Dara Afraz

QUICK INTRO

Welcome. I’m Dara (/ˈdäˌrä/), a technical Product Manager and Hands-On Lead Product Designer, fluent in looping through all three vertices of the product triad. My background spans multidisciplinary design, coding, and involvement in cognitive science research. I’m currently contributing to an LA-based, late-stage Symbolic AI startup working to commercialize NASA-developed technologies.

SKILLS

Code, Figma, Adobe C.S.
Data-Driven Design
Design Leadership
Design Systems

Discovery Workshops
Information Architecture
Interaction Design

Journey Mapping
Product Roadmapping
Prototyping & Wireframing
User Testing

Responsive Design
Scrum & Jira
User Research

CASE STUDIES

Hybrid AI Platform: Knowledge Management Component

How I Transformed an Engineering-Led Initiative Into an Organized Product Team With a Design-Driven Scrum Process (Details Soon)

No-Code Authoring Platform: Empowering DoD Educators with Smart Learning Modules

How I Led Insight in Delivering a No-Code Authoring Platform for a DOD Contract, Generating Revenue and Trust

SaaS Ecosystem Design for EdTech in Medical Education

How I Guided Insight’s Strategic Pivot From K-12 to Medical Education by Building SAAS Components and Ecosystems

Perceptual-Adaptive Learning Modules

How I Helped an R&D Team Build a Poc and Scale It Into a Market-Ready Medical Education Product

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