About

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Product designer and AI solutions architect. Since 2000: graphic and web design, front-end development, SEO, brand strategy and enterprise product design.

This is the public record. The full CV is available on request. Read more about me and how I work.

Experience

Product Designer, Highstep Technologies

New Jersey, USA · May 2025 to present

Independent contractor under a consulting agreement.

Product definition and user experience design.

Founder, Last Door

April 2006 to present

Product design and engineering studio, incorporated in 2011. Design, development and ongoing support for websites, platforms and digital products.

Web Designer, Tarsus Group

London, UK · December 2009 to December 2011

International B2B media and events business, now part of Informa. On site while studying at Cavendish College London, then remotely.

Creative Designer Associate, Digital Max Solutions

Kathmandu · September 2007 to June 2009

Graphic, web and multimedia work across client projects, alongside a practice of my own.

CSS Developer, WebSearch Professional

Kathmandu · February to August 2007

European IT outsourcing company. Web design from concept to delivery, with Photoshop, HTML, XHTML, CSS and Dreamweaver.

Generalist: graphic, web, SEO and business development

April 2000 to March 2006

Began as a graphic designer at a printing company. Expanded into web design, front-end development, SEO and digital marketing.

Worked with international teams. Later shifted towards business development: finding opportunities, pitching, building client relationships.

Entrepreneurial ventures

Aurum Orbit

Co-founder, 2024.

Neptees

Kathmandu · co-founder, 2013

Graphic tees made in Nepal. neptees.com.

Nepal Made Crafts

Founder, 2012 to 2017

Online shop for handmade products from Nepal, felt and craft goods, retail and wholesale. Branding and print for the Hike for Nepal campaign (2015). Archived site, 2012.

idealaya

Co-founder, 2014

Teaching

The Ultimate Guide to Mastering Web Design in Figma

Free course in Nepali, 7 parts · 2020

Recorded from a live series I ran during the COVID pandemic, so people could learn a skill and stay engaged. More than 500 people took part.

Lecturer, Herald College Kathmandu

February 2022 to January 2023

University of Wolverhampton (UK) partner institution, BSc (Hons) Computer Science.

Part-time Lecturer, Herald College Kathmandu

March to June 2021

Lectured on the BSc programme.

Final Year Project Supervisor (Multimedia), Islington College, Kathmandu

December 2020 to December 2025

London Metropolitan University (UK) partner institution. Supervised final-year projects for BSc Multimedia students across five annual cycles.

Education

MSc with Merit, Information Technology and Applied Security

London Metropolitan University (UK), taught with Islington College, Kathmandu · 2020 to 2024

Awarded 17 October 2024.

Part-time. Cybersecurity, big data and analytics. Projects in banking security, data warehousing and health-data analytics.

BSc with Upper Second Class Honours, Multimedia Technologies

London Metropolitan University (UK), studies administered by Islington College, Kathmandu · 2011 to 2014

Awarded 7 July 2014.

Diploma in Design Communication, Graphics and Advertising

Cavendish College London · September 2009 to November 2010

First year of multimedia studies, continued to the BSc at Islington College.

Higher Secondary Education (10+2)

Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Memorial H.S. School, Kathmandu · 2006

Psychosocial Counselor course

CTEVT, Nepal · in progress

Licences and certifications

Professional Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction

Georgia Institute of Technology (GTx on edX) · May 2023

UX research and needfinding, prototyping and rapid iteration, and related HCI competencies.

Course Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction

Interaction Design Foundation · 2017 to 2018, awarded August 2018

Early professional training

PUD Computer Training and Service Center, Kathmandu · 2003 to 2004

Diploma in Webpage Designing. Windows with Applications.

Core skills

Selected projects and open source

I led the teams that made BattiGayo, Medibook and the Sampression WordPress themes, working closely with designers and engineers. See products for these and other projects, including Mano, Mano Atlas and inkwell.

Open-source theme contributor on WordPress.org since 2012. Member of the Drupal.org community since 2010.

Community

Member, Research and Development Committee, CAN Federation, 2077 to 2079 BS.

Organising team member, WordCamp Kathmandu 2017 and 2018. Platinum sponsor of the first WordCamp Nepal (2012). Ongoing WordPress community contributions.

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