# Xiao Y. > Senior Manager, Product Design at Confluent Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/xiaoy 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. ## Work Experience ### Senior Manager, Product Design @ Confluent Jan 2025 – Present | Mountain View, California, United States ### Staff Product Designer @ Confluent Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Mountain View, California, United States ### Senior Product Designer @ Confluent Jan 2020 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States Stream Governance ### Principal Product Designer @ Rubrik, Inc. Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 ### Senior Product Designer @ Rubrik, Inc. Jan 2017 – Jan 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. ### User Experience Designer @ Cisco Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | San Jose Infinite Video Platform Analytics A CES 2017 demo product. Created an end-to-end user experience from scratch. Drove strategic initiatives via proof-of-concept designs and prototypes. Designed and validated new experiences via mockups, wireframes, flow diagrams, sketches, and other UX artifacts. Collaborated with cross-functional business and engineering leaders to gain insights and into project goals, feasibility, and timelines. Utilized insights from customers, partners, and internal stakeholders to improve business processes. ### User Experience Designer @ Cisco Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Jose Intercloud Fabric Created a simple on-boarding experience in Day 0 initialization setup inspired by gamification. Collaborated with the central design team to create an intuitive, cohesive and seamless user experience across all Cisco products. Worked closely with PMs to influence product strategy and roadmap. Worked with the engineers to ensure technical business needs are met while maintaining a strong focus on the design. Stayed in touch with customers and users in the product design and development process. ### Product Designer @ Fitiny Inc. Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | San Jose Designed the brand visual identity system, including logo, color palette, font, email template etc. Developed and maintained a consistent brand image, identity and guidelines across divisions ensure branding was consistently upheld through all media. Translated concepts into visual designs, with high attention to detail that illustrate functionality, smart thinking and simplicity. Created end-to-end experience from scratch from the research studies. ### UI/UX Designer @ CYBERCALLING, INC. Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Milpitas Redesigned the branding, including logo, color palette, fonts and more. Created a new website design followed by the new visual identity system. Worked with the marketing and product management team on the product introduction page. Created the payment experience. ## Education ### Master of Science in Human Factors and Ergonomics (HCI) San José State University ### Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design Academy of Art University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/xiaoyudesign --- Source: https://flows.cv/xiaoy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/xiaoy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13