# David Flynt

> Lead Product Designer | Design Engineering | Agentic AI and Trust Systems | Prototyping in Code | Ex Cisco

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/davidflynt

I focus on the intersection of Agentic AI and human trust. Since static mocks can’t simulate the nuances of real-time human-AI collaboration, I move quickly from Figma into functional Next.js prototypes. By using AI-native development to build the core experience myself, I can validate complex trust layers and agentic workflows long before the formal engineering phase begins.

What I focus on:

Agentic Workflows: Designing systems where AI takes autonomous action, moving from "tools for tasks" to "agents for outcomes."

0-to-1 Prototyping: Building in the production medium to test feasibility instantly and reduce handoff friction.

High-Stakes Systems: Translating massive datasets in SecOps and FinTech into clear, actionable situational awareness.

Professional Arc:

Currently: Leading the 0-to-1 product strategy and technical design for PaperTrail Finance. I am architecting an AI-native financial observability platform, specifically focusing on "Glass Box" trust models and human-in-the-loop verification loops to mitigate model hallucinations.

Previously: Led AI & Security design at Stellar Cyber, where I shipped GenAI security assistants that reduced investigation times by 50% for high-stakes incident response. Prior to that, I scaled centralized design systems for 500+ engineers at Cisco.

I come from a family of aviators and engineers, and I bring that same mission-first rigor to every product I build. Whether I am architecting a functional prototype or building a global telemetry system, I design for reliability, speed, and trust.

Core Competencies: AI/LLM User Experience, Explainable AI (XAI), Large-Scale Data Visualization, Design Systems Architecture, Enterprise Security, 0-to-1 Product Strategy.

Technical Toolkit: Figma, Cursor (AI Engineering), React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, SQL.

## Work Experience
### Lead Product Designer & Design Engineer @ PaperTrail Finance
Jan 2025 – Present | Dublin, CA
Architecting an AI-native financial observability platform from 0 to 1.

I lead the product vision and own the technical implementation of the "Trust Layer"—the interface logic that enables users to manage probabilistic AI outputs with deterministic certainty.

Key Focus Areas:
• Agentic Workflows: Designing systems where AI takes autonomous action, moving from "tools for tasks" to "agents for outcomes."
• Trust Calibration: Implementing human-in-the-loop (HITL) verification and confidence-score visualizations to mitigate model hallucinations.
• Functional Prototyping: Vibe coding the production environment in Next.js and React to validate complex interaction physics and "Chain of Thought" narratives before final engineering handoff.

### Product Designer, AI & Security Lead @ Stellar Cyber
Jan 2023 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led AI & Security design for an Open XDR platform, transforming how analysts hunt threats.

Shipped GenAI Security Assistant: Designed an LLM-powered interface that translates natural language into complex security queries, reducing investigation time by 50%.

Visualized Threat Exposure: Architected high-density dashboards for real-time anomaly detection across massive datasets (1,000+ points).

Scaled the Platform: Redesigned RBAC and multi-tenant admin tools, reducing configuration tickets by 30%.

### Senior UX Designer @ Amazon
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Designed high-scale consumer mobile experiences for the Books platform, serving millions of global users.

* Impact: Lifted user engagement by 15% through rigorous A/B testing and data-informed design iterations on content discovery flows.
 * Craft: Executed "consumer-grade" visual design and interaction polish across iOS, Android, and Kindle surfaces. 
* Complexity: Navigated Amazon’s rigorous "Bar Raiser" design review process to ship features that met strict accessibility (WCAG) standards.

### Lead Product Designer, Systems & Automation @ Cisco
Jan 2017 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area
Owned the UX strategy for complex network automation platforms used by global service providers. Led the shift from fragmented tools to a unified "Single Pane of Glass" experience.

Leadership & Systems: 
🏛️ Design Systems Architect: Defined and scaled a centralized design system adopted by 500+ engineers across 5 product teams. 
⚡ Efficiency: Reduced engineering lead time by 25% by establishing reusable component governance and standardized patterns.
 🧩 Complex Workflows: Simplified intricate hardware provisioning flows, reducing customer configuration time by 30%.


## Education
### Digital Marketing and Communications
UC Irvine

### Psychology in Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
UC Berkeley Extension

### Professional Award in Mobile Application Development in User Experience Design
University of California, Santa Cruz

### Bachelor’s Degree in Digital and Information Resources Design, Visual Communication
American InterContinental University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/david-flynt-2979048
- Portfolio: https://davidflynt.com/

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Last updated: 2026-04-13