Hello, my name is Xiao Yu. I am a product designer with a hybrid education background in Industrial Design and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). With more than 10 years of experience in the design field, I believe a usable, remarkable, and buildable design solution leads to a successful business.

Experience

ConfluentSenior Manager, Product Design

2025 — Now

Mountain View, California, United States

ConfluentStaff Product Designer

2024 — 2025

Mountain View, California, United States

ConfluentSenior Product Designer

2020 — 2024

Mountain View, California, United States

Stream Governance

Rubrik, Inc.Principal Product Designer

2019 — 2020

Rubrik, Inc.Senior Product Designer

2017 — 2019

Palo Alto

Initiated Rubrik's first design system “TESSERACT”. Established the design of Rubrik’s first SaaS product “POLARIS”, including information architecture, user experience, principles, interactions and more. Led the design of feature projects on both CDM and Polaris, including SLA Domain, Oracle Protection, vSphere VM protection, NAS Filesets, Events, Dashboard and more. Contributed to the design process and workflow with PMs and engineers. Managed design tasks and oversaw the consistency crossing the product. Conducted user research and usability testing reports. Scaled the design team from 2 to 10. Mentored junior designers.

Education

San José State University

Master of Science

Academy of Art University

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Education

Master of Science

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Experience