# Alex Brown > Senior Product Designer at Cisco Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alexbrown1 ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ Cisco Jan 2025 – Present | Milpitas, California, United States - Lead end-to-end user experience design for multiple product areas, driving strategic direction and connecting work across a broad product portfolio. - Own the design process from discovery and research through prototyping, specification, handoff to engineering, and quality assurance. - Collaborate closely with Product Management, Engineering, User Research, and other design teams to understand business requirements, technical feasibility, and user needs. - Champion a user-centered approach, leveraging customer insights and research methodologies to identify pain points and opportunities, and designing solutions for the complete user journey. - Utilize established design systems, standard design tools, and project management workflows to create high-quality, usable, and accessible designs. - Influence product strategy and roadmaps by advocating for innovative design solutions, particularly in complex and challenging problem spaces. - Provide coaching and guidance to other designers on design best practices and platform-specific considerations. - Navigate ambiguity and tackle novel design challenges, contributing to the evolution of product experiences. ### User Experience Design Manager @ Cisco Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Milpitas, California, United States Educate designers in the organization and push for delivering a consistent and mobile-centric approach for the Webex App. Managing and performing a hands-on role in a team of 3 remote designers working on projects across platforms including iOS, Android, Carplay, Android Auto, AppleTV, WatchOS, AAOS, VisionOS, and other AR devices. ### Senior User Experience Designer @ Cisco Jan 2015 – Jan 2022 | San Jose Creating new user experiences and unifying experiences across the WebEx portfolio. ### Mid-Level Industrial Designer @ elemental8 Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Jose Developing new brand languages for consumer and medical products. Overseeing creative output of interns and junior designers. Creating analog sketches, foam models, CAD databases, rendered final design directions and assembling presentations to tell compelling stories around design concepts. Actively participating in client meetings and presentations with the design director. ### Industrial Design Contractor @ Mighty Studios Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Mountain View, CA Short term contract to develop a new design language for a hotspot device. Delivered sketches of new product concepts as 2D illustrator renders and created a surface database of the final design concept in Rhino. Rendered final direction to meet client’s CMF documentation. ### Mid-Level Industrial Designer @ Speck Design Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | 3221 Porter Drive, Palo Alto CA 94304 Worked in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment with multiple disciplines including, industrial design, research, strategy, user interface, and mechanical engineers to develop products across a wide spectrum of industries including consumer electronics, telecommunications, medical and industrial products. Project output ranged from initial concepts to prototypes to production ready parts. Contributed to projects by creating sketches, mock-ups, hand built models, 3D printed models, CMF documentation, cosmetic models, photography, illustrator renders, and 3D renderings to communicate design intent. Generated presentations and participated in client meetings to kickoff, present, and close projects. Specified and implemented prototypes, testing, and regulatory requirements. Interpreted complex technologies, technical realities, complex mechanics, and brand attributes into simple and beautiful products and user experiences. ### Industrial Designer @ Speck Design Jan 2010 – Jan 2013 | Palo Alto, CA ### Industrial Design Contractor @ exodesign Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 Worked within a team of junior designers to complete ergonomic study models for patients undergoing a specialized medical procedure. Sketched designs for a system containing a cart, chair, and robotic arm. Generated Rhino surfaces based on sketches and rendered a design direction. ### Studio Assistant @ Lunar Design Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 | Palo Alto, CA Sketched design solutions and aesthetic forms for the Frolicat line of pet products. Participated in the selection of color and finishes for the final design. Helped organize Lunar’s project archive. ### Industrial Design Contractor @ Kaiku Design llc Jan 2010 – Jan 2010 Short term contract illustrating concepts for home audio products ### Designer @ Human Aspirations and Design Lab Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Selected by professor to participate in brainstorm session and to produce process booklet of HADlab’s work. Responsibilities -Participated in two brainstorm sessions in teams of four students from diverse disciplines on the subject of improving the health of students on campus. Project lead on 100+ page book, designed and produced in inDesign, used to explain the HADlab’s efforts, promote the findings to SJSU department heads, and successfully gain additional financial support from grant providers. Organized follow up meetings of fellow team members to sketch selected design concepts from the brainstorm. Provided thoughtful design layouts which considered written explanations of the work to date and the selected design concepts for future development. ### Design Intern @ Roche Diagnostics Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 Collaborated with fellow interns to develop product concepts to improve the lifestyle of people with type II diabetes. Analyzed and evaluated extensive research for unmet needs and opportunities. Visualized user experiences through storyboards and interactive presentations. Organized a comprehensive presentation in inDesign to explain the process I used during the internship. ## Education ### BS in industrial design San José State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/designalexander - Portfolio: http://www.housewares.org/search/default.aspx?QueryExpr=della&ResultsPage=1 - Portfolio: http://www.core77.com/competitions/GreenerGadgets/projects/4513/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/alexbrown1 JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alexbrown1/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13