# Aras Kannu

> UX Design Leader

Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/aras

Experienced in designing and prototyping user interfaces (UIs) for enterprise business applications. With a very strong knowledge and familiarity in programming and software engineering related disciplines, my interest lies primarily in product management, requirements analysis, leading design efforts while simultaneously performing hands on design work.

Specialties: Product/UI Design, Product Management, Usability Testing, and Software Engineering.

## Work Experience
### Manager, Product Design @ Cisco Meraki
Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco, California, United States

### Lead Product Designer @ Cisco Meraki
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Senior Manager, Product Design @ Citrix
Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | United States

### Manager, Product Design @ Citrix
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Santa Clara, California, United States

### Principal Product Designer @ Citrix
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Santa Clara

### Principal UX Designer @ OpenText (acquired EMC Documentum)
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | Pleasanton, CA

### Sr UX Designer/Manager @ Workday
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014
UX Design Manager

### Principal UI Architect/Manager @ Infor Global Solutions
Jan 2006 – Jan 2010
UI Architecture and design for Enterprise Applications

### Product Manager @ Secure Computing (Previously CipherTrust)
Jan 2005 – Jan 2006
Product Management and UI Design

### Senior UI Designer @ Nexidia, Inc.
Jan 2005 – Jan 2005
UI design, rapid prototyping and product management for all NEXminer enterprise suite of products including ASP.NET web applications and a windows forms desktop client

### Senior Human Factors Specialist @ Delta Technology
Jan 2000 – Jan 2005
UI Design, Usability Testing, Rapid Prototyping, Enterprise Common Look & Feel Development, Continous Improvement Team Lead, Code Reuse Team Lead, Several Airline Business Areas including Reservations, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Airport.

### Human Factors Engineer @ Delta Technology
Jan 1995 – Jan 2000
UI Design, Usability Testing, Rapid Prototyping, and Heuristic Evaluation.

### Graduate Assistant (GA) @ School of Industrial Engineering
Jan 1994 – Jan 1995
Research and Teaching Assistant. Assisted with experimental design, data collection, and analysis for several studies.

### Engineer @ PRICOL
Jan 1991 – Jan 1993


## Education
### M.S. in Software Engineering
Kennesaw State University - Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology

### MS in Industrial Engineering (Human Factors)
University of Oklahoma

### BE in Producttion Engineering
PSG College of Technology

### Carmel Garden


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/araskannu

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Last updated: 2026-04-13