Uday Gajendar
UX Design Leader
With 20+ years of expertise, Uday Gajendar has designed enterprise B2B SaaS products, consumer apps, mobile payments, creative tools, and automation workflows at Citrix, Netflix, PayPal, Adobe, and Automation Anywhere. He has written for ACM Interactions and spoken at IxDA, IA Summit, The Fluxible, and UX Australia. Uday has guest lectured at CCA’s IxD and DMBA programs and Carnegie Mellon’s M-HCI program. Most recently, he was a design director at Aurora Solar, leading a team to redesign its core sales product. He also curates Rosenfeld Media’s bi-weekly newsletter and has helped organize conferences on “Enterprise UX” and “Designing with AI”.
Rosenverse talks by Uday:
"It's not just about rearranging screen elements."
10 Years of Enterprise UX: Reflecting on the community and the practice
June 18, 2025
"Craft in design reflects care, attention to detail, and the presence of a maker."
From AI to Zeitgeist: Theory as the design antidote to AI hype
March 27, 2025
"I hope you're happy, but we are really happy to have you here designing with AI 2024."
Day 2 Welcome
June 5, 2024
"Welcome to Designing with AI 2024. We have a really unbelievably international group here."
Day 1 Welcome
June 4, 2024
"It's important to care about what you present because you will live with this topic for a long time."
Coffee with Lou #3: What Makes for a Successful UX Conference Presentation?
May 2, 2024
"There are big questions for all of us to consider along the way."
Theme Four Intro
June 6, 2023
"We want to ensure that there is this kind of continuity of conversation that engages the themes."
Theme One Intro
June 6, 2023
"There are neurobiological changes that people experience when they have experienced trauma, regardless of formal diagnosis."
Leading through the long tail of trauma
July 13, 2022
"Being trauma-informed is a commitment to not repeat those experiences and moving towards healing."
Leading through the long tail of trauma
July 13, 2022
"To do this work, you can't do this with a Jira ticket."
The Rise of Meta-Design: A Starter Playbook
May 19, 2022
"At the end of the day, you got to build something, you got to ship something, you got to make something."
Theme 1: Introduction
June 9, 2021
"You've got to have those three heads working together collaboratively."
Discussion
May 13, 2015
"Nobody wants to buy a sloppy product. Nobody wants to use a sloppy product."
The Wicked Craft of Enterprise UX
May 13, 2015
"The core of being trauma-informed is a commitment to not repeat traumatic experiences."
Leading through the long tail of trauma
January 1, 1970
