Zulqarnain Ansari
Director, Life Coach, and Public Speaker in Lahore, Pakistan
Zulqarnain Ansari
Director, Life Coach, and Public Speaker in Lahore, Pakistan
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AI-Powered UX Design ★ Design Thinking ★ Digital Transformation ★ UX/UI/Interaction Design ★ UX Leadership ★ Innovation Strategy ★ Entrepreneurship ★ Startup Coaching
Available for AI-powered UX design consultancy, teaching, training, and mentorship.
Zulqarnain Ansari is a pioneering UX and design leader in Pakistan with more than 23 years of experience across user experience, digital product design, creative business development, and innovation.
He is the founder and CEO of Experts Desk, Pakistan’s first UX studio. Throughout his career, he has combined creative thinking, analytical insight, and business strategy to build design teams, lead digital initiatives, and help organisations create meaningful user experiences.
Previously, Zulqarnain led UX departments at Systems Limited and ROZEE.PK. His professional portfolio includes work associated with brands and organisations such as TeamViewer, McDonald’s, Zong, Freeman, Dooney & Bourke, Mattress Firm, KUIU, Rebecca Taylor, Sapphire, and Khaadi.
As an educator, trainer, and mentor, he helps professionals, design teams, entrepreneurs, and startups apply AI, user research, design thinking, and digital transformation methodologies to real-world challenges. He has also served as visiting faculty at Beaconhouse National University, teaching user research, immersive design, augmented reality, and virtual reality design methodologies.
Zulqarnain has delivered design thinking training and mentorship through platforms and organisations including LUMS, NetSol, NSPIRE, HospitALL, Takhleeq, GLUG, PopCorn Studio, IDEOCon, the British Council, DICE Pakistan, Startup Grind, and Payoneer.
His areas of expertise include AI-powered UX design, user research, UX strategy and leadership, design thinking, digital transformation, innovation strategy, immersive experiences, and startup mentorship. His approach draws on methodologies from Stanford d.school and Google Design Sprints.
Beyond his work as a design leader and entrepreneur, Zulqarnain is a teacher, trainer, mentor, startup coach, and public speaker committed to advancing design and user experience in Pakistan and beyond.
Work
Founder & CEO — Experts Desk
Education
Stanford University
University of the Punjab
University of South Asia