Praveen Prabhakaran

About

AI-native product design leader and Staff-level UX designer with experience shipping award-winning enterprise products across Dynatrace, Microsoft, Adobe, and Honeywell. Expert at transforming complex technical systems into intuitive, AI-driven workflows, and a pioneer of “Vibe Design” to accelerate design-to-delivery using AI-assisted prototyping and coding. Proven track record scaling platforms for large partner ecosystems and driving measurable business impact through rigorous metrics and cross-functional leadership.

Experience

• Senior Product Experience Designer II (Staff) · Dynatrace07-01-2024

  ● Dynatrace Intelligence (GenAI): Leading UX strategy for generative AI integration; designed "Conversation Starters" and deterministic answer paths that reduced time-to-insight for DevOps teams from hours to seconds. ● Platform Foundation: Owning core "OS" elements including the Global Launcher, Navigation, and Search, ensuring a unified experience across a complex observability ecosystem. ● Vibe Design Integration: Accelerated the design-to-delivery pipeline by utilizing AI agents to build functional prototypes, significantly reducing the handoff friction between Figma and production code. ● Strategic Alignment: Driving cross-functional alignment between PM, Engineering, and Design Systems to scale accessible, data-centric workflows for enterprise observability.

• Senior User Experience Designer (Staff) · Microsoft (Cloud + AI)03-01-2020 – 03-01-2024

  ● MSX Platform Transformation: Redesigned the Microsoft Sales Experience (MSX) platform, consolidating fragmented tools into a single source of truth for a global salesforce and 400k partner ecosystem. ● Account 360 (A360): Conceptualized role-based dashboards providing a 360-degree view of accounts, enabling Account Executives to manage 60–100 accounts with significantly higher efficiency. ● Relationship Selling: Led 4-day global design sprints to define "Intelligent Insights," reducing seller administrative "grunt work" and increasing customer-facing time. ● Metrics & Validation: Utilized NSAT (Net Satisfaction) metrics and global Field Pulse surveys to validate design solutions; contributed to an 8.2% increase in revenue via AI-integrated sales tools.

• Senior User Experience Designer II · Adobe01-01-2012 – 03-01-2020

  ● Product Launch: Founding designer for Adobe Presenter Video Express; managed the full lifecycle from ethnographic research to successful global shipment. ● Design Standardization: Developed cross-product design standards and guidelines to ensure interaction consistency across the Adobe eLearning suite. ● Award-Winning UX: Directed UX for Adobe Captivate, Captivate Prime, Adobe Presenter, Adobe Digital Editions and Creative Cloud Add-ons, winning multiple awards and industry recognition.

• Lead User Experience Designer · Honeywell Technologies12-01-2004 – 05-01-2015

  ● Industrial Systems: Led UX for large-scale industrial automation and aerospace control systems, transitioning legacy industrial interfaces into human-centric digital experiences. ● Safety-Critical Systems: Designed multi-device experiences for Honeywell MAXPRO NVR and Notifier Fire Alarm systems, adhering to rigorous usability and error-prevention standards.

Education

• Industrial Design Center (IDC), IIT BombayHCI & Communication Design
• Mysore UniversityBachelor of Fine Arts, Applied Arts

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