Sawhney Nina 2018
Milken Scholar 2006
Scholar Profile

Nina Sawhney

Product Design

Biography

Nina currently works remotely as a software product strategist and designer in Los Angeles, CA running her software consultancies, Pygmy Design. Her previous experiences include consulting for the US Spaceforce, helping several tech startups at startup incubators, and working in-house as a Lead Product Designer at Grab Financial (Singapore) and Senior Product Designer at Pivotal Labs (Los Angeles). Nina has been coaching clients on product development best practices. During her combined time at Grab and Pivotal, Nina worked to develop over 30 different products and has launched products in the Americas, France, and South East Asia (7 countries). While at Pivotal in 2017, she was lead designer for Orange's Orange Pro Android application which won the 2017 "Coup de Coeur du Jury" UX Award by ContentSquare. She is currently open to new business opportunities and collaborations.


High school:  California Academy of Math and Science

Degrees

College Year Degree
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA
2010 B.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering

News and Highlights

Nina Sawhney (MS '06)

Life Aquatic with Nina Sawhney, MS ‘06. This spring she will become a fully certified scuba diver, and she hopes to explore the reefs of Australia and Singapore soon.