Hemanth K
Anumandla
EY Studio+ Product & Experience Design Lead, EY GDS
Lightning
User Experience
Beginner Designers
Mid-level Designers
About The Speaker
Hemanth Kumar Anumandla is an experienced design leader, practice builder, and digital program orchestrator. He has established and scaled diverse design teams across agencies, product organizations and consulting firms — driving impactful digital transformation by uniting user-centered design and technology adoption with agile methodologies.
Currently leading design teams at EY Studio+ India, Hemanth has steered large-scale transformation programs that elevate customer value and business outcomes. His expertise spans design thinking, information design, UX strategy and data storytelling, enabling him to tackle complex enterprise challenges and improve product adoption, user retention and overall performance.
About The Talk/Workshop
Designing for Agentic AI - Navigating UX in the Age of Autonomous Systems
Design leaders obsess over “stakeholder alignment,” but in practice, it’s the people you don’t call stakeholders who often shape the success of practice.
In this lightning talk, I’ll discuss why design leaders must expand their field of vision beyond stakeholder-centric view. I’ll share a few surprising stories of how involving the “unseen team” transformed outcomes, and a quick heuristic to spot overlooked partners.
We’ve all been taught to focus on stakeholder alignment for project success, but what if the real key to extraordinary outcomes lies beyond the visible stakeholders? This thought-provoking lightning talk explores the concept of the “unseen team,” the often-overlooked individuals who shape the success or failure of design projects.
Through real-world examples and actionable insights, you’ll learn practical strategies to expand your vision and identify hidden contributors, engage them early, and sustain collaboration for long-term impact.
Whether you’re a design leader in a product organization or an agency setup, this talk will challenge your assumptions and equip you with strategies to unlock the full potential of your team.