# Sae-am Lee

> Senior User Experience Designer

Location: San Jose, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/saeam

Senior Product Designer with 10+ years in enterprise SaaS UX, dashboards, and scalable design systems. Led UX for mission-critical monitoring features at AppDynamics (Cisco), designing custom dashboards, UI components, and data visualization tools for developers and enterprise users.

Passionate about solving complex problems, streamlining data-heavy workflows, and collaborating across teams to create impactful user experiences.

## Work Experience
### Senior User Experience Designer @ Actian
Jan 2025 – Present

### Senior Product Designer @ AppDynamics
Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led UX for all dashboard features in AppDynamics and the Observability Platform, improving enterprise monitoring workflows.
Designed and launched new dashboard widgets, enhancing usability and adoption.
Redesigned CRUD workflows, improving efficiency for power users and DevOps teams.
Collaborated with PMs, engineers, and researchers to align UX strategy with product needs.

### Product Designer @ AppDynamics
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led UX for AppDynamics Dash Studio, the next-gen dashboarding system.
Designed CRUD workflows for new widgets and launched charting components.
Designed and delivered the HA Controller Upgrade Wizard for OnPrem, simplifying the upgrade process.
Worked with designers, researchers, and engineers to ensure alignment with user needs.

### Visual Designer @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2012 – Jan 2017
Designed UI components within Cisco’s design system, ensuring a consistent enterprise monitoring experience.
Improved APM product’s design system by refining usability, visual hierarchy, and interaction patterns.
Worked with product, engineering, and accessibility teams to align interfaces with Cisco’s brand & UX standards.

### Graphic Designer - Contractor @ Cisco Systems
Jan 2010 – Jan 2012
Developed icon libraries and visual artifacts for Cisco’s Prime UX platform.
Designed UI for multiple enterprise projects, collaborating closely with UX teams.

### Design Intern @ American Museum of Natural History
Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 | New York, New York, United States
Edited and cleaned up images for exhibition displays, ensuring high visual quality.
Removed backgrounds and refined details for a consistent presentation in "The Horse" exhibition (May 17, 2008 - Jan 4, 2009).


## Education
### BFA in Illustration
Parsons School of Design - The New School


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/sae-am-lee

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Last updated: 2026-04-13