Arondale Withers

Global head of Experience Design, 

finance data lake 

$20,000 Award Winner, 1st Place Overall, out of 1600+ contestants for the best design in the state of Georgia, with (9) nominations in total for Innovista 2018 and Innovista 2017, including (4) design honors, and 2018 GE Innovator of the Year award at GE’s Minds & Machines.

I love emerging technologies, UX, AI, Drones, and create YouTube mountain bike videos in my spare time.  My wife and I reside in Atlanta, GA. I was formally educated in HCI and Design with a BBA in CIS from Mercer University . I may be booked for emerging technology summits, universities, and other speaking engagements.

I have completed UX work for Apple, AT&T, Kaneva, Turner Broadcasting (TNT/TBS/TCM) Digital, TCS, GE, The Home Depot, Stibo Systems, JP Morgan, Citi, Chase, RBC, Verifone, GE, HealthSouth, and multiple US government agencies and armed forces.

Currently I ideate, architect, design, sell and craft solutions; exploring the art of possible, across all GE business verticals and sub-businesses. I am a UX hiring manager and solution “closer”, supported by 50+ onshore/offshore UX Interaction designers, researchers, architects, interaction designers, and full stack UI developers for the TCS Global Innovations team, specializing in disruptive technologies. Conceptual and practical applications with AI, Machine Learning, AR/VR/MR, NLP, Voice UX, Chat bots, Drones, Lidar, Photogrammetry, IoT, 3D, connected experiences, beacon tech, inspection services, automation, predictive analytics and best-in-class designs across any hardware necessary.. Other tasks include rapid prototypes, design, RFP responses, SOWs, resourcing, heuristic evaluations, competitive benchmarking, human computer interaction next gen modeling, and the art possible using emerging technologies.