Summary
Akshay Baweja is a Lead Creative Technologist with 11 years of experience designing hardware-software products at the intersection of embedded systems, product design, and human-computer interaction. Based in New York, he has driven medical-device innovation at 10XBeta Venture Studio—translating regulatory constraints into accessible, patient-focused solutions—while also contributing to academic research published in venues like ACM CHI. His background spans founding a hardware-focused startup, leading electronics labs and community workshops, and building novel non-screen interactions and plant-based sonification systems that blend art with engineering. Comfortable leading multidisciplinary teams, he pairs rapid prototyping and PCB expertise with an MFA in Design and Technology to make elegant, research-backed prototypes. Notably, he consistently bridges studio-grade creativity with clinical and regulatory rigor, turning speculative HCI concepts into real-world products.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Fine Arts - MFA Design and Technology, Master of Fine Arts - MFA Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design - The New School
High School Science, High School Science at Jaspal Kaur Public School
Bachelor’s Degree Electronics and Communication Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electronics and Communication Engineering at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
English, Hindi, Punjabi