I love exploiting people.

Maybe I should elaborate.

I have always loved stories. Not just the ones that come in thick books or thin Kindles, but stories about humans and what makes them tick. I truly believe that exploiting people's life stories to uncover unwitting pain points will help create inclusive user experiences.

Starting out as a doe-eyed mechanical engineering major with hopes and dreams of lathing away at the machine shop, I latched onto projects that allowed me to dip my toe in a myriad of tech pools. I found myself getting excited at the prospect of improving results or researching failures using humble engineering tools like Python and MATLAB. Be it using machine learning to analyze cancer data, evaluating fracture mechanics in an airplane or presenting Tableau reports to non-technical teams, I loved it all.

I aim to create, scale, and bring to market health-tech products and services that matter. I am partial to blue-ocean strategies and using deep customer empathy to drive human-centered design.

When I’m not being a tech nerd myself, I read books about other tech nerds. I also play chess and tennis (horrible serve), squat-bench-deadlift heavy, and practice Indian classical music. I treasure brunch with friends and shun monotony.

Check out beabeeabhi.com for a curation of my projects!

Abhi Shankar

Abhi Shankar

Product | HealthTech | Inclusive UX | Mgmt Sci @ Columbia | BioMed @ Johns Hopkins | Visiting Professor | Aspiring Powerlifter | Work-in-progress