Kai Brunner
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
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
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.
Senior Manager, Design
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.
Director of Design
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.
Head of Design
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.
Certifications
Artificial Intelligence: Business Strategies and Applications
UC Berkeley Executive Education, Haas School of Business
MIT's Approach to Design Thinking
MIT Sloan Executive Education
Skills
Tools
Figma, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Creative Suite, Atlassian, Sketch, InVision, Slack, Jira
Platforms
Web, WordPress, iOS, Android
Other
Illustration, Design Thinking, Design Strategy, Enterprise Software, New Products, Enterprise SaaS, Information Architecture (IA), Wireframing, Rapid Interactive Prototyping, Web Applications, UI Design, UX Design, Mobile UI, Mobile App Design, Web Design, Mobile UX, Web App UX, Web App UI, Web App Design, Web App Automation, Web App Deployment, Web App Testing, SaaS Design, SaaS, Teams, Visualization Design, Visualization, 2D Visualization, User Interface (UI), Product Ownership, MVP Design, Product Design, Web Design, Mobile Apps, Responsive Web Design (RWD), UX Strategy, Dashboard Design, User Experience (UX), Usability Testing, Business to Business (B2B), Software as a Service (SaaS), Flow Diagrams, Agile, Product Videos, Motion Design, Data Visualization, Dashboards, Web Dashboards, Design Leadership, Enterprise, User Validation, User Flows, High-fidelity Prototypes, User Testing, iPad, B2B, User Research, Workflow, Analytical Dashboards, Visual Design, System Design, UX Research, DevOps, Commercial Real Estate, Video Production, Release Management, 3D Visualization, Market Research, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Audio Production, Mobile Ads, Social Media Content, Microservices, Microservices Architecture, 3D, Networks, Network Design, Teamwork, Deployment, Sales, Brokers, Process Design, Process Flows, Tablet UI, Tablet UX, Local Listings, Search, Planning, Instant Messaging, Social Networks, Geolocation
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