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Pioneer, CA, US

• Advise early-stage enterprise software startups, primarily in stealth mode, defining product vision and design strategy. Empower startups to gain a strong market presence, providing actionable management insights.
• Ensure a cohesive, unified product experience, partnering with fellow designers to establish shared design patterns and product vision, strengthening overall design consistency, and achieving collective design goals.
• Enhance user experience and optimize product roadmaps, aligning business goals and navigating technical dynamics.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

• Spearheaded an initiative to create a comprehensive design system and unified application component framework, collaborating with 10+ Designers and 15+ Front-end Engineers across multiple teams and locations, focusing.
• Delivered outstanding user experiences for a diverse portfolio of 300+ customers and 50K end users, influencing the internal design process while building a collaborative, innovative team culture.
• Doubled the size of the analytics and networking teams within six months, collaborating with leadership to recruit, interview, and hire six top-notch product designers, expanding the team's capabilities and expertise.
• Enhanced system efficiency and understanding, offering guidance and onboarding support to both new and current front-end and back-end engineering teams using RDXv2, Citrix's proprietary component framework.
• Contributed to a centralized component library for Citrix Analytics and Networking products, developing prototypes, components, and templates for Citrix Analytics dashboards, report builder, search builder, and policy.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

• Served as a proactive liaison with product designers, front-end engineers, product managers, and researchers across regions, facilitating seamless collaboration, enhancing the development and implementation of design.
• Innovated functional, transformative prototypes, demonstrating versatility and technical expertise while developing prototypes for a variety of products, including Secure Mail (iOS), Secure Hub (iOS), CloudPlatform.
• Increased new customer onboarding and retention by 150%, leading design QA efforts to identify and fix issues in landing pages, patterns, and admin onboarding first-time-use flows.
• Surpassed satisfaction KPIs for 100 customers, collaborating with diverse teams to outline the design strategy and develop the initial version of an Analytics product.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

• Steered product design teams, conducting thorough research and recommending innovative web technologies and design trends, revolutionizing product quality and user experience, delivering a more competitive.
• Drove seamless transitions from design to implementation, working with interaction designers, front-end engineers, product managers, and company leaders to translate product concepts into precise engineering.
• Strengthened brand identity and improved user satisfaction by collaborating with stakeholders to implement global UI/Styles, creating a unified, consistent UI/UX.
• Cultivated a culture of continuous learning and skill development, mentoring junior designers while amplifying the impact of enterprise design decisions, advancing the understanding and appreciation of design principles.

Fort Lauderdale, FL, US

• Led a five-member team in product design, advocating for customer interests and steering technical direction. Prioritized product features based on a thorough understanding of user needs.
• Fostered product relevance by developing detailed, interactive, data-driven prototypes, validating and showcasing innovative design solutions and product features, demonstrating the value and feasibility of new ideas.
• Increased the productivity of newly developed products by 25%, integrating brand-specific design into the product code, enhancing the product's identity and appeal.
• Enhanced user-facing documentation, collaborating closely with technical writers, developers, and other designers.

San Mateo, CA, US

• Directed a four-member team, overseeing UX and UI design of innovative cloud-based and mobile applications, defining aesthetics, including wireframes, screen layouts, and interactive prototypes, with precision, driving.
• Enhanced development standards and led design initiatives to leverage the latest technologies, boosting the team's ability to deliver cutting-edge solutions and stay ahead of industry trends.
• Resolved technical problems, minimized downtime, and maintained project timelines and quality standards.

San Francisco, California, US

- Conducted a successful usability study and birds-of-a-feather sessions with Splunk end-users at the renowned.conf 2010 Splunk Worldwide User's Conference.- Developed the innovative "Getting Started" user interface, enabling new Splunk users to efficiently locate and index IT data within the Splunk product.- Skillfully developed standards-compliant.

Multimedia Design

Professional, Graphic Design