About Tejj — TL;DR

Tejj is a Product Designer at Microsoft AI and Microsoft Windows, where he designs intuitive, scalable systems used by over a billion users. He champions a human-first approach to technology.

Beyond his day job he is a best-selling author on Amazon (Nodes of Wisdom — Lessons from 100 Creative Visionaries), a data artist whose work has been exhibited across Serbia, Africa, and India, and the host of Nodes of Design — India's #1 design podcast — with 100+ episodes spanning 60+ countries.

Tejj is an ADPlist Top Mentor who has guided 800+ designers globally and teaches AI in Telugu to millions, working to make design and AI accessible to everyone.

This page tells his story — the journey, philosophy, experiences, and craft behind the work.

Based in India. Languages: English, Telugu, Hindi.

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The story

Design is how I make sense of the world.

At Microsoft AI, I work at the intersection of craft and consequence — designing intelligent systems that impact over a billion lives. A decade spent scaling products across WongDoody, Temenos, and Byju's cemented a core conviction: great design isn't about pushing pixels on a screen, it's about transforming a person's lived reality.

10+ Years of craft
#1 Design podcast · 60+ countries
800+ Mentees guided globally
2000+ Creatives in community

I didn't choose design; it chose me. Somewhere between my first raw sketch and the hundredth shipped product, I realized this was never about making things look beautiful — it was about making people feel seen.

Tejj
Experience — 2017 → Present
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01 Current

Microsoft AI

2021 → Present
UX Designer II · Windows · Bing · Microsoft AI

Defining the core interaction frameworks that shape how over a billion people collaborate across the Windows ecosystem. From scaling Health AI canvas to inventing next-generation desktop interaction models, I design at the intersection of complex machine learning and intuitive human workflows. My work spans system-level integrations, global strategic partnerships, and multi-patent initiatives ensuring the digital systems most of the world meets every day feel natural, context-aware, and fundamentally human.

Microsoft AICopilotWindowsBing HealthPatents
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Temenos

2020 → 2021
UX Designer · Banking · 3,000+ banks

Rebuilt Temenos Infinity Spotlight — clarity-first IA for retail bankers that lifted ease-of-use by 32% and cut decision time across the floor. Shipped the Corporate Loan Banking Suite end-to-end and unified the design tokens behind it. Finished Top 6 at the Temenos Global Hackathon for an AI banking concept. Banking taught me that great design is the fastest alignment tool in the room.

Banking UXDesign SystemsEnterpriseAI
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03

WongDoody

2019 → 2020
Senior UX Designer · Creative Tech

Two years inside a global creative-tech consultancy. Led XPO Connect — the freight platform that went on to win the SDCE 100 Award — and conceptualized Sell XPO, an AI quote platform that drove a 34% lift in cross-sales and a 42% gain in booking efficiency. Brand systems and digital products for Fortune 500s on the side. This is where I learned the difference between good and great is craft you can feel.

Creative TechXPO LogisticsBrandFortune 500
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04

Byju's

2017 → 2019
Product Designer · Learning at scale

Two years designing for India's biggest edtech — productivity tools and learning experiences shipped to millions of students across Tier 1, 2, and 3 cities. My first taste of designing for a country, not a click. This is where I learned that a product isn't shipped to a screen; it's shipped into someone's day.

K-12 LearningMobileIndiaScale
Side Quests
Side Quests — Beyond the day job

Stuff I've built
for the world.

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01 / 06 Podcast

Nodes of
Design.

India's premier independent design podcast with a footprint across 60+ countries. Featuring deep-dive conversations with global design pioneers like Don Norman, exploring the messy, beautiful reality of building the future of craft, tech, and AI.

120+ Episodes 60+ Countries #1 Apple Podcasts
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02 / 06 Book

Nodes of
Wisdom.

An Amazon best-selling playbook distilling the collective intelligence of 100 global creative visionaries. A curated masterclass blending timeless design fundamentals with the modern frontiers of AI, AR, and spatial computing.

100 Visionaries Amazon Best-Seller AI · AR · VR
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03 / 06 Mentorship

ADPlist
Mentorship.

Democratizing access to tech education through radical transparency. Guided many designers and creatives across 8+ countries into roles at Google, Microsoft, and top-tier startups. Recognized globally as a 9× Top 1% Mentor.

9× Top 1% 800+ Guided 8+ Countries
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04 / 06 Innovation

MIT COVID
Hackathon.

Co-created an award-winning platform to combat hyper-local medical misinformation across African nations during the pandemic. Evaluated and selected as the overall global winner out of thousands of international teams.

Global Winner MIT · 2020 Africa Initiative
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05 / 06 Community

The Creativee
Community.

A zero-gatekeeping ecosystem for builders, system thinkers, and creators. Hosting high-impact workshops, portfolio critiques, and raw community panels across major tech hubs to bridge the gap for regional talent.

2000+ Builders Global Network By Designers
06 / 06 Creative Direction • Web3

Don Diva
NFTs.

A generative digital art collection of 10,800 unique tokens launched to celebrate and amplify female creators in tech. Blending creative engineering with cultural community building, the project served as an expansive canvas highlighting original, diverse artworks from a collective of female artists while exploring new frontiers of digital identity and representation.

10,800+ Pieces Web3 · 2022 Digital Identity
Live Side Quests — Beyond The Day Job
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Recognitions
01 2024

Microsoft Patent // Spatial Interaction

U.S. Patent Office • Granted Framework

Patent
02 2024

AI Skill Fest — Guinness World Record

Microsoft AI • Hackathon Champion

Innovation
03 2024

Star Performer — Windows WXP Team

Microsoft • Internal Excellence Award

Industry
04 2023

Global Top 1% Mentor

ADPlist • 9× Consecutive Recognition

Mentorship
05 2023

Microsoft Patent // Contextual AI

U.S. Patent Office • Granted System

Patent
06 2022

Nodes of Design — #1 in 20 Countries

Apple Podcasts • Global Distribution

Media
07 2024

Nodes of Wisdom — Amazon Best Seller

Global Charts • #1 in Design & Technology

Writing
08 2020

Temenos Global Hackathon // Top 6

Enterprise Banking • Core AI Innovation

Innovation
09 2023

Featured Technical Author

UX Collective • AI & Interaction Design Essays

Writing
10 2025

IDC Design Day Award

Microsoft • IDC Design Day 2025

Innovation
11 2022

India's Premier Design Podcast

Nodes of Design • #1 Apple Podcasts Tech Charts

Content
12 2020

MIT COVID-19 Hackathon Champion

Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Overall Global Winner

Innovation
13 2019

Design Excellence Award

WongDoody • Outstanding Craft Contribution

Industry
14 2018

Rising Designer of the Year

Design Community India • Emerging Talent Recognition

Community
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On Medium

Weekly notes on design & AI

10 yrs writing new essay every week
Writing for 10 years and counting. Read all on Medium →
01. Mauna Ragaam
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Music with Tejj

Music Experiments

Trance · EDM · Indie · Trap · Ambient

Tracks

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Mauna Ragaam

Sounds of Tunga · Hampi

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The Silk Road Rave

Hypnotic Bagpipe Trance

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Om Vajrasattva Hum

Mind-Bending EDM Trap Fusion

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Vajra Bass

The Vibration of Truth · Trance

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