Alekhya Maram
Product Design & Research in New York, San Francisco, she/her
Education
Major: Human-Computer Interaction
GPA: 4.16
Work Experience
First intern at a startup revolutionizing education through multimodal generative AI, optimizing language model prompts to enhance personalized & interactive learning experiences.
Cross-functional role focused on product strategy, marketing, & data analytics for CNN Audio.
Designed and facilitated workshop studies with educators, uncovering insights to optimize multimodal large language model (MMLLM) applications for personalized learning experiences.
Leveraging workshop insights to design a platform empowering educators to develop custom MMLLM applications.
1 of 30 students selected nationwide for CMU’s NSF-funded HCI research program.
Prompt engineered GPT-powered agents to interact with humans in VR & AR to simulate stressful situations.
Conducted 20 user studies & interviews to evaluate prototypes, with 90% of participants expressing intent to use the technology.
Skills: prompt engineering, VR/AR development, conversation design.
Designed MVP & subsequent versions of Sounding Board’s brand new Mentoring product, released to thousands of users.
Executed the end-to-end design process, conducting competitive analysis, creating detailed wireframes, and delivering high-fidelity prototypes to the engineering team.
Skilled in utilizing design systems, components & tokens to create cohesive & scalable user experiences.
Investigated manager-direct report relationships to determine the business value of creating a brand new manager user experience.
Conducted 12 semi-structured interviews with managers & direct reports about career development, work relationships, & goal-tracking practices.