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:

" The Arts and Crafts movement tried to recapture the artisan’s humanity lost after the industrial revolution. "
From AI to Zeitgeist: Theory as the design antidote to AI hype
March 27, 2025

" Lauren Cantor is a heavy hitter gathering all the really good resources and putting them together. "
Day 2 Welcome
June 5, 2024

" We want you to feel a very strong invitation from us to participate. "
Day 1 Welcome
June 4, 2024

" Don’t be afraid to poke the bear and be a bit provocative to challenge the status quo. "
Coffee with Lou #3: What Makes for a Successful UX Conference Presentation? (Videoconference)
May 2, 2024

" Jenny and Will provide practical case studies on wielding data visualization and product analytics. "
Theme Four Intro
June 6, 2023

" Cheryl's talk connects design thinking approaches to systems thinking. "
Theme One Intro
June 6, 2023

" There are no best practices because trauma responses are so individual and culturally specific. "
Leading through the long tail of trauma (Videoconference)
July 13, 2022

" Giving employees control over how and when they do their work is crucial in preventing burnout. "
Leading through the long tail of trauma (Videoconference)
July 13, 2022

" If design reported to engineering, designers might influence what gets shipped; if to product, more on strategy and roadmaps. "
The Rise of Meta-Design: A Starter Playbook (Videoconference)
May 19, 2022

" It’s particularly more challenging when you have to deal with hundreds of thousands of objects, millions of users, dozens of geographies. "
Theme 1: Introduction
June 9, 2021

" When users say, oh my goodness, I didn't know it did that, that's a sign of overwhelming complexity. "
Discussion
May 13, 2015

" Craft cultivates customer satisfaction, loyalty, and even forgiveness when functional issues arise. "
The Wicked Craft of Enterprise UX
May 13, 2015

" If you have any leadership in your organization, start with the way you organize, especially HR policies. "
Leading through the long tail of trauma (Videoconference)
January 1, 1970