
Idsa Surya Vanka Wdo
I am a full-stack designer with 25 years’ experience in hands-on digital and physical UX and leading multi-disciplinary... | Seattle, Washington, United States
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Idsa Surya Vanka Wdo’s Expertise I am a full-stack designer with 25 years’ experience in hands-on digital and physical UX and leading multi-disciplinary teams. As a business leader, I help deploy design as a competitive advantage and create experiences that result in customer-centric, highly profitable products. As a team leader, I create inclusive and inspiring spaces that foster world-class innovation to solve meaningful problems. As a design leader, I am rooted in my craft, experimental, lead from the front, and use modern design methods to innovate in a human-centered way. I was Director of UX at Microsoft for a number of years, designed products and services used by billions, led multiple teams including the enterprise-wide design excellence team. I helped make Microsoft a destination for design talent, crafted design strategy and helped deploy the company’s first comprehensive design system – all of which have played a pivotal role in Microsoft’s experience-led renewal. Before joining Microsoft, I had a successful career as a tenured professor of design, and as an award-winning industrial designer. After 16 years there, I left Microsoft to start Authentic Design and now lead projects for a variety of mission-driven organizations including tech companies, tech-enabled businesses and non-profits. I have created an agile approach called Design Swarms that has been adopted around the world.
Idsa Surya Vanka Wdo’s Current Industry Global Impact Collective
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Surya Vanka Wdo’s Prior Industry
University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
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Microsoft
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Authentic Design
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Global Impact Collective
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Global Impact Collective
Founding Advisor
Mon Jan 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Authentic Design
Founder & Chief Designer
Mon Dec 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Present
Microsoft
Director of User Experience
Mon Aug 01 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Dec 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Microsoft
Principal UX Manager
Tue Jan 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Mon Aug 01 2011 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Microsoft
Principal Designer
Fri Aug 01 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Tue Jan 01 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Microsoft
Accessibility Lead | Cloud and Enterprise Engineering
Thu Aug 01 2002 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Aug 01 2003 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Microsoft
Group UX Manager
Wed Aug 01 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Thu Aug 01 2002 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Microsoft
UX Lead, Server Applications Product Design
Tue Aug 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Wed Aug 01 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Microsoft
UX Manager, Microsoft Exchange
Tue Aug 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Wed Aug 01 2001 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Microsoft
UX Lead | Server Applications Product Design
Sun Aug 01 1999 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Tue Aug 01 2000 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Microsoft
Product Design Lead, Publishing and Knowledge Management
Sat Aug 01 1998 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sun Aug 01 1999 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study
Thu Aug 01 1996 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Fri Aug 01 1997 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
University Of Illinois At Urbana Champaign
Associate Professor of Design with Tenure
Wed Aug 01 1990 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) — Sat Aug 01 1998 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)