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Designer
Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Toptal Member Since
September 20, 2022
Kai is a seasoned product design leader specializing in enterprise web and mobile applications that consumerize the user experience of complex systems. He has 15+ years of design experience in funded startups and was four years top product in Gartner MQ and Forrester Wave. Kai develops design partnerships inside and outside the organization for effective collaboration and continuous feedback.
Work Experience
Product Development
2020 - 2022
JMS Media
- Shipped the working prototype of a media product with interactivity for businesses to engage viewers through episodic storytelling and play.
- Designed the game template for entering sweepstakes by answering story-related questions, with 3% participation in overall viewership.
- Enrolled the participation of 20 small to medium businesses in San Diego and the Bay Area into the season’s episode finale.
Technologies: Adobe After Effects, Video Production, Audio Production, Web UX Design, Mobile UX, Mobile Ads, Social Media Content, Product Ownership, Figma, Design Thinking, New Products, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Web, Usability Testing, User Experience (UX), UX Strategy, Web Design, Product Design, MVP Design, User Interface (UI), Slack, UX Design, User Validation, User Flows, High-fidelity Prototypes
Senior Manager, Design
2019 - 2019
CloudBees
- Managed the transfer of product knowledge to the extended product management and engineering teams post-acquisition.
- Determined the UX debt regarding solutions completion. Proposed an implementation plan and integrated the schedule into the product roadmap.
- Spearheaded the transition of the design team to new tools and systems with the inventory of all assets and adjusted the design process.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, Atlassian, Web, Adobe Photoshop, Enterprise Software, WordPress, Information Architecture (IA), Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Web UX Design, Software as a Service (SaaS), Business to Business (B2B), User Experience (UX), UX Strategy, Product Design, Jira, Slack, Release Management, Teams, Web App Deployment, Web App Automation, Web App UI, UX Design, Enterprise, User Validation, User Flows, Teamwork
Director of Design
2014 - 2019
Electric Cloud
- Shipped the solution for enterprise DevOps on a 45 to 60-day release cycle and evolved it into a market leader from its ease of use in creating automation at scale and visualizing release activity.
- Innovated enterprise UX for deployment automation and release orchestration by organizing complex processes into cohesive steps of progressive disclosure.
- Hired and mentored UX designers for the DevOps domain and empowered them to contribute with a sense of ownership and accountability.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch, InVision, Atlassian, Dashboard Design, Adobe Photoshop, Design Thinking, Enterprise Software, New Products, Enterprise SaaS, WordPress, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Web UX Design, Web, Software as a Service (SaaS), Business to Business (B2B), Usability Testing, User Experience (UX), UX Strategy, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, Product Design, User Interface (UI), Jira, Slack, Visualization, Visualization Design, 3D Visualization, Release Management, Teams, Web App Testing, Web App Deployment, Web App Automation, Web App UI, UX Design, Flow Diagrams, Data Visualization, Dashboards, Web Dashboards, Design Leadership, Enterprise, User Validation, User Flows, High-fidelity Prototypes, Teamwork, Workflow, Analytical Dashboards
Head of Design
2013 - 2014
Electric Cloud
- Led the vision and execution of innovative UX, UI, and VD to consolidate the enterprise user experience.
- Established a design approach emphasizing the core tenets that differentiate the product from the incumbent solutions.
- Collaborated in developing the Field Design Partnership, which involved solution architects in the design process for early validation.
Technologies: Adobe Creative Suite, Atlassian, Web App UX, Web App UI, Web App Design, Web App Automation, Web App Deployment, Web App Testing, Adobe Photoshop, Enterprise Software, New Products, Enterprise SaaS, WordPress, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Web UX Design, Web, Software as a Service (SaaS), Business to Business (B2B), Usability Testing, User Experience (UX), UX Strategy, Responsive Web Design (RWD), Web Design, Product Design, MVP Design, User Interface (UI), Jira, Visualization, Visualization Design, Release Management, Teams, UX Design, Flow Diagrams, Enterprise, User Validation, User Flows, High-fidelity Prototypes, Teamwork, Workflow
Certifications
MARCH 2020 - PRESENT
Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications
UC Berkeley Executive Education, Haas School of Business
MARCH 2017 - PRESENT
MIT's Approach to Design Thinking
MIT Sloan Executive Education