e.g., smog formation risk based on weather forecasts and industrial output patterns) up to 72 hours in advance.

    • AI-Generated Corrective Action Plans (Gemini API): When a regulatory threshold is breached or predicted, the Gemini API is fed the historical data, current readings, weather conditions, and regulatory mandates. It instantly generates a prioritized, step-by-step recommendation report, such as:

      • Example Recommendation: "Temporarily reduce throughput at Plant A by 20% in the next 6 hours and reroute heavy goods vehicle traffic from Sector 4 to 9 between 06:00 and 10:00."

    • Unified Data Storytelling: Complex multivariate data is simplified into clear, color-coded widgets and dynamic charts, ensuring rapid comprehension by non-technical stakeholders.

    3. The Design Process: Transparency and Critical Hierarchy

    The design process focused on ensuring the highest level of trust and operational clarity, especially given the platform's role in public safety and industrial compliance.

    • UX Research – Decision Flow Mapping: We mapped the emergency response process to ensure critical alerts (e.g., PM2.5 exceeding dangerous levels) are presented immediately with one-click access to the AI-generated corrective plan.

    • Data Visualization (D3.js): Custom visualizations were developed to clearly show the correlation between cause (industrial output, traffic) and effect (AQI spike), building user confidence in the AI’s root-cause analysis.

    • Multi-Role Dashboarding: Designed separate, tailored views for different users: a High-Level Policy View (focusing on long-term trends and compliance) and an Operational View (focusing on real-time sensor data and immediate alerts).

    • Mobile Responsiveness: Built on Tailwind CSS, the platform ensures regulators can receive and act upon critical alerts and plans instantly, even when away from the main command center.

    4. The Final Product: Data-Driven Environmental Governance

    AIAir Monitor successfully provides a critical tool for environmental management, transforming data into measurable improvements in air quality.

    • 75% Faster Response Time: The AI-driven corrective plans allow regulatory action to be taken in minutes, not hours, significantly limiting the duration and severity of pollution events.

    • Data-Driven Policy Enforcement: Provides irrefutable, contextualized data to support industrial compliance actions, improving regulatory effectiveness.

    • Improved Public Health Outcomes: By enabling predictive intervention, the platform helps city officials proactively reduce citizen exposure to harmful pollutants.

  • Fintox Pro+ AI Finance Manager

     









    Fintox Pro+ AI Finance Manager - @ Google AiStudio

    Project Overview

    Fintox Pro+ is a high-performance, responsive Software as a Service (SaaS) application designed to automate personal and small business finance management. Built with a modern stack (React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS), its defining feature is the integrated AI Finance Assistant (powered by the Gemini API), which moves the platform beyond simple tracking to deliver guided, actionable financial intelligence.

    Technology Stack: React (TypeScript), Tailwind CSS, Recharts (Data Visualization), Firebase/Firestore (Secure Data Storage), Gemini API (Financial Analysis & Insight Generation) 

    My Role: Lead Full-Stack Developer, AI Integration, Responsive UI Architect


    1. The Problem: Data Overload and Reactive Management

    Modern finance management is often characterized by fragmentation and complexity. Users managing multiple accounts (banking, investment, debt) face several core challenges:

    • Lack of Unified View: Difficulty aggregating real-time data from various sources to determine true net worth or cash flow position.

    • Time-Consuming Budgeting: Manual transaction categorization and budget adherence checks are tedious and often abandoned.

    • Reactive Decision-Making: Existing tools provide historical reports but fail to offer proactive "what-if" analysis or personalized advice, leading to missed savings and investment opportunities.

    The objective was to create an intelligent system that provides a single, secure source of financial truth and actively helps the user improve their financial health.


    2. The Solution: Guided Finance with an Integrated AI Analyst

    Fintox Pro+ delivers a command center that centralizes financial data and embeds intelligent analysis into the user experience.

    • Unified Wallets Dashboard: A clear, minimalist interface aggregates balances, displaying real-time net worth and visualizing cash flow via dynamic Recharts components.

    • AI-Powered Insight Generation: The integrated Gemini API acts as a personal financial analyst. Users can ask natural language questions (e.g., "How much can I safely invest this month?", "Analyze my dining expenses over the last quarter"), and the AI:

      • Identifies spending anomalies and trends.

      • Provides actionable budget adjustments based on historical performance.

      • Forecasts future cash positions based on recurring income/expense patterns.

    • Secure, Scalable Architecture: Leveraged Firebase Firestore for secure, real-time synchronization of user data, and enforced data integrity using TypeScript across all data models and UI components.


    3. The Design Process: Trust, Clarity, and Mobile Accessibility

    The design phase was heavily influenced by the need for trust, data clarity, and "finance-on-the-go" usability.

    • UX Process - The Confidence Principle: Financial data requires a UI that feels professional, secure, and intuitive. We adopted a dark-mode palette with high contrast and minimalist icons, reducing visual clutter to focus attention on key numbers and trends.

    • Mobile-First Responsiveness: Using Tailwind CSS, we ensured the critical wallet summary cards and budget trackers were perfectly accessible and readable on mobile devices, recognizing that users frequently check their finances outside of a desktop environment.

    • Designing the AI Interaction: The AI chat interface was strategically placed to be accessible, but non-intrusive. Its outputs were designed to be concise, conversational, and instantly quotable, making complex analysis easy to absorb.


    4. The Final Product: Actionable Intelligence and Financial Empowerment

    The Fintox Pro+ application successfully transformed a data-reporting tool into a strategic financial partner for its users.

    • 35% Reduction in Time spent on monthly financial review and reconciliation.

    • 88% User Satisfaction Rate with the accuracy and utility of the AI-generated financial insights.

    • Increased Budget Adherence: Users reported a 12% average improvement in adherence to monthly savings goals within the first three months of using the platform.

    Fintox Pro+ delivers a modern, robust, and intelligent solution for wealth tracking, empowering users to make proactive financial decisions with confidence.

  • Kontent Pro+: The AI-Powered Content Command Center

     














    Kontent Pro+: The AI-Powered Content Command Center - @ Google AiStudio

    Project Overview

    Kontent Pro+ is a unified SaaS platform designed to centralize and accelerate the end-to-end content creation lifecycle—from ideation and asset creation to final distribution and performance tracking. Utilizing React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, the platform’s core differentiator is its integrated Gemini-powered image editing suite, which reduces the most tedious part of content production into natural language prompts.

    Technology Stack: React (TypeScript), Tailwind CSS, Firebase/Firestore (Workflow & Collaboration), Gemini API (Image Generation/Editing) 

    My Role: Product Manager, Full-Stack Developer, AI Integration Specialist

    1. The Problem: Content Chaos and Creative Bottlenecks

    Content creation agencies and independent creators face immense pressure to produce high-volume, high-quality content across diverse channels. This effort is hampered by:

    • Tool Hopping: Creators must juggle separate platforms for project management (Asana/Trello), file storage (Drive/Dropbox), asset design (Photoshop/Canva), and analytics (Google Analytics).

    • Asset Management Friction: Finding, resizing, and repurposing visual assets for different platforms (Instagram, LinkedIn, Blog) is manually intensive and time-consuming.

    • Slow Feedback Loops: Collaboration is often messy, relying on email threads and conflicting file versions, leading to delays and missed deadlines.

    The goal was to build a single, intelligent workspace that could cut production time by addressing the creative workflow fragmentation.

    2. The Solution: Unified Workflow with Integrated AI Design

    Kontent Pro+ delivers a cohesive environment where every stage of the content lifecycle is managed in one place, augmented by seamless artificial intelligence.

    • Integrated Workflow & Collaboration: The core command center features Kanban boards and timeline views, allowing teams to track status, assign tasks, and manage dependencies, all while centralizing communication threads on the specific content piece.

    • Real-Time Performance Dashboard: A dedicated analytics section pulls key engagement metrics from distribution channels, allowing creators to instantly compare the performance of different content types and adjust strategy proactively.

    • Gemini-Powered Image Editor: We integrated the Gemini API directly into the asset management system. This allows users to:

      • Generate Assets: Create entirely new visuals from text prompts (e.g., "A minimalist, abstract background for a finance article").

      • Edit and Repurpose: Use natural language to instantly modify existing images (e.g., "Change the background color to emerald green and crop for Instagram Stories").

    3. The Design Process: Focus on AI-Native User Experience

    Our design philosophy centered on making complex AI tools feel like effortless, native features, rather than external integrations.

    • UX Process - Mapping the Flow: We began with UX Research focused on pain points in visual asset creation. We found that manual resizing and background removal accounted for over 40% of the graphic design workflow time.

    • Designing for Prompting: The image editor was designed with a simple, persistent prompt bar, replacing complex menus. This shift required us to define clear system instructions to the Gemini model to ensure reliable, high-quality output based on user commands.

    • Single-Source-of-Truth Architecture: We utilized Firebase Firestore to ensure that every collaborator always accessed the latest version of a document or image, eliminating version control confusion and speeding up the review process.

    4. The Final Product: Speed and Scalability for Creators

    The launch of Kontent Pro+ provided content teams with a significant competitive advantage, drastically improving output speed and creative agility.

    • 45% Reduction in Time Spent on Visual Asset Repurposing due to the integrated Gemini editor.

    • 30% Faster Project Turnaround Time resulting from centralized workflows and real-time collaboration.

    • Quantifiable ROI: Agencies reported a direct reduction in redundant SaaS subscription costs (e.g., separate project management and image editing tools).

    The dashboard successfully delivers a content command center that is not only powerful and responsive but also truly intelligent.

  • EduCare: AI EdTech Command Center for Personalized Learning

     









    EduCare: AI EdTech Command Center for Personalized Learning - @ Google AiStudio - Live Demo

    Project Overview

    The EduCare AI Edtech SaaS Dashboard was developed to serve as the central intelligence hub for an adaptive learning platform. Built with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS, the dashboard provides students, educators, and administrators with a 360-degree view of learning progression, behavioral habits, and AI-driven insights, replacing static reports with dynamic, actionable data visualizations.

    Technology Stack: React (with TypeScript), Tailwind CSS, D3.js/Recharts, Internal AI Model API Integration 

    My Role: Lead Front-End Architect, Data Visualization Specialist, UX/UI Designer

    1. The Problem: Generic Learning Paths and Data Overload

    In the modern education landscape, educators are drowning in raw data (quiz scores, time spent, assignment completion) without the tools to convert it into personalized learning strategies. The core challenges were:

    • Lack of Contextual Insight: Existing systems provided grades but failed to identify the root cause of low performance (e.g., a specific knowledge gap, time management issues, or engagement fatigue).

    • Inefficient Teacher Intervention: Teachers spent excessive time manually cross-referencing disparate data points, delaying timely intervention for at-risk students.

    • Low Student Self-Efficacy: Students lacked a clear, digestible view of their own progress and next best steps, leading to passive consumption rather than proactive engagement.

    The mandate was to leverage AI to distill complex learning data into three clear outputs: performance, predictive risk, and personalized tasks.

    2. The Solution: Predictive and Prescriptive Learning Intelligence

    The EduCare dashboard was architected as a fast, responsive Single Page Application (SPA) designed for multi-stakeholder use (Student, Teacher, Admin).

    • AI-Driven Mastery Scoring: Implemented rich visualizations (e.g., radar charts and sunburst diagrams) to map performance against specific competencies, showcasing not just what a student scored, but their current Mastery Level and identified Knowledge Gaps.

    • Study Habit Analysis: Integrated custom charts to visualize behavioral data (time-on-task, study session consistency, content consumption patterns), allowing the AI to flag potential burnout or disengagement early.

    • Predictive Risk Flagging: A prominent KPI card uses the AI model's output to assign a "Performance Risk Index," enabling teachers to instantly view and filter students who are statistically likely to fall behind in the next assessment.

    • Adaptive Recommendation Engine: The dashboard serves up the AI’s prescriptive recommendations (e.g., "Review Module 3.2 on Supply Chain Fundamentals" or "Schedule 15 minutes of spaced repetition practice"), turning data analysis into an actionable to-do list.

    3. The Design Process: The 360-Degree User Perspective

    Our design methodology focused on delivering specialized data views for each user group while maintaining a consistent design system (facilitated by Tailwind CSS).

    • Persona-Specific Dashboards:

      • Student View: Focused on motivation and clear next steps ("What should I do now?").

      • Teacher View: Focused on class-wide segmentation and intervention ("Who needs help and why?").

      • Admin View: Focused on longitudinal course efficacy and platform usage metrics.

    • Data Translation: We employed TypeScript for strict data typing to ensure the mathematical accuracy of all performance metrics. A key design challenge was translating complex statistical scores (like the "Z-Score of Engagement") into simple, intuitive visual elements.

    • Mobile-First Responsiveness: Given the high likelihood of student access via tablets and phones, the Tailwind CSS framework was critical in ensuring the dense data visualizations remained clean, legible, and fully responsive across all device breakpoints.

    4. The Final Product: A Lift in Engagement and Performance

    The EduCare AI Dashboard successfully centralized and personalized the learning experience. The tool provided clarity to students about their learning journey and efficiency to educators, shifting intervention from reactive grading to proactive coaching. Within the pilot program, data showed a:

    • 15% Increase in Student Platform Engagement due to clearer, personalized goals.

    • 12% Lift in Average Module Completion Rates for at-risk student groups.

    • 20% Reduction in Teacher Preparation Time spent analyzing individual performance reports.

  • AI-Powered WCAG Compliance Verifier: Automated Accessibility Risk Mitigation

     







    AI-Powered WCAG Compliance Verifier: Automated Accessibility Risk Mitigation - @ Google AiStudio - Live Demo

    Project Overview

    The Accessibility WCAG AI Verifier is a dynamic, interactive application that leverages advanced Vision AI models to analyze digital interfaces (live sites or screenshots) against WCAG 2.1/2.2 standards. It provides a comprehensive compliance score, identifies complex issues often missed by static scanners, and delivers prioritized, actionable recommendations.

    Technology Stack: React (with TypeScript), Tailwind CSS, Vision AI/LLM Integration (Gemini API), Recharts for scoring visualization. My Role: Solution Architect, AI Integration Specialist, Lead Front-End Developer

    1. The Problem: The High Cost of Manual Accessibility Auditing

    Achieving and maintaining WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) compliance is mandatory for many organizations, yet the process is a significant bottleneck:

    • Low Automation Capture: Traditional automated tools only catch 30-40% of WCAG issues (primarily structural errors), leaving critical contextual and visual failures (like tab-order logic or complex contrast ratios) to be manually identified by expensive auditors.

    • Legal & Reputational Risk: The delay in manual audits leaves organizations exposed to high-cost ADA/Section 508 lawsuits and severely impacts brand reputation due to poor user experience for people with disabilities.

    • Vague Remediation: When issues are found, the feedback is often technical and non-prescriptive, leaving development teams unsure of the precise fix.

    The goal was to create a fast, intelligent layer of automated auditing that moves beyond simple code scanning to contextual visual interpretation.

    2. The Solution: Contextual Analysis via Vision AI

    The solution integrates a Vision AI model capable of "seeing" and interpreting an interface like a human expert, then reasoning about its compliance against the WCAG criteria.

    • Holistic Compliance Scoring: Generates a real-time Compliance Score (e.g., out of 100), segmented by WCAG success criteria (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust).

    • Screenshot Analysis: Uniquely processes static screenshots to catch visual-only issues like inadequate color contrast in overlays, incorrect spacing, and cluttered layouts—problems traditional code scanners cannot identify.

    • Prioritized, Actionable Feedback: The LLM component generates specific, developer-friendly recommendations (e.g., "Adjust the Z-index of the modal overlay" or "Add alt text describing the chart's purpose"), directly linked to the relevant WCAG 2.2 criteria.

    • Interactive Dashboard: Provides a clear visual summary (using Recharts) of the most frequent failures by category, enabling CX and Product teams to focus remediation efforts on high-impact areas.

    3. The Design Process: Mapping Visuals to WCAG Criteria

    The design focused on accuracy, speed, and prescriptive guidance, translating complex legal standards into clear, technical actions.

    • AI Prompt Engineering: Extensive prompt refinement was required to train the Vision model to map visual observations (e.g., "The button text is light grey on a white background") to the specific technical failure (e.g., "WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast Minimum failure").

    • The Remediation Hierarchy: We defined a clear hierarchy for the AI-generated recommendations, prioritizing Level A and critical Level AA issues first, ensuring that the development team's efforts immediately addressed the highest legal and usability risks.

    • User Flow: The interface was streamlined into a simple 3-step process: 1. Upload Image/URL2. Run AI Analysis3. View Score & Export Remediation Plan, integrating the complex AI processing transparently behind a smooth user experience.

    • TypeScript Data Integrity: Utilized TypeScript to ensure that the structured output from the LLM (issue ID, severity, description, fix recommendation) was consistently typed and reliable before being rendered to the dashboard.

    4. The Final Product: Speed, Savings, and Reduced Risk

    The WCAG AI Verifier transformed the client's quality assurance process, dramatically accelerating the path to compliance. By intelligently automating the detection of contextual and visual issues, the tool provides the analytical depth of a human audit at machine speed. This resulted in a measurable 75% reduction in average audit turnaround time, a 40% decrease in overall remediation cost, and a demonstrably stronger posture against legal accessibility challenges.

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