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Turning human
complexity into clarity
one insight at a time.

Senior UX Researcher & Designer with 6+ years of uncovering what users truly need, and crafting experiences that earn their trust.

Mixed-Method Research
Research Strategy & Innovation
AI-Driven Research
Human-Centered Design
Experience Strategy
Design Systems
6+ Years of Experience
25+ Studies Led
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Selected Work
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Redesigning Medical Claims Mobile Experience

Claims should never feel like a battle. We untangled a fragmented self-service experience for Medical Mutual members — replacing confusion and costly support calls with a mobile flow that actually guides people to resolution. Research drove every decision; design made it feel effortless.

ClientMedical Mutual
Timeline3 Months
Medical Claims
ResearchDesign
Employee Benefits Dashboard Design

HR benefits management was drowning in spreadsheets and workarounds. We designed a smart, unified landing page for Medical Mutual's business clients — a single destination that replaced fragmented tools and gave administrators real clarity over the benefits they offer their teams.

ClientMedical Mutual
Timeline3 Months
Benefits Dashboard
ResearchDesign
Maritime Prediction & Budgeting Dashboard

The maritime industry runs on precision — yet critical forecasting and budget data lived in siloed, opaque systems. We designed a unified prediction and budgeting dashboard for ISF Group that brings operational intelligence to the surface, giving decision-makers the clarity to act with confidence.

ClientISF Group
Timeline3 Months
Maritime Dashboard
Research
Conversational AI Experience Research

When a chatbot, an IVR system, and a search tool each speak a different language, members get lost. We conducted deep research across USAA's conversational AI touchpoints to surface the friction, misalignments, and missed moments of care — laying the foundation for an experience that finally feels like a conversation, not a transaction.

ClientUSAA
Timeline3 Months
Conversational AI
Research
Enhancing Platform Differentiation & Adoption

TriNetX had value — users just couldn't see it. Through a mix of discovery interviews and behavioural analysis, we identified which features were driving genuine engagement and which barriers were quietly pushing users away. The findings reframed the platform's product strategy around what actually moved the needle on adoption.

ClientTriNetX
Timeline3 Months
Platform Research
Research
Credit Choices & Rewards Research

A new rewards program is only as strong as the trust behind it. We explored how CFNA customers truly perceive their credit card options — the mental models, hesitations, and motivators that shape their choices — and translated those insights into a launch strategy for the new rewards program grounded in real customer confidence.

ClientCFNA
Timeline3 Months
Credit Rewards
About

Curiosity is my research method.

I'm Kshanika Patel — a Senior UX Researcher and Designer based in San Francisco, CA, with over 6 years of experience making the invisible visible. I specialise in uncovering the gap between what people say, what they do, and what they actually need — and translating that into products that earn trust.

I've led foundational research, usability studies, concept testing, and end-to-end design sprints across a range of industries — always with the same north star: putting the human at the centre.

Outside the research lab, I'm drawn to systems thinking, speculative design, and the occasional unnecessarily long walk that somehow always leads to a breakthrough insight.

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Companies I've worked with
MedicalMutual
USAA
ISFGroup
TriNetX
CFNA

Let's build the next big thing
together.