About Raj
Product Design Leader & AI/Platform Specialist with 8+ Years of Experience
I design for complexity: AI, developer platforms, and cloud infrastructure, helping technical teams navigate systems that are often invisible, intricate, and mission-critical. My work turns these into experiences that feel clear, trustworthy, and empowering.
Philosophy
I believe design in technical domains is about clarity and trust. Engineers and operators make high-stakes decisions every day, so my role is to remove friction, surface the right signals at the right time, and make complexity feel manageable.
Core Belief
A good designer doesn’t just create interfaces, they define the problem, make trade-offs transparent, and bring the team into alignment. My best work has come from creating a shared language between design, product, and engineering.
What Drives Me
I’m motivated by two things:
- Solving ambiguity: turning messy, undefined challenges into systems and workflows that make sense.
- Scaling impact: building patterns and platforms that don’t just solve one problem, but unlock possibilities for many.
Expertise Includes
Enterprise, AI/ML & Platform Design: Shaping developer experiences in domains like CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and AI workflows, where reliability and speed matter.
Business Impact: Designing with metrics in mind. Whether it’s reducing support tickets, increasing adoption, or improving deployment frequency.
Strategic Leadership: Applying systems thinking to guide cross-functional teams through ambiguity and set a long-term vision while delivering value in the near term.
Experience
Sr. Staff Product Designer – Moderne.ai
2025
- Led design for Moddy, an AI/LLM-powered code assistant, helping developers discover and validate code transformation recipes across monorepos.
- Designed explainability patterns that increased trust in AI suggestions and improved adoption among developers.
- Collaborated closely with engineering to ship an MVP in 2 weeks, balancing feasibility with user transparency.
- Outcome: Drove measurable developer trust and increased daily recipe adoption by ~30%.
Staff Product Designer – VMware/Broadcom
2020 - 2024
Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
- Led end-to-end design for three core features: Tanzu Supply Chain, Secure Tools, and Deploy, turning complex workflows into intuitive experiences for developers.
- Shaped strategic direction of platform features, partnering with PMs and engineers to align on user needs, technical feasibility, and emerging technologies.
- Elevated design culture by sharing UX best practices across teams and mentoring fellow designers to scale impact.
- Strengthened craft in visual design, interaction design, and prototyping to deliver high-quality, enterprise-ready experiences.
Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
- Led end-to-end product experience for vSAN, bringing an outside-in perspective to align designs with real customer needs.
- Drove roadmap decisions by synthesizing customer feedback (Customer Zero, Global Support Services) and partnering with PMs/engineers to define MVPs and success metrics.
- Designed and tested solutions tailored for VI Admins, iterating based on user insights to improve troubleshooting workflows.
- Ensured scalability and accessibility by collaborating with Design System and Accessibility teams to align prototypes with VMware standards.
- Strengthened design culture by running design critiques and mentoring junior designers, helping align the team around product and user goals.
Sr. Product Designer – Mode Analytics
2019 - 2020
At Mode, I designed workflows for data analysts to create SQL queries and visual reports for executives. I introduced a visual reporting layer after user testing revealed unmet needs, balancing scope and timelines with product and engineering. The result was a feature that strengthened Mode’s value for analysts while earning trust from leadership through transparent communication.
Principal Product Designer – Panasonic
2018 - 2019
At Panasonic, I defined the MVP for a predictive maintenance platform aimed at anomaly detection in refrigeration units. With limited user access, I framed the MVP as a testable hypothesis, designing modular analysis views that enabled engineers to tag anomalies and train AI models. This approach accelerated learning cycles and de-risked the product vision.
Principal UX Designer – Calix Systems
2017 - 2018
At Calix, I redesigned the marketing cloud dashboard to address declining engagement. By differentiating experiences for managers and executives, I created a clearer, role-based design vision that boosted engagement from 38% to 65% within six months.
Lead UX Designer – Cisco
2013 - 2016
At Cisco, I designed troubleshooting dashboards for the global security suite, focusing on surfacing the right signals for engineers. I also created a service delivery blueprint that streamlined customer onboarding, cutting the process from two months to three weeks. Alongside product work, I mentored junior designers and helped establish consistent design practices across teams.
Achievements
Patent Filed 2023
Health Evaluation For A Distributed Storage System: VMware
UX Instructor
University of Berkeley
White-paper Published
Lectured At
IIT Kanpur - User Experience Design in the Real Industry
Recognition
Best Innovative Idea - Cisco's Yearly Technology Competition
Articles Published
Developer Experience
Troubleshooting Dashboard
Predictive Maintenance
About Raj
About Raj
Product Design Leader & AI/Platform Specialist with 8+ Years of Experience
I design for complexity: AI, developer platforms, and cloud infrastructure, helping technical teams navigate systems that are often invisible, intricate, and mission-critical. My work turns these into experiences that feel clear, trustworthy, and empowering.
Philosophy
I believe design in technical domains is about clarity and trust. Engineers and operators make high-stakes decisions every day, so my role is to remove friction, surface the right signals at the right time, and make complexity feel manageable.
Core Belief
A good designer doesn’t just create interfaces, they define the problem, make trade-offs transparent, and bring the team into alignment. My best work has come from creating a shared language between design, product, and engineering.
What Drives Me
I’m motivated by two things:
- Solving ambiguity: turning messy, undefined challenges into systems and workflows that make sense.
- Scaling impact: building patterns and platforms that don’t just solve one problem, but unlock possibilities for many.
Expertise Includes
Enterprise, AI/ML & Platform Design: Shaping developer experiences in domains like CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and AI workflows, where reliability and speed matter.
Business Impact: Designing with metrics in mind. Whether it’s reducing support tickets, increasing adoption, or improving deployment frequency.
Strategic Leadership: Applying systems thinking to guide cross-functional teams through ambiguity and set a long-term vision while delivering value in the near term.
Experience
Sr. Staff Product Designer – Moderne.ai
2025
- Led design for Moddy, an AI/LLM-powered code assistant, helping developers discover and validate code transformation recipes across monorepos.
- Designed explainability patterns that increased trust in AI suggestions and improved adoption among developers.
- Collaborated closely with engineering to ship an MVP in 2 weeks, balancing feasibility with user transparency.
- Outcome: Drove measurable developer trust and increased daily recipe adoption by ~30%.
Staff Product Designer – VMware/Broadcom
2020 - 2024
Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
- Led end-to-end design for three core features: Tanzu Supply Chain, Secure Tools, and Deploy, turning complex workflows into intuitive experiences for developers.
- Shaped strategic direction of platform features, partnering with PMs and engineers to align on user needs, technical feasibility, and emerging technologies.
- Elevated design culture by sharing UX best practices across teams and mentoring fellow designers to scale impact.
- Strengthened craft in visual design, interaction design, and prototyping to deliver high-quality, enterprise-ready experiences.
Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
- Led end-to-end product experience for vSAN, bringing an outside-in perspective to align designs with real customer needs.
- Drove roadmap decisions by synthesizing customer feedback (Customer Zero, Global Support Services) and partnering with PMs/engineers to define MVPs and success metrics.
- Designed and tested solutions tailored for VI Admins, iterating based on user insights to improve troubleshooting workflows.
- Ensured scalability and accessibility by collaborating with Design System and Accessibility teams to align prototypes with VMware standards.
- Strengthened design culture by running design critiques and mentoring junior designers, helping align the team around product and user goals.
Sr. Product Designer – Mode Analytics
2019 - 2020
At Mode, I designed workflows for data analysts to create SQL queries and visual reports for executives. I introduced a visual reporting layer after user testing revealed unmet needs, balancing scope and timelines with product and engineering. The result was a feature that strengthened Mode’s value for analysts while earning trust from leadership through transparent communication.
Principal Product Designer – Panasonic
2018 - 2019
At Panasonic, I defined the MVP for a predictive maintenance platform aimed at anomaly detection in refrigeration units. With limited user access, I framed the MVP as a testable hypothesis, designing modular analysis views that enabled engineers to tag anomalies and train AI models. This approach accelerated learning cycles and de-risked the product vision.
Principal UX Designer – Calix Systems
2017 - 2018
At Calix, I redesigned the marketing cloud dashboard to address declining engagement. By differentiating experiences for managers and executives, I created a clearer, role-based design vision that boosted engagement from 38% to 65% within six months.
Lead UX Designer – Cisco
2013 - 2016
At Cisco, I designed troubleshooting dashboards for the global security suite, focusing on surfacing the right signals for engineers. I also created a service delivery blueprint that streamlined customer onboarding, cutting the process from two months to three weeks. Alongside product work, I mentored junior designers and helped establish consistent design practices across teams.
Achievements
Patent Filed 2023
Health Evaluation For A Distributed Storage System: VMware
UX Instructor
University of Berkeley
White-paper Published
Lectured At
IIT Kanpur - User Experience Design in the Real Industry
Recognition
Best Innovative Idea - Cisco's Yearly Technology Competition
Articles Published
Developer Experience
Troubleshooting Dashboard
Predictive Maintenance
About Raj
About Raj
Product Design Leader & AI/Platform Specialist with 8+ Years of Experience
I design for complexity: AI, developer platforms, and cloud infrastructure, helping technical teams navigate systems that are often invisible, intricate, and mission-critical. My work turns these into experiences that feel clear, trustworthy, and empowering.
Philosophy
I believe design in technical domains is about clarity and trust. Engineers and operators make high-stakes decisions every day, so my role is to remove friction, surface the right signals at the right time, and make complexity feel manageable.
Core Belief
A good designer doesn’t just create interfaces, they define the problem, make trade-offs transparent, and bring the team into alignment. My best work has come from creating a shared language between design, product, and engineering.
What Drives Me
I’m motivated by two things:
- Solving ambiguity: turning messy, undefined challenges into systems and workflows that make sense.
- Scaling impact: building patterns and platforms that don’t just solve one problem, but unlock possibilities for many.
Expertise Includes
Enterprise, AI/ML & Platform Design: Shaping developer experiences in domains like CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and AI workflows, where reliability and speed matter.
Business Impact: Designing with metrics in mind. Whether it’s reducing support tickets, increasing adoption, or improving deployment frequency.
Strategic Leadership: Applying systems thinking to guide cross-functional teams through ambiguity and set a long-term vision while delivering value in the near term.
Experience
Sr. Staff Product Designer – Moderne.ai
2025
- Led design for Moddy, an AI/LLM-powered code assistant, helping developers discover and validate code transformation recipes across monorepos.
- Designed explainability patterns that increased trust in AI suggestions and improved adoption among developers.
- Collaborated closely with engineering to ship an MVP in 2 weeks, balancing feasibility with user transparency.
- Outcome: Drove measurable developer trust and increased daily recipe adoption by ~30%.
Staff Product Designer – VMware/Broadcom
2020 - 2024
Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
- Led end-to-end design for three core features: Tanzu Supply Chain, Secure Tools, and Deploy, turning complex workflows into intuitive experiences for developers.
- Shaped strategic direction of platform features, partnering with PMs and engineers to align on user needs, technical feasibility, and emerging technologies.
- Elevated design culture by sharing UX best practices across teams and mentoring fellow designers to scale impact.
- Strengthened craft in visual design, interaction design, and prototyping to deliver high-quality, enterprise-ready experiences.
Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
- Led end-to-end product experience for vSAN, bringing an outside-in perspective to align designs with real customer needs.
- Drove roadmap decisions by synthesizing customer feedback (Customer Zero, Global Support Services) and partnering with PMs/engineers to define MVPs and success metrics.
- Designed and tested solutions tailored for VI Admins, iterating based on user insights to improve troubleshooting workflows.
- Ensured scalability and accessibility by collaborating with Design System and Accessibility teams to align prototypes with VMware standards.
- Strengthened design culture by running design critiques and mentoring junior designers, helping align the team around product and user goals.
Sr. Product Designer – Mode Analytics
2019 - 2020
At Mode, I designed workflows for data analysts to create SQL queries and visual reports for executives. I introduced a visual reporting layer after user testing revealed unmet needs, balancing scope and timelines with product and engineering. The result was a feature that strengthened Mode’s value for analysts while earning trust from leadership through transparent communication.
Principal Product Designer – Panasonic
2018 - 2019
At Panasonic, I defined the MVP for a predictive maintenance platform aimed at anomaly detection in refrigeration units. With limited user access, I framed the MVP as a testable hypothesis, designing modular analysis views that enabled engineers to tag anomalies and train AI models. This approach accelerated learning cycles and de-risked the product vision.
Principal UX Designer – Calix Systems
2017 - 2018
At Calix, I redesigned the marketing cloud dashboard to address declining engagement. By differentiating experiences for managers and executives, I created a clearer, role-based design vision that boosted engagement from 38% to 65% within six months.
Lead UX Designer – Cisco
2013 - 2016
At Cisco, I designed troubleshooting dashboards for the global security suite, focusing on surfacing the right signals for engineers. I also created a service delivery blueprint that streamlined customer onboarding, cutting the process from two months to three weeks. Alongside product work, I mentored junior designers and helped establish consistent design practices across teams.
Achievements
Patent Filed 2023
Health Evaluation For A Distributed Storage System: VMware
UX Instructor
University of Berkeley
White-paper Published
Lectured At
IIT Kanpur - User Experience Design in the Real Industry
Recognition
Best Innovative Idea - Cisco's Yearly Technology Competition
Articles Published
Developer Experience
Troubleshooting Dashboard
Predictive Maintenance
About Raj
About Raj
Product Design Leader & AI/Platform Specialist with 8+ Years of Experience
I design for complexity: AI, developer platforms, and cloud infrastructure, helping technical teams navigate systems that are often invisible, intricate, and mission-critical. My work turns these into experiences that feel clear, trustworthy, and empowering.
Philosophy
I believe design in technical domains is about clarity and trust. Engineers and operators make high-stakes decisions every day, so my role is to remove friction, surface the right signals at the right time, and make complexity feel manageable.
Core Belief
A good designer doesn’t just create interfaces, they define the problem, make trade-offs transparent, and bring the team into alignment. My best work has come from creating a shared language between design, product, and engineering.
What Drives Me
I’m motivated by two things:
- Solving ambiguity: turning messy, undefined challenges into systems and workflows that make sense.
- Scaling impact: building patterns and platforms that don’t just solve one problem, but unlock possibilities for many.
Expertise Includes
Enterprise, AI/ML & Platform Design: Shaping developer experiences in domains like CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and AI workflows, where reliability and speed matter.
Business Impact: Designing with metrics in mind. Whether it’s reducing support tickets, increasing adoption, or improving deployment frequency.
Strategic Leadership: Applying systems thinking to guide cross-functional teams through ambiguity and set a long-term vision while delivering value in the near term.
Experience
Sr. Staff Product Designer – Moderne.ai
2025
- Led design for Moddy, an AI/LLM-powered code assistant, helping developers discover and validate code transformation recipes across monorepos.
- Designed explainability patterns that increased trust in AI suggestions and improved adoption among developers.
- Collaborated closely with engineering to ship an MVP in 2 weeks, balancing feasibility with user transparency.
- Outcome: Drove measurable developer trust and increased daily recipe adoption by ~30%.
Staff Product Designer – VMware/Broadcom
2020 - 2024
Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
- Led end-to-end design for three core features: Tanzu Supply Chain, Secure Tools, and Deploy, turning complex workflows into intuitive experiences for developers.
- Shaped strategic direction of platform features, partnering with PMs and engineers to align on user needs, technical feasibility, and emerging technologies.
- Elevated design culture by sharing UX best practices across teams and mentoring fellow designers to scale impact.
- Strengthened craft in visual design, interaction design, and prototyping to deliver high-quality, enterprise-ready experiences.
Tanzu Application Platform (TAP)
- Led end-to-end product experience for vSAN, bringing an outside-in perspective to align designs with real customer needs.
- Drove roadmap decisions by synthesizing customer feedback (Customer Zero, Global Support Services) and partnering with PMs/engineers to define MVPs and success metrics.
- Designed and tested solutions tailored for VI Admins, iterating based on user insights to improve troubleshooting workflows.
- Ensured scalability and accessibility by collaborating with Design System and Accessibility teams to align prototypes with VMware standards.
- Strengthened design culture by running design critiques and mentoring junior designers, helping align the team around product and user goals.
Sr. Product Designer – Mode Analytics
2019 - 2020
At Mode, I designed workflows for data analysts to create SQL queries and visual reports for executives. I introduced a visual reporting layer after user testing revealed unmet needs, balancing scope and timelines with product and engineering. The result was a feature that strengthened Mode’s value for analysts while earning trust from leadership through transparent communication.
Principal Product Designer – Panasonic
2018 - 2019
At Panasonic, I defined the MVP for a predictive maintenance platform aimed at anomaly detection in refrigeration units. With limited user access, I framed the MVP as a testable hypothesis, designing modular analysis views that enabled engineers to tag anomalies and train AI models. This approach accelerated learning cycles and de-risked the product vision.
Principal UX Designer – Calix Systems
2017 - 2018
At Calix, I redesigned the marketing cloud dashboard to address declining engagement. By differentiating experiences for managers and executives, I created a clearer, role-based design vision that boosted engagement from 38% to 65% within six months.
Lead UX Designer – Cisco
2013 - 2016
At Cisco, I designed troubleshooting dashboards for the global security suite, focusing on surfacing the right signals for engineers. I also created a service delivery blueprint that streamlined customer onboarding, cutting the process from two months to three weeks. Alongside product work, I mentored junior designers and helped establish consistent design practices across teams.
Achievements
Patent Filed 2023
Health Evaluation For A Distributed Storage System: VMware
UX Instructor
University of Berkeley
White-paper Published
Lectured At
IIT Kanpur - User Experience Design in the Real Industry
Recognition
Best Innovative Idea - Cisco's Yearly Technology Competition
Articles Published