# Alan Lee > Lead Product Designer Location: Oakland, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alanlee I'm a Senior Interaction/Visual Design with over two decades of industry experience and a passion for crafting intelligent designs that engage, communicate, and delight. I interact and innovate with executives, marketers, developers, web analysts, copywriters, and project managers to surpass business objectives while keeping the needs of customers at the forefront. Specialties: Workshop facilitation • Design thinking • User research • User Experience Design • Visual design • Web accessibility • Strategy & Road-mapping • Product Design ## Work Experience ### Lead Product Designer @ Cisco Meraki Jan 2021 – Present | San Francisco, California ### Senior Product Designer @ Cisco Meraki Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco, California ### Sr. Product Designer @ Lithium Technologies Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area • Led responsive redesign of Community product • Created style guide and interaction standards • Project managed and implemented design process for remote and local teams • Led discovery effort to identify opportunities for new business vertical ### UX Lead @ IBM Jan 2012 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area • Advocate and practitioner of IBM Design Thinking • Pioneered new business intelligence tool - Journey Analytics • Patented novel UX to calculate metrics • Partnered with key stakeholders to set vision, create road map, and prioritize features • Conducted & synthesized quantitative and qualitative research • Created interaction prototypes with Axure Pro for user testing and team alignment • Led web accessibility and globalization for product teams ### Senior Interaction/Visual Designer @ Intuit Jan 2009 – Jan 2012 | Menlo Park, CA • Created online and mobile experiences for the Intuit Payments property • Leveraged behavioral economics to maximize business outcomes • Audited web content for quality assurance • Managed external vendors to ensure on-time deliverables • Led web accessibility compliance efforts ### Graphic Designer @ IAP World Services Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Short-term contract with essential duties including: - Conceptualize, plan, design, produce, and revise multiple and complex publication and presentation materials (four-color brochures, annual/quarterly reports, and high-level displays) using a variety of computer software and conventional tools. - Web design - Perform quality control checks. Routinely prepare and/or approve cost estimates. - Independently track and report project costs and progress. - Train, mentor, and instruct co-workers in various aspects of design and production processes. - Collaborate with researchers/editors to define, develop, and establish objectives to meet the design specification requirements for graphic projects and publications; frequently responsible for initial customer contact and consultation - Delegate work to others on shared assignments. - Report to the Art Director deviations in project costs and progress. ### Creative Services Manager @ Sun Microsystems Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Lead designer supporting Executive V.P. of Software Marketing. Responsible for presentation design, enhancing existing brands, developing operating systems visual elements. Liaison to review board for product launches Websites. ### Graphic Designer @ Steeltown Coffee & Tea Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 Created corporate branding from logo design to letterhead, menu and in-store display. ### Senior Manager, Creative Services, Headquarters @ BCD Travel Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 Senior designer for the Americas corporate headquarters. Delegated with high profile projects including annual benchmark reports, corporate newsletters, collateral for internal and external clients, brochures, case studies, direct mailers, Web banners, invitations, advertisements, reinforce corporate branding, implement marketing strategies, execute conceptual designs and creating overall themes and supporting collateral for local and international meetings. Took charge of global marketing liaison and branding management. ### Senior Manager, Creative Services, West Division @ WorldTravel BTI Jan 2001 – Jan 2006 Lead designer for the West Division. Responsibilities expanded to support two other Divisions after resource centralization. Additional responsibilities include mentorship of fellow designers, production of account reviews for multi-million dollar clients, generating sales pitch to target new sales and account retention. ### Creative Services Manager, West Division @ WorldTravel Partners Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 Responsible for creative support of Account Management, Business Development, and Operations for the West Division including but not limited to: intranet development & maintenance, client Website development, creation of marketing collateral, client proposals & sales presentations, multimedia development, online training development, newsletter publishing, corporate branding, development of new protocols and forms for streamlining daily business operations, handling computer training for divisional sales force, and consulting divisional headquarters on new Web-based technology. ### Staff Research Associate I @ University of California, San Francisco Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 Responsible for duties related to the “Amplification of hPEPT1 mRNA of patient samples to access possible polymorphism.” Including optimizing & performing RT-PCR, computer sequence analysis, subcloning hPEPT1 into stable cell line, and routine laboratory maintenance tasks. ### Administrative Assistant II @ University of California, San Francisco Jan 1997 – Jan 1999 Administered administrative support for two full-time Professors/Principal Investigators, providing assistance in word processing, general correspondences, processing of instructional material, grant applications, and animal protocols. Authored and updated webpages for both professors. Facilitated submission of journal publications and manuscripts. Took charge of accounting of grants, tabulated monthly expenditures, and amended overdrafts, processed paperwork concerning academic appointments and visiting postdoctoral fellows both foreign and domestic. ### Administrative Assistant I @ University of California, San Francisco Jan 1996 – Jan 1997 Administered administrative support for two full-time Professors/Principal Investigators, providing assistance in word processing, general correspondences, processing of instructional material, grant applications, and animal protocols. Authored and updated webpages for both professors. Facilitated submission of journal publications and manuscripts. Took charge of accounting of grants, tabulated monthly expenditures, and amended overdrafts, processed paperwork concerning academic appointments and visiting postdoctoral fellows both foreign and domestic. ## Education ### Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/aleenow - Website: http://www.visualkinetics.com/portfolio_interaction.pdf - Website: http://www.visualkinetics.com/portfolio_visual.pdf --- Source: https://flows.cv/alanlee JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alanlee/resume.json Last updated: 2026-02-23