About Tejj, Designer, Author, Podcast Host

About Tejj, TL;DR

Most recently, Tejj was a Product Designer II at Microsoft AI & Windows (2021–2026), where he designed 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 120+ 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.

Design is how I make sense of the world.

Most recently, at Microsoft AI & Windows, I worked 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.

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.

Most recent 2021–2026

Microsoft

Product Designer II · Microsoft AI & Windows

Defined 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 designed at the intersection of complex machine learning and intuitive human workflows. My work spanned system-level integrations, global strategic partnerships, and two granted patents ensuring the digital systems most of the world meets every day feel natural, context-aware, and fundamentally human.

Microsoft AICopilotWindowsBing HealthPatents

2020 → 2021

Temenos

UX Designer II · 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

2019 → 2020

WongDoody

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 LogisticsFortune 500

2017 → 2019

Byju's

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

Music Experiments

Trance · EDM · Indie · Trap · Ambient

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