# Justin Petersen > Staff Product Designer | Enterprise SaaS | Design Systems | Cybersecurity Platforms | UX Strategy Location: Pleasanton, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/justinpetersen I’m a Staff Product Designer with 10+ years of experience designing enterprise SaaS platforms and scalable design systems for companies including Adlumin (acquired by N-able), Wells Fargo, Facebook, Workday, and Chevron. At Adlumin, I led UX initiatives for four years prior to the company’s $300M acquisition by N-able. During that time I helped transform the platform from a collection of cybersecurity tools into a unified SaaS web application used by thousands of security analysts across enterprise customers. My work focuses on solving complex product challenges where design systems, platform architecture, and enterprise user experience intersect. Key areas of focus: • Design Systems Architecture • Enterprise SaaS UX • Product Strategy • UX Governance & Standards • Platform Integration • Data-Driven UX (Pendo Analytics) At Adlumin: • Led the transformation of a fragmented cybersecurity platform into a unified SaaS application • Built and scaled the Adlumin Design System (100+ components) used by 5+ engineering teams • Implemented analytics instrumentation using Pendo to enable data-driven product decisions • Established UX governance, personas, accessibility standards, and design processes • Built 100+ pages of UX documentation in Confluence to support product and engineering teams I enjoy working on complex systems where thoughtful design can simplify powerful technology and improve real-world workflows. ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Designer @ N-able Jan 2025 – Present | United States Following N-able’s acquisition of Adlumin, I continue contributing to the evolution of the cybersecurity platform within the broader N-able ecosystem. • Led migration of the Adlumin Design System into the N-able enterprise design ecosystem, preserving system assets and aligning platform UI standards across teams. • Established Pendo analytics instrumentation and governance, transitioning from Google Analytics and embedding tagging workflows into the JIRA lifecycle to enable data-driven insights across the Top 10 SOC analyst workflows • Led UX architecture and product design for a scalable Advanced Search system handling datasets exceeding 10k+ results, introducing modular filtering, timeline visualizations, and export capabilities for SOC analysts. • Built AI-assisted workflows to automate UX documentation, JIRA story generation, and Pendo tag metadata creation, significantly reducing manual operational overhead. • Co-launched the Adlumin Quadrant Sync improving cross-functional alignment ### UX Team Lead / Senior Product Designer @ Adlumin Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | Remote I led UX initiatives for the Adlumin platform through its growth and eventual acquisition by N-able in 2025, helping transform the product into a unified cybersecurity SaaS platform used by thousands of enterprise security analysts. Led UX strategy and design systems development for the Adlumin cybersecurity platform. Key Contributions • Transformed Adlumin’s cybersecurity platform — previously a collection of disparate security tools — into a unified SaaS web application integrating SOC workflows into a cohesive platform designed for responsive desktop and mobile accessibility. • Built and maintained the Adlumin Design System (100+ reusable components) based on MDB Bootstrap used by 5+ engineering teams and multiple product initiatives. • Established UX governance across the organization, including personas, accessibility standards, UX processes, and design system documentation. • Built and maintained 100+ pages of UX documentation in Confluence, defining product workflows, system standards, and cross-team collaboration processes. • Mentored designers and helped establish UX standards across the organization, supporting the maturity and scalability of the UX practice. ### Product Designer @ Wells Fargo Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | United States Pioneer Design System CEO Design kit component library manager, featuring over 66 responsive components that are used by over 60 Application Designers for various web application design projects. • Designed, maintained, updated, and published the CEO Design Kit component library for 4 different platforms Figma, Sketch, Invision DSM and Illustrator in alignment with the biweekly WFRIA Framework release • Contributed to rebuilding 66 responsive components in Figma using CSS box model principles mimicking code behaviors • Designed breakpoint layouts in Figma for 66 responsive components, each featuring different states and configurations • Created new responsive components for the CEO Design Kit using nested symbols in Sketch following visual design specifications and the frameworks API • Update over 50 existing components to work natively in Sketch without plug-in dependencies • Work with various team members to update specs to match the build for UX Validation purposes • Problem solve CEO Design Kit component issues for Application Designers • Present bi-weekly CEO Design Kit WFRIA, new component features for the Produce Design Weekly meetings • Co-sponsored user tests for improving various products by conducting surveys and analyzing data reports • Work collaboratively with multi-functional team allies, including Design System Managers, Interaction Designers, Visual Designers, UX Designers, Developers, accessibility experts and QA ### Interaction Designer @ Wells Fargo Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Our Tool Kit Design team is responsible for creating the Pioneer Design System CEO Design kit component library, featuring over 62 responsive components that are used by over 60 Application Designers for various web application design projects. • Designed layouts in Sketch and Illustrator for 62 responsive components, each featuring different states and configurations • Helped create the Invision DSM Design Kit Library that features individual, downloadable component Sketch artboards, component usage guidelines and visual design specifications • Assisted various design team members with proper component usage and configurations • Gave educational presentations to the Interaction Design team on how to create and configure rapid high-fidelity wireframe comps using the CEO Design Kit in Sketch • Worked collaboratively with multi-functional teams, including Interaction Designers, Visual Designers, UX Designers, Developers and QA ### Web Developer @ Chevron Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Dublin, CA Rebranded Texaco and Caltax websites. • Rebranded various Texaco and Caltax website components reflecting the latest web page mockups and style guides. • Designed for 3 distinct breakpoints desktop, tablet and mobile devices using the bootstraps framework. • Worked collaboratively with multi-functional teams including project managers, software engineers, the creative team and QA. ### Web Producer @ Workday Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Pleasanton, CA Developed Workdays 2019 responsive email templates for US and Global Web Production Teams. • Created responsive email templates that feature break points for desktop, tablet and mobile viewing. • Designed email template comps at the direction of demand center project managers to help increase conversion rates. • Worked with the creative team on the Events email template designs from concept to final product to ensure good user experience for desktop and mobile users. • Updated various Workday.com responsive pages including carousel sliders, images, videos and copy content. • Worked collaboratively with multi-functional teams including project managers, digital marketing managers ### Html5 Developer @ Facebook Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Menlo Park, CA Our development team was responsible for redesigning over 90 Adapt custom course components. I built, rebuilt or debugged over 89 Facebook Blueprint courses touching almost all existing live e-learning courses. • Created responsive web application designs focused on user-centered design principles using storyboard mockups provided by instructional designers. • QA’d final product for good desktop and mobile user experience. • Customized Adapt e-learning framework for translation and fixed various framework/course bugs. • Created Instagram mobile app user journey animations in conjunction with the Instagram team for authenticity. • Worked collaboratively with multifunctional teams including Instructional Designers, SME’s, Production Assistance, Developers and Product Owners. ### UX/UI Designer @ Bay Area Interactive Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Santa Cruz, CA Designed mobile applications and digital assets for Silicon Valley startup companies. • Designed iOS and Android mobile applications from concept to final prototype including sketches, wireframes, user journey maps, and high-fidelity comps focused on user-centered design • Planned and executed usability testing, incorporated user feedback into final product design • Created product illustrations for mobile application on boarding experience • Presented final product to stake holders and communicated mobile application user flows ### Multi Media Designer and Programmer @ Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Seaside, CA Team lead of 7 programmers and responsible for project managing 34 e-learning interactive game templates for the United States Army Headstart2 program. • Coded responsive webpage applications using HTML5 and CSS3 for e-learning program using storyboard mockups and QA’d final product for good desktop and mobile user experience. • Created standards, tools and style guides to build better e-learning products. • Created pixel perfect graphics for web and print products. • Worked collaboratively with multifunctional teams including artists, software engineers, audio engineers and graphic designers. ### Visual Designer and Web Developer Independent Contractor @ Bay Area Interactive Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Fremont, California, United States Designed digital assets for responsive web applications in support of Silicon Valley companies. • Redesigned website user interface for a better user experience and created desktop and mobile high-fidelity mockups • Created brand identity for website design projects including logos, icons, and fonts to create a cohesive user experience • Designed banner, leader board and skyscraper digital ads for websites and used analytics software to increase conversion rates • Worked collaboratively with multifunctional teams including Product Owners and Sub Contractors ### Graphic Designer @ Vitalah, Creators of Oxylent Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Watsonville, CA Developed style guides for digital and physical products. Created and managed company website, social and email marketing campaigns. • Created and managed company Facebook business page social media ads campaign and utilized analytics to increase user engagement. • Branded and optimized company Facebook business page graphics for responsive user experience. • Edited video and audio footage, creating high definition commercials. • Designed print collateral, including magazine ads, product insert and product packaging following user-centered design principles. • Collaborated with sales leads, marketing director and CEO to maximize digital marketing campaign outreach. ### Visual Designer and Front-End Web Developer @ Bay Area Interactive Jan 2004 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco, CA Procured, designed and developed visual design assets for hundreds of web and print projects. • Created hifi mockups for responsive desktop and mobile web page applications. • Created standards, tools and style guides for various print and web projects increasing product uniformity. • Designed banner, leader board and skyscraper digital ads and used analytics software to increase conversion rates. • Worked collaboratively with multifunctional teams including Product Owners and Sub Contractors. ## Education ### BA in Industrial and Product Design San Francisco State University Jan 2001 – Jan 2004 ### Certificate in UX Design General Assembly Jan 2019 ### Mobile Interface Design and User Experience for Smart Things in Virtual Reality and Wearable Tech UCSC Silicon Valley Extension ### Certificate in Online Marketing, HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript Cabrillo College ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinpetersendesign - Website: http://justinpetersendesign.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/justinpetersen JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/justinpetersen/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07