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Principal Product Designer, Design Leader

Simple is a design decision, not a default.

I take complex, technical products and turn them into interfaces people actually understand and trust — from first sketch to GA.

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Focus areas

Selected work

04 projects

AI Platform — Infra & Admin Controls

Usage visibility today, admin controls next

Data VisualizationComplex Systems UXDesign Strategy

OpenShift Data Science — Growth

Scaling admin tooling & infra visibility

Design Leadership & Team GrowthComplex Systems UXDesign StrategyCross-Functional Facilitation

OpenShift Data Science — Tech Preview

0→1 · personas, IA & app shell for Red Hat's first AI/ML platform

0→1 Product DesignDesign StrategyComplex Systems UXCross-Functional FacilitationDesign Systems

Kogito

Cloud-native business automation on Kubernetes

Complex Systems UXCross-Functional Facilitation0→1 Product Design
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Experience

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  1. July 2019 — Present

    Principal Interaction Designer, Red Hat

    Leading UX for Red Hat OpenShift AI since inception — grew the design team from one to twelve, shipped the first GA experience, and scaled the product to 300+ customers.

  2. April 2010 — October 2018

    Principal Industrial Design Lead, Oracle

    Led industrial design across general purpose, telco, and engineered systems, keeping brand and service design consistent from IC to VP-level review.

  3. 2002 — 2010

    Industrial Design Program Manager & Consultant, Sun Microsystems

    Cross-functional hardware and service design for enterprise server systems, from concept through manufacturing.

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kyle.kwalker@gmail.com 617.501.4809 www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-walker

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