Design Lead
Infoblox (2025 - Current)
* Drove product design strategy and daily operations in the core company domain of DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM)
* Collaborated with multi-region engineering groups and business leaders to translate technical requirements into effective design planning and decisions
* Utilized user research, journey mapping, and prototyping to validate concepts and translate technical business objectives into effective user experiences
* Enhanced design quality by introducing process efficiencies and regular review cycles, ensuring consistent integration of user feedback into product design phases.
* Formalized cross-functional collaboration workflows, enabling tighter alignment between product, engineering, and design teams to accelerate launch timelines and elevate user experience standards
Product Design Management
VMware (2021 - 2024)
•Provided design leadership and supported Tanzu Business development across multiple product lines (Tanzu Application Platform, Tanzu Mission Control, Tanzu Data Services, etc.)
•Led the design group through the uncertain time of acquisition and re-organization
•Managed a globally distributed design team (up to 7 designers directly)
•Improved design team maturity by implementing design processes and best practices to support agile product development
•Coached different levels of product designers for their performance and day-to-day activities
•Created an effective and connected environment for the design team to collaborate and thrive
•Collaborated with product management and engineering counterparts in daily product strategy and roadmap planning
• Contributed to Tanzu Design System and design patterns development
Staff Product Designer
VMware (2014 - 2020)
Design lead for overall VMware Cloud on AWS, leading VMware Cloud on AWS from a conceptual concept to a mature service.
Created end-to-end user experience for major service workflows
Performed user research to gain product insight
Managed milestone planning and collaborated with cross-functional teams
Project lead for mid-level enterprise SSL product for Trust Service team in Symantec.
- UX project lead on Trust Service SSL core business
- Worked with cross-functional teams including Project Manager, Development, QA, Marketing, etc. to deliver successful releases
- Delivered design concept, user flows, wireframe, high-fidelity mockup to showcase design solution
- Created design specification and style guide for solution implementation
- Drove productivity and efficiency in design process and project collaboration