# Nandini Maheshwari > Design leader at Cisco | Passionate about Crafting Intuitive Digital Experiences Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/nandinimaheshwari With over a 8 years of experience in UX and product design, I specialize in creating user-centered solutions that blend functionality with aesthetic appeal. Currently, as a Lead UX Designer at Cisco, I lead design strategies that enhance user engagement across enterprise platforms. I also enjoy collaborating with UXR teams to support and validate designs through research-driven insights. I also thrive in roles that involve reviewing and refining interaction patterns, using my expertise to elevate the overall quality and impact of the user experience. Throughout my career, I've collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative designs that drive user satisfaction and business success. My approach is rooted in empathy, creativity, and a deep understanding of user behavior. http://www.nandinimaheshwari.com/ ## Work Experience ### Product Design Manager @ Cisco Jan 2025 – Present | San Jose, California, United States ### Lead UX Designer @ Cisco Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | San Jose, California, United States Leading UX effort on Nexus Dashboard (part of a portfolio that represents a $5B+ business) and ACI while collaborating with junior product designers, product managers, engineering and architects. ### Senior Product Designer @ Cisco Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | San Jose, California Responsible for leading the user experience strategy for Cisco ACI and collaborating with cross-functional teams to shape the design of multiple ACI-related products. My focus is on crafting efficient, data-driven design solutions that structure and visualize complex network information, optimizing usability for network professionals. Key contributions include designing wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes, while closely collaborating with UX researchers to validate designs through user insights. I prioritize consistency and accessibility by championing a unified design language and design system across all related applications. I worked closely with UI developers, product managers, backend engineers, and marketing teams to ensure the final product delivers exceptional usability without compromising technical feasibility. Additionally, I actively contribute to interaction design critiques and reviews, applying my expertise to refine and elevate the overall user experience. ### Product Designer @ Cisco Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | San Jose, California, United States ### Experience Designer (UX and visual) - Cisco.com @ Cisco Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Jose, California Improved usability and accessibility of design system components for Cisco.com to meet needs of customers, partners and employees. Created publisher best practices to improve content authorship on site. • Create wireframes and clean up component work and component library for Cisco.com. • Conceptualize and develop illustrations to include: Icons, network diagrams, infographics. • Translate complex information into simple and effective design. • Collaborate with team members in various disciplines such as Information Architecture, and Front-End Development. ### User Experience Designer @ HD Medical, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Sunnyvale, CA • Redesigned and cleaned an android app for detecting cardiac anomalies. 
• Used human center design principles to simplify the complex user interface and flows. 
 • Conducted rigorous testing for the HD App and rapidly iterated designs based on feedback.
 • Worked closely with product managers and engineers throughout the app development process. ### UX Designer @ CloudMondo, Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Santa Clara, CA -Brainstorm ideas for new or existing problems. -Create wireframes and layouts for information and design the aesthetics for new and existing UI elements based on the product/business/technical requirements following material design guidelines. -Work with product managers, senior design staff, and engineering to determine design feasibility and discover issues. -Present wireframes flows to design, engineering, product teams and stakeholders. -Work on style guide and pattern libraries. -Follow Agile development process. ### Junior UX Designer @ CloudMondo, Inc Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Santa Clara, California ### UI/UX Design Intern @ Moxtra Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area • Research different UI patterns to develop and solve design problems for Android application . • Strictly follow Material Design guidelines and brainstorm with design team to develop innovative solutions. • Redesign Moxtra Android application using tool Sketch. ### Senior System Engineer @ Infosys Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 Working for IT Service management (SMIT) • Application Support – 1) Provide support to applications (Service Desk, Service Centre) completely. 2) Interface with other teams, clients/vendors to provide technical support (perform 2nd level) . 3) Maintain application availability and service level targets as per ServiceLevel Agreements (SLA). • Server Maintenance – 1) Responsible for deploying patches on Service Desk, deployment on production (Live) Servers, upgrading various application on servers and general house keeping. 2)Incident management, Problem Management, Change management for the applications 3)Managing and responding to the Service requests • Other Activities : 1) Remote administration of the servers through Remote Desktop Connection. 2)To check the servers health status on daily basis . 3) To make sure all the servers are up and running fine . 4) Involved in Preparing RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for Critical/Complex issues and other documents. ## Education ### Certification in Web & Interactive Media Design UCSC Silicon Valley Extension ### Master's degree in Digital Arts (Major: User Experience and User Interface Design) International Technological University (ITU) ### B.E in Electronics and Communications Engineering Priyadarshini Institute Of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur ### Higher Secondary School in Maths & Science Fergusson College ### St.Joseph's.Hr.Sec.School,Pipariya ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/nandinimaheshwari - Portfolio: http://www.nandinimaheshwari.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/nandinimaheshwari JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/nandinimaheshwari/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13