# Aziz K. > Staff Product Designer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/azizk 👋 Hello World, my name is Aziz Khilawala. I'm a product designer with 9+ years of industry experience ranging from startups to big technology companies. I am currently a Staff Product Designer at Illumio, leading zero trust security design with measurable business impact. Currently spearheading product-led growth initiatives and AI/ML integration across cloud security platforms. Before Illumio, I was a Senior Product Designer at Meta, designing business messaging software that impacted billions of users around the world. Before Meta, I was designing data security and data management software at Cohesity that enables data center admins to efficiently manage data infrastructure while keeping it secure from ransomware attacks. I moved to the United States from Mumbai, India in 2016, studied at Indiana University, Indianapolis and currently live and work in Fremont, California. Outside of work I play cricket & tennis with my friends, run marathons with my wife and hike the beautiful national parks around the US. ## Work Experience ### Staff Product Designer @ Illumio Jan 2025 – Present | Sunnyvale, California, United States Staff Product Designer at Illumio driving zero trust security innovation through strategic design leadership and product-led growth initiatives. Led design for initiatives that generated $60M+ in deals, established foundational design systems adopted across teams, and delivered 25+ features that improved user conversion and reduced development time by 25%. Built and mentored high-performing design teams while bridging complex cybersecurity technology with intuitive user experiences. ### Senior Product Designer @ Illumio Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | Sunnyvale, California, United States ### Senior Product Designer @ Meta Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Menlo Park, California, United States Delivered native WhatsApp integration for Kustomer's Design Team's Meta Channels Squad (Business Messaging), resulting in a 20% increase in customer engagement. Led the design of an intuitive self-service experience for core admin work streams that is expected to reduce administrative overhead by 15%. ### Senior UX Designer @ Cohesity Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, California, United States ### UX Designer 3 @ Cohesity Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | San Jose, California, United States ### UX Designer 2 @ Cohesity Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, California, United States Designing experiences to redefine data management for enterprises. ### Product Designer @ Sureify Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area Sureify has built an enterprise software platform that enables life insurers to acquire, engage, and cross-sell throughout a customer’s lifetime. It is the bridge between carriers and customers. Learn more about Sureify here - https://sureify.com Work undertaken since May 2018 onwards, 1. Built and implemented a cross-platform AA compliant white-label design system. 2. Collaborated closely with PM, design lead, and developers to provide production ready feature designs for new and existing products. 3. Led user research, identified target users, synthesized test results and presented to stakeholders to aid feature improvements. Work completed between June 2017 - May 2018 1. Performed competitive analysis and usability evaluation of Sureify’s web and mobile applications. 2. Redesigned Sureify’s life insurance engagement platform(SASS) with a scalable Information Architecture. 3. Designed life insurance quote and purchase flow which increased user engagement and helped Sureify win more clients. 4. Designed new features for web and mobile product offerings that increased customer adoption rates by 80%. ### Student UX Designer @ IBM Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Indianapolis, Indiana Area Collaborated with John Howrey (Design Principal of IBM Analytics Solutions) and Geri Barrison (Principal Offering Manager of IBM Watson Talent) to envision the future of recruiting, hiring, and job seeking. Over the course of a year my team and I were able to design an unbiased video interviewing application to assist recruiters(hiring managers) analyze prospective job candidates for best fit by leveraging the power of IBM Watson. Get in touch with me for more information. ### Graduate Teaching Assistant @ Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Indianapolis, Indiana Area Teaching course: Information Infrastructure - I, taking lecture discussions, grading projects, and assisting the professor with all administrative tasks. ### UI/UX Designer @ Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Indianapolis, Indiana Area Responsible for designing custom interactions for various Division of Undergraduate Education’s (DUE) web spaces. The interactions were built on top of IU's proprietary framework to keep a consistent brand throughout all IU's web sites and marketing materials. Details about the IU framework can be viewed here - https://framework.iu.edu ### UI Consultant @ Quinnox, Inc. Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Mumbai Area, India Worked as a UI designer/developer for client Waste Management Inc. (WM) on its various proprietary applications. Also, increased the efficiency of WM’s digital reporting activities by 83%. Learn more about Waste Management here - https://www.wm.com/ Learn more about Quinnox here - http://www.quinnox.com/ ### UI Intern @ Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), TIFR Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Mumbai Area, India Led the design & development of the IP Address Management System (IPAM) for TIFR’s network infrastructure. The tool helped network admins to trace, audit, and report information of any node easily from a unified platform. Official project related information can be viewed here - http://www.tifr.res.in/~cccf/cccf/ipam.php ## Education ### Master’s Degree in Human Computer Interaction Indiana University Indianapolis ### Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering University of Mumbai ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/azizkhilawala - Portfolio: https://azizk.design - Portfolio: https://blog.azizk.design --- Source: https://flows.cv/azizk JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/azizk/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13