Experience

Staff Product Designer, Databricks

February 2022 - present

Partnered across the full Databricks platform to improve the analytic flows and create cohesive experiences. Designed key improvements for our visualization and dashboarding teams to create smoother customer journeys. Lead design efforts to establish a net new product with a thoughtful and scalable UX architecture.

Staff Product Designer, Databricks

February 2022 - present

Partnered across the full Databricks platform to improve the analytic flows and create cohesive experiences. Designed key improvements for our visualization and dashboarding teams to create smoother customer journeys. Lead design efforts to establish a net new product with a thoughtful and scalable UX architecture.

Staff Product Designer, Databricks

February 2022 - present

Partnered across the full Databricks platform to improve the analytic flows and create cohesive experiences. Designed key improvements for our visualization and dashboarding teams to create smoother customer journeys. Lead design efforts to establish a net new product with a thoughtful and scalable UX architecture.

Principal User Experience Designer, Tableau

April 2017 - January 2022

Designed and worked across multiple teams to deliver key new analytic capabilities to Tableau include set and parameter actions, dynamic parameters, new filtering and sorting capabilities, and new visualization options. Established the UX architecture for ModelBuilder, a new product to add Salesforce Einstein Discovery auto ML functionality natively to Tableau users. Lead design efforts for building exploratory prototypes for severalresearch projects.

Principal User Experience Designer, Tableau

April 2017 - January 2022

Designed and worked across multiple teams to deliver key new analytic capabilities to Tableau include set and parameter actions, dynamic parameters, new filtering and sorting capabilities, and new visualization options. Established the UX architecture for ModelBuilder, a new product to add Salesforce Einstein Discovery auto ML functionality natively to Tableau users. Lead design efforts for building exploratory prototypes for severalresearch projects.

Principal User Experience Designer, Tableau

April 2017 - January 2022

Designed and worked across multiple teams to deliver key new analytic capabilities to Tableau include set and parameter actions, dynamic parameters, new filtering and sorting capabilities, and new visualization options. Established the UX architecture for ModelBuilder, a new product to add Salesforce Einstein Discovery auto ML functionality natively to Tableau users. Lead design efforts for building exploratory prototypes for severalresearch projects.

UX Lead, GitLab

September 2016 - March 2017

Lead the UX design and research team at GitLab. Supported a monthly release cadence, with core responsibilities around prioritizing and scheduling work. Responded rapidly to customer feedback on multiple channels. In charge of hiring and defining roles for the team, as well as establishing a strong UX presence at the growing startup company.

UX Lead, GitLab

September 2016 - March 2017

Lead the UX design and research team at GitLab. Supported a monthly release cadence, with core responsibilities around prioritizing and scheduling work. Responded rapidly to customer feedback on multiple channels. In charge of hiring and defining roles for the team, as well as establishing a strong UX presence at the growing startup company.

UX Lead, GitLab

September 2016 - March 2017

Lead the UX design and research team at GitLab. Supported a monthly release cadence, with core responsibilities around prioritizing and scheduling work. Responded rapidly to customer feedback on multiple channels. In charge of hiring and defining roles for the team, as well as establishing a strong UX presence at the growing startup company.

Senior User Experience Designer, Microsoft Corporation

February 2009 - March 2016

Office Design \\ Microsoft Project

Lead a small design team building a new web experience for Microsoft Project Online. Partnered across disciplines to prioritize work across sprints, balancing focused details with long-term work.

Office Design \\ Phase 3

Explored new thinking about productivity in a small, nimble team. Focused on mobile and conversational experiences. Created and tested numerous mobile prototypes.

Office Design \\ Mobile Authoring

Organized and participated in a series of weekly design sprints around mobile authoring. Worked closely with researchers to build a shared understanding of existing behaviors andopportunities. Regularly tested and iterated on prototypes.

Office Design \\ OneNote

Designed experiences incorporating OneNote with Windows 10. Worked with a team to evolve how the OneNote service handles recipes and other known clipping types. Spec'd experiences around quick capture and retrieval.

Windows 10 \\ Start Menu and other early explorations

Created the initial explorations for the Windows 10 Start Menu. Worked with a small cross-discipline team to iterate and refine. Designed several early explorations around howOS-level concepts and interactions should scale and adapt across devices.

Windows 8.1 \\ Core experiences

Design work spanning across core Windows features including Start, Lock Screen, Personalization and Contextual Help. Modified the Start model to encourage a more personalized and usable experience. Designed the color and theme picking experience for Windows. Redesigned the selection and rearrange model for app tiles. Drove optimal experiences across scaling and mixed-plateau states, making special considerations for small screen devices.

Windows 8 \\ People App

Designed the information architecture for the Windows 8 People app while coordinating with other designers and PMs. Created item templates for the social feed. Designed theflow to connect various services to integrate and aggregate within many Windows 8 apps.

Windows Live \\ Messenger 2011

Designed the updated video chat and photo sharing experience. Simplified interactions and visuals across the product.

Senior User Experience Designer, Microsoft Corporation

February 2009 - March 2016

Office Design \\ Microsoft Project

Lead a small design team building a new web experience for Microsoft Project Online. Partnered across disciplines to prioritize work across sprints, balancing focused details with long-term work.

Office Design \\ Phase 3

Explored new thinking about productivity in a small, nimble team. Focused on mobile and conversational experiences. Created and tested numerous mobile prototypes.

Office Design \\ Mobile Authoring

Organized and participated in a series of weekly design sprints around mobile authoring. Worked closely with researchers to build a shared understanding of existing behaviors andopportunities. Regularly tested and iterated on prototypes.

Office Design \\ OneNote

Designed experiences incorporating OneNote with Windows 10. Worked with a team to evolve how the OneNote service handles recipes and other known clipping types. Spec'd experiences around quick capture and retrieval.

Windows 10 \\ Start Menu and other early explorations

Created the initial explorations for the Windows 10 Start Menu. Worked with a small cross-discipline team to iterate and refine. Designed several early explorations around howOS-level concepts and interactions should scale and adapt across devices.

Windows 8.1 \\ Core experiences

Design work spanning across core Windows features including Start, Lock Screen, Personalization and Contextual Help. Modified the Start model to encourage a more personalized and usable experience. Designed the color and theme picking experience for Windows. Redesigned the selection and rearrange model for app tiles. Drove optimal experiences across scaling and mixed-plateau states, making special considerations for small screen devices.

Windows 8 \\ People App

Designed the information architecture for the Windows 8 People app while coordinating with other designers and PMs. Created item templates for the social feed. Designed theflow to connect various services to integrate and aggregate within many Windows 8 apps.

Windows Live \\ Messenger 2011

Designed the updated video chat and photo sharing experience. Simplified interactions and visuals across the product.

Senior User Experience Designer, Microsoft Corporation

February 2009 - March 2016

Office Design \\ Microsoft Project

Lead a small design team building a new web experience for Microsoft Project Online. Partnered across disciplines to prioritize work across sprints, balancing focused details with long-term work.

Office Design \\ Phase 3

Explored new thinking about productivity in a small, nimble team. Focused on mobile and conversational experiences. Created and tested numerous mobile prototypes.

Office Design \\ Mobile Authoring

Organized and participated in a series of weekly design sprints around mobile authoring. Worked closely with researchers to build a shared understanding of existing behaviors andopportunities. Regularly tested and iterated on prototypes.

Office Design \\ OneNote

Designed experiences incorporating OneNote with Windows 10. Worked with a team to evolve how the OneNote service handles recipes and other known clipping types. Spec'd experiences around quick capture and retrieval.

Windows 10 \\ Start Menu and other early explorations

Created the initial explorations for the Windows 10 Start Menu. Worked with a small cross-discipline team to iterate and refine. Designed several early explorations around howOS-level concepts and interactions should scale and adapt across devices.

Windows 8.1 \\ Core experiences

Design work spanning across core Windows features including Start, Lock Screen, Personalization and Contextual Help. Modified the Start model to encourage a more personalized and usable experience. Designed the color and theme picking experience for Windows. Redesigned the selection and rearrange model for app tiles. Drove optimal experiences across scaling and mixed-plateau states, making special considerations for small screen devices.

Windows 8 \\ People App

Designed the information architecture for the Windows 8 People app while coordinating with other designers and PMs. Created item templates for the social feed. Designed theflow to connect various services to integrate and aggregate within many Windows 8 apps.

Windows Live \\ Messenger 2011

Designed the updated video chat and photo sharing experience. Simplified interactions and visuals across the product.

Design Lead for HCI Capstone Project, Carnegie Mellon Human-Computer Interaction Institute

January 2008 - August 2008

Designed an enterprise-level information sharing solution geared towards incoming millenial employees.

Design Lead for HCI Capstone Project, Carnegie Mellon Human-Computer Interaction Institute

January 2008 - August 2008

Designed an enterprise-level information sharing solution geared towards incoming millenial employees.

Design Lead for HCI Capstone Project, Carnegie Mellon Human-Computer Interaction Institute

January 2008 - August 2008

Designed an enterprise-level information sharing solution geared towards incoming millenial employees.

User Experience Intern, Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc.

May 2007 - August 2007

Designed and documented many screens designed for Freespace, a point & click TVexperience. Wrote specifications for their integration and use. Led several Think Aloud userstudies to validate designs.

User Experience Intern, Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc.

May 2007 - August 2007

Designed and documented many screens designed for Freespace, a point & click TVexperience. Wrote specifications for their integration and use. Led several Think Aloud userstudies to validate designs.

User Experience Intern, Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc.

May 2007 - August 2007

Designed and documented many screens designed for Freespace, a point & click TVexperience. Wrote specifications for their integration and use. Led several Think Aloud userstudies to validate designs.

Graphic Design Assistant, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems

October 2006 - May 2007

Worked both independently and collaboratively to design clients' websites. Helped test usability of new website designs and participated in a logo redesign process.

Graphic Design Assistant, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems

October 2006 - May 2007

Worked both independently and collaboratively to design clients' websites. Helped test usability of new website designs and participated in a logo redesign process.

Graphic Design Assistant, Institute for Complex Engineered Systems

October 2006 - May 2007

Worked both independently and collaboratively to design clients' websites. Helped test usability of new website designs and participated in a logo redesign process.

Publications & Patents

Papers

A Declarative Specification for Authoring Metrics Dashboards

Co-Authors: W Epperson, K Wongsuphasawat, A Whilden, F Du, J Talbot, arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.13265 (2023).

Blocks: Creating Rich Tables with Drag-and-Drop Interaction

Co-Author: A Whilden, D Karis, V Setlur, R Degtyar, J Que, F Lymperopoulos, EuroVis 2022 - Short Papers (2022), The Eurographics Association. 10.2312/evs.20221094

Patents

Generating data visualizations with displayed visual data marks representing aggregated data at multiple levels of detail.

Karis, Degtyar, Whilden, Setlur, Que & Lymperopoulos, US 11500891B2, November 15, 2022.

Generating data visualizations with visual data marks having individually calculated grid positions.

Karis, Whilden, Setlur, Degtyar, Que & Lymperopoulos, US 11500520B2, November 15, 2022.

Dynamic visualization and data analytics based on parameter actions.

Lymperopoulos, Lyons, Forstrom, Whilden, Rudolph, Medina, Bromley, Shen, Lakhian, Kim, Bailey, Agerone, US 11074731B2, July 27, 2021.

Storage and retrieval of structured content in unstructured user-editable content stores.

Akselrod, Amirault, Nam, Jones, Barnwell, Gallant (Whilden), Estrada, Bishop, Sampathkumar, Bhattacharjee, Kurtzelborn, US 20160203233A1, July 7, 2020.

Contact creation and utilization.

Ebeling, Urdan, Jumani, Lee, Desai, Scudieri, Cooper, Feng, Mao, Whilden, Kikin-Gil, Drummond, US 20170270113A1, November 19, 2019.

Automatic template generation based on previous documents.

Masson, Desai, Estrada, Keslin, Lee, Whilden, Dominguez, US 9922022B2, March 20, 2018.

Display screen with graphical user interface.

Gallant (Whilden), Knapp, US D791799S1, July 11, 2017.

Automatic capture of information from audio data and computer operating context.

Pottier, Hamilton, Fusaro, Clark, Escapa, Scoble, Gallant (Whilden), US 20160253314A1, July11, 2017.

Start and application navigation.

Zaman, Garside, Gallant (Whilden), US 9207849B2, December 8, 2015.

Display screen with graphical user interface.

Gallant (Whilden), Wu, US D689898S1, September 17, 2013.

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Masters of Human-Computer Interaction, December 2008

Bachelor of Human-Computer Interaction, May 2008

Bachelor of Humanities and Arts in Communication Design and Cognitive Psychology, May 2008

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