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Uday Gajendar

UX Design Leader

Uday Gajendar is a design consultant & coach specializing in AI product experiences. With over two decades of practice across Oracle, Adobe, Citrix, PayPal and most recently at Aurora Solar, he brings a rare blend of strategic depth and hands-on craft to teams navigating the messiest moments of product growth. He has spoken frequently about design leadership & strategy at events like IA Summit, SxSW, The Fluxible, IxDA, UX Australia, and he helped organize the first edition of Designing with AI, Rosenfeld Media's conference dedicated to GenAI UX practice. Uday currently edits the bi-weekly Rosenfeld community newsletter while publishing thoughts on his Substack: udanium.substack.com 

Rosenverse talks by Uday:

Uday Gajendar

" Anchor objects open up the conversation while focusing it at the same time. "

Making the Invisible Visible: The most critical deliverable isn't always the design

July 22, 2026

Uday Gajendar

" Enterprise UX is about fixing broken systems that have a momentum of their own; it’s about improving, not quick solutions. "

10 Years of Enterprise UX: Reflecting on the community and the practice

June 18, 2025

Uday Gajendar

" Craft means intent and care even in digital products; for example, the bounce animation of Google Maps’ pin shows someone cared. "

From AI to Zeitgeist: Theory as the design antidote to AI hype

March 27, 2025

Uday Gajendar

" Melissa Burnett is a creator of order out of chaos, leader of leaders. "

Day 2 Welcome

June 5, 2024

Uday Gajendar

" Sponsor sessions are not just salesy sessions; they’re actually really fantastic sessions put on by your peers. "

Day 1 Welcome

June 4, 2024

Uday Gajendar

" Newness isn’t necessarily a new methodology—it can be a new way of looking at something familiar. "

Coffee with Lou #3: What Makes for a Successful UX Conference Presentation?

May 2, 2024

Uday Gajendar

" We started with an excursion into systems thinking, then dived deep into IA and knowledge management. "

Theme Four Intro

June 6, 2023

Uday Gajendar

" There are certain hushed reverberations ringing through systems thinking. "

Theme One Intro

June 6, 2023

Uday Gajendar

" Good ethical trauma responsive design should really be what we just call design — it should be intrinsic. "

Leading through the long tail of trauma

July 13, 2022

Uday Gajendar

" Being trauma informed is not a destination but a journey of continuous learning and unlearning. "

Leading through the long tail of trauma

July 7, 2022

Uday Gajendar

" There are no best practices in trauma-informed design because every person and culture is unique. "

Leading through the long tail of trauma

July 7, 2022

Uday Gajendar

" Are we feeling trapped in this thing called UX design, limited by mechanized processes like agile? "

The Rise of Meta-Design: A Starter Playbook

May 19, 2022

Uday Gajendar

" Accessibility and inclusivity are not afterthoughts; they must be baked into the design from the start. "

Theme 1: Introduction

June 9, 2021

Uday Gajendar

" One sign of evidence that you've passed an inflection point is when you hire me as a consultant. "

Discussion

May 13, 2015

Uday Gajendar

" Nobody wants to buy or use a sloppy product, especially when enterprise users rely on the apps for 8 to 10 hours a day. "

The Wicked Craft of Enterprise UX

May 13, 2015

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