Kenneth Velarde
About Me
Hi, I’m Ken Velarde, a Product Designer and ex-Front End Developer. Utilizing my technical background, I’ve helped companies, such as IBM and Cisco, bridge the gap between code and design, and create solutions that are intuitive and desirable for users through cross-functional collaboration!
Education
Cal Poly Pomona
Major in Computer Science
Work & Experience
Product Designer
Webex by Cisco Systems
● Consolidated user research data against internal and competitor design systems, reducing design time of the Momentum Core Design System by 15%. ● Redesigned 8+ components and documentation for the Momentum Admin Design System, currently in use by 16+ teams in the Webex Admin space. ● Led design efforts on multiple components for the Momentum Core Design System, ensuring they are scalable and product-agnostic. ● Designed customer tagging for Partner Hub, Webex’s customer management portal, enhancing customer organization and data accuracy for 25+ Webex Partners.
Software Engineer
Cisco Systems
● Developed UI/UX for an internal dashboard tool highlighting the network risks of over 8,000 customers. Saved over 16,000 man hours in report generating and $5+ million in revenue. ● Overhauled the production schedule feature flow for a critical supply chain backlog management platform, reducing IT tickets by 50%. ● Redesigned Cisco Supply Chain’s material-sourcing platforms with a unified UI/UX, reducing their material-sourcing backlog by 10%. ● Led cross-functional collaboration, design, and development of IT software bug reporting service, streamlining development time by 25%.
Software Engineer
IBM
● Managed and resolved 25+ bugs for OpenLiberty.io, the open-source guide site for the Open Liberty platform, enhancing overall platform reliability and stability. ● Consulted with 2 other designers on improving and implementing the UI/UX direction for Open Liberty guides, resulting in the new interactive template used for guides.
