Lawrence Shorter Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Currently partnering with enterprise clients to identify the most effective strategies for transforming the user experience for their software products, including the implementation of AI features. UX for cybersecurity, networking infrastructure, and analytics are my primary verticals, although I have experience in others. Drawing on years of experience and UX design success across verticals, I lead clients to meet the market by understanding user needs and applying technology effectively and ethically.

Pleasanton, California, Us

Led a team of 12 UX professionals across multiple disciplines including UX design, user research, design systems, and product content. Contrast's leading cybersecurity platform enables developers, DevOps, and AppSec professionals to understand, remediate, and prevent security threats and vulnerabilities in software code.

Fort Lauderdale, Fl, Us

Headed Citrix's renowned globally distributed product design team of 60 people focused on product design, research, and design program management. Managed various portfolios, such as desktop virtualization, enterprise application delivery, security, and analytics products. Jointly developed and implemented organizational strategic plan, UX design strategy and success measures (KPIs and OKRs), with other functional leaders and executives.Interim Head of Product Design (2021, Mar-Oct)Led global design organization for Citrix, including a team of 65 design professionals. Disciplines included design, research, and design operations.Director, Product Design (May 2018 - Mar 2021)Led Product Design for Networking and Analytics products at Citrix, including 15 designers across multiple locations. Contributed to the growth of customers and revenue within related business units (CAS, ADM).

Waterloo, On, Ca

Delivered successful design outcomes for enterprise software products that generated $58M in yearly revenue. Led team of 10 UX professionals responsible for research, interaction design, and visual design for 15 products in OpenText portfolio. • Data-driven and design-led approach for InfoArchive product led to annual revenue growth from $0 to $6M in the first 3 years after product launch. Rigorously sought and responded to user feedback to help drive adoption and ongoing usage. • Integrated design system and patterns from Dell EMC into existing OpenText design system. Introduced new design system components and patterns that improved overall OpenText capabilities.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Designed and led UX across multiple enterprise products, including SaaS and installed applications by managing a globally distributed design and research team of 11 UX professionals. The origin of our business unit was Documentum, a pioneer and leader in enterprise content management (ECM). Customers ranged from fortune 100 companies to government entities across the globe. • Designed key features in various major products, including flagship platform xCP, InfoArchive, Supplier Exchange, Syncplicity Connector, and Captiva Web Capture. • Led design sessions and workshops for foundational concepts and design of SaaS platform and productivity apps branded as Leap Apps. • Directed creation of 3 design systems by utilizing well-known frameworks, such as Bootstrap and material design. Augmented internal staff development and advanced company product offerings by forming partnerships with top design and strategy organizations in Bay Area. • Guided team through a company acquisition, while maintaining high morale and minimal attrition.Our division was acquired by OpenText on January 23, 2017.

Entelos pioneered predictive modeling and simulation of human diseases and therapeutics. At Entelos, I designed the user experience for multiple tools and applications ranging from chemical structure modeling to vivarium management. • Designed multiple tools and applications for well-known companies including: Bayer, Eli Lilly, Celera Genomics, Merck, Pfizer, and American Diabetes Association. • Designed and coded UI layer for SaaS simulation tool, Realab, released in partnership with American Diabetes Association. • Web master for 3 corporate web properties: Entelos.com, Realab.com, and MyDigitalHealth.com.

West Des Moines, Iowa, Us

BioSpace, Inc. serves the life sciences community as an online resource for jobs, life sciences news, investor information, and industry events. In addition to the website, BioSpace developed custom web applications and tools for life sciences customers.At BioSpace.com and Discovery Innovations, I had a dual role including network operations and UX design. Key achievements were:• Under my leadership, the network operations team designed and maintained a stable and secure network and web hosting environment facilitating company growth and fulfillment of complex security requirements imposed by major pharmaceutical and life sciences companies. • Designed multiple web-based applications for our life sciences customers including: Eli Lilly, Celera, Merck, NIH, Pfizer, and others. Each app was focused on a specific segment of the drug discovery process.

San Francisco, California, Us

• Fought for and won approval for a budget of approximately $275,000. Public sector funding climate was challenging, so this was a significant win.• Rolled out significant infrastructure upgrades, including transitioning many attorneys from legacy systems to current technology.

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