I make complex products clear.

I lead design and strategy for enterprise financial platforms and consumer products, turning dense, high-stakes data into interfaces people trust at a glance.

Black and white portrait of Akshey Rama in a dark turtleneck.

About

Design that earns trust.

I translate complex, data-heavy systems into interfaces people can use with confidence. My work spans institutional finance, healthcare and consumer products.

For five years I designed for Solovis, first at Nasdaq and then as a standalone company. Most of the job was taking things away: fewer steps, tables you can actually scan, and components engineers can build without guessing.

Studio 8 is my own practice, where I work directly with founders and product leaders on design strategy.

Location
New York, NY
Education
BDes, University of Illinois at Chicago
Certifications
Enterprise UX Design, Nielsen Norman GroupWeb Programming and Mobile Development, HarvardX

Experience

Where I’ve been since 2018.

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  1. SolovisOct 2025 to Jun 2026
    Lead Product DesignerNew York, NY

    Solovis is the platform endowments, foundations, pensions and family offices use to monitor multi-billion-dollar portfolios. Nasdaq owned it until Insight Partners acquired it in October 2025.

    • As Lead, forked the system off Nasdaq’s NEF enterprise design system so Solovis could ship on its own.
    • Ran client discovery directly and rebuilt our design process around AI.
    Design leadershipDesign systems
  2. NasdaqMar 2021 to Oct 2025
    Senior Product DesignerDallas, TX

    Led design for Solovis and other institutional investment platforms, including Data Link and the Solovis API portal.

    • Led design across 4+ enterprise apps. Task completion up about 35%.
    • Led a team of three on the Solovis Design System: 100+ components.
    Enterprise UXDesign systems
  3. Studio 8Jun 2018 to Present
    Principal DesignerNew York, NY

    My independent practice, for startups and enterprise clients including Amazon, Intuit and Neiman Marcus.

    • 20+ projects across research, interaction and visual design, service design, branding and 3D.
    • Mapped customer journeys and turned research into product changes. Client digital adoption up about 40% on average.
    Visual designBrandingUX researchStrategy
  4. MindSquaredJan 2019 to Jan 2020
    UX DesignerDallas, TX

    An AI-powered healthcare platform built to prevent mental health misdiagnosis.

    • Ran 20+ interviews and heuristic reviews with patients and providers, and found 3 workflow gaps that changed the roadmap.
    • Built personas, journey maps and prototypes, and worked with engineers to carry the research into what shipped.
    HealthcareResearch
  5. University of Illinois at ChicagoOct 2018 to Dec 2019
    UX/UI DesignerChicago, IL
    • Redesigned the ACCC website under UIC’s RED framework, improving WCAG 2.1 accessibility, usability and information architecture through user testing and stakeholder interviews.
    • Created personas, wireframes and prototypes to UIC’s digital standards, and handed off finished assets and documentation to developers.
    AccessibilityResearch

Recognition and community

  • AwardPeople’s Choice, Nasdaq Hackathon2023

    A knowledge bank chatbot, now in production in Nasdaq’s enterprise tools.

  • AwardTechnical Innovation, Nasdaq Hackathon2024

    An AI trip planner for client visits and sales prospects, also in production.

  • MentorshipMentor, UIC ConnectD2022 to Present

    I mentor 2 to 3 UIC design students a year, with portfolio reviews and career prep.

Selected work

3 case studies
The redesigned Portfolio Analytics dashboard for a fictional foundation: report filters, four KPI tiles for market value, net return, cash and private equity, a performance-versus-benchmark line chart and a liquidity profile bar chart.
Enterprise platform2022 to 2024

Investment Analytics (password protected)

A portfolio analytics platform that had been growing for ten years. As the senior designer on the redesign, I helped new users find their way on day one, without slowing down the experts.

ResearchNavigationDesign system
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More projects

  1. GlubCase study in progress
  2. TargetCase study in progress
  3. ScribotCase study in progress
  4. ACCC RedesignCase study in progress

Contact

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