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Naveen Puttagunta

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Official Member at Forbes Business Council
📍 Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Naveen Puttagunta is the Co-founder and CEO of Divami Design Labs, a leading UX/UI agency specializing in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, and digital transformation. With a background in product management at GoldenGate Software (now Oracle) and Sybase, he has extensive experience in product strategy and database technology. He holds degrees from the Indian School of Business and the University of Houston.

Naveens entrepreneurial journey was sparked by his experience co-founding a family-based social networking portal, which revealed a market gap for quality UX/UI design in India. He has evolved his thinking from being logic-driven to deeply appreciating the role of emotion in creating successful products, a philosophy that now guides his companys design-first approach.

He holds a patent for an innovative method in database replication technology developed during his time at Sybase.

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Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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UX for SaaS
His company, Divami Design Labs, specializes in UX/UI for B2B SaaS platforms. He frequently writes about elevating user engagement and adoption through effective design.
Product-Led Growth
He advocates for product-led strategies to reduce go-to-market costs and accelerate market entry, emphasizing the critical role of design in this process.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Official Member
Forbes Business Council
10-2008
Founder & CEO
Divami Design Labs
10-2008
Founder & CEO
Divami
6-2007 - 10-2008
Co-Founder
Rishtays Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
12-2005 - 4-2007
Director, Product Management
GoldenGate Software
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ELI - 274 | Naveen Puttagunta (Co‑founder of Divami Design Labs). Featured in YouTube
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Naveen Puttagunta | Founder & CEO - Divami Design Labs (Forbes Councils Profile). Featured in Forbes Councils
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Education
2013 - 2014
PGPMAX (Executive MBA)
Indian School of Business
8-1992 - 8-1994
M.S.
University of Houston
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