# Wafaa Sabil > UX & Multidisciplinary Design | Corporate Sustainability Strategy | Climate Action & Circular Economy | Instructor | Climatebase Fellow | Terra.do Fellow Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/wafaa Systems thinking is in my DNA. With a rich background as a Lead UX designer and former architect, I offer a wealth of experience gained from pivotal positions at SAP, Amazon, and numerous startup ventures. I thrive in growth-minded environments that challenge me to continuously learn new things and let me contribute my improvisation and problem-solving skills. Now, I am keen to channel my expertise towards driving meaningful change in sustainability, civic engagement, and circular economy initiatives. Hands-on Experience: Innovation and problem-solving in UX design and research Leading AI-powered design initiatives to enhance user engagement Executing strategic engagements to drive the adoption of innovative solutions Project management Notable Trainings and Achievements: Terra.do Fellowship ClimateBase Fellowship Greenhouse Women Accelerator Roads Ambassador Co-organized an international research conference City lead of Climate and Design and Climate and Women Climate Fresk Facilitator Al Gore's Climate Reality Leadership Corps training ## Work Experience ### Lead UX Designer @ Guidewire Software Jan 2024 – Present As the Lead UX designer at Guidewire Software, I design the strategic development and implementation of generative AI technologies across our product lines, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs. My role involves designing and pioneering AI solutions, managing product lifecycles, and driving innovation to enhance the insurance industry's capabilities. ### ClimateBase Fellow @ Climatebase Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 Cohort 6 Member (selected from 4K+ applicants) of the Climatebase Fellowship, the climate career accelerator. ### Senior UX Designer @ Amazon Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | United States ### Senior User Experience Designer @ SAP Jan 2015 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area As part of the SAP's Products and Customer Engagement team, I was responsible for end-to-end execution of engagements with SAP's top strategic accounts to ensure adoption of SAP-HANA, SAP Leonardo ML and conversational applications. As a senior UX Designer, I worked with C-level executives to understand their business problems that could be solved using in-memory computing & big data analytics. By adopting Design Thinking fundamentals and Agile Software development, I ensured that the engineering team built solutions to solve the customer's problems resulting in multiple deals over $75 million. ### Architecture and Interior Design Instructor @ Academy of Art University Jan 2010 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco, CA Teach Color, Digital Imaging, Construction Documents classes and Design Studio. ### Adjoin Faculty @ University of San Francisco Jan 2012 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area Develop seminar lectures and teach initiation to design trough a studio. ### Architectural Designer @ AE7QA Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Mixed-used high-rise and high-end residential Architectural and Interior Designer • Entisar Tower, Dubai • EPYC Villa, Dubai ### Architectural Designer & Designer Engineer @ Swinerton Builders Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Advanced visualization expert, Benchmarking and Retrofit proposals ### Architectural Designer @ BRAND + ALLEN ARCHITECTS Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Retail & Hospitality Designer: Specialty retail store development and global rollout construction implementation, execution of space planning, schematic, design development drawings, and construction documents • Prada, Sony, CA • Soul Cycle, San Francisco and Novato, CA • Kate Somerville, Seoul, Korea ### Architectural Designer @ EHDD Architecture Jan 2006 – Jan 2010 Institutional Architectural and Interior designer: Space and site programming, graphic presentation, conceptual, schematic drawings, design development drawings and construction documents • New City College of San Francisco Chinatown/North Beach Campus • MAP office renovation, Palo Alto • San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA • UC Santa Cruz East Campus Infill Student Housing, CA ### Architectural Designer @ Gensler Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 Retail & Hospitality Designer: Specialty retail store development and global rollout construction implementation, execution of space planning, schematic, design development drawings, and construction documents • Apple, Gap and Pacsum, CA • Hotel Kabuki, San Francisco • Zone, CA • One Thousand Steps, CA ### Architectural Designer @ Kodama Diseno Jan 2003 – Jan 2004 Residential Architectural Designer: Prepared conceptual design sketches, schematic, design development drawings and construction documents and responsible for site programming • Carmen Avenue Apartments • Chesley Avenue Multi Housing ## Education ### Corporate Sustainability Leadership Accelerator Terra.do ### Climate Fellowship Climatebase ### Climate Change: Learning for Action Fellowship Terra.do ### Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) in Architecture Georgia Institute of Technology ### Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) in Architecture École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette ### Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) in Architecture Université de Montréal ### Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) in Architecture École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Lyon ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/wafaasabil --- Source: https://flows.cv/wafaa JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/wafaa/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13