- Not afraid of complexity.
- Unique, feasible, creative ideas.
- Believes in going far and bringing everyone along.
- Eyes on the big picture but never misses details.
- Variety of technical and personal tools to find patterns and simplify complexity.
- Well prepared, engaged and curious.
- Maximizes resources to resolve problems and provide value to the users and to the team.
- Encourages others to rethink conventions, go farther, think deeper and she's not afraid of playing the devil's advocate.
Recommendations
Roshini Kumar | Interaction Designer | teammate at Google
"Nika is a very hardworking, thoughtful designer. She is extremely organized and is always focused on the goal.
She is a great teammate who works to make sure the whole team is achieving success, and would be a credit to
any team she is on!" - From LinkedIn
Kern Pegg | Head of PID Technical Execution Vancouver, Enterprise Analytics | SAP
"I have been mentoring Nika over the past 5+ months, while she has been interning at SAP. She is an engaging,
intelligent and gifted student, who demonstrates a keen eye for UI/UX. She is well prepared, engaged, curious
and actively seeks ways to improve herself and gain insights and advice from her mentors. In addition to
continuing to develop her skills, taking full advantage of the many intern offerings here at SAP, she has used
her experience and analysis skills to provide meaningful, actionable suggestions to peers and leaders,
passionate about improving, shaping and innovating our product offerings. I am confident that she will be an
exceptional team member and contributor to any group she joins, encouraging and helping others to re-think and
innovate better experiences for customers and users." - From LinkedIn
Robert Woodbury | University Professor | Simon Fraser University
"Nika did very well in a pair of courses in the Business of Design program this summer (2018).
Her group took on a tricky challenge and managed to make a business that adds real value to customers (science organizations) and end users. They used a variety of tools and a LOT of conversation to make real and tangible explanations of science. Nika brought her team together, and pushed them to think
more deeply.
I very much appreciated Nika's enthusiasm for and ability in elegant argumentation -- that is a real gift." - From LinkedIn
