about me
I’m an experienced Principal Product Designer with over a decade of expertise in creating impactful user experiences and leading design teams. Currently at Broadcom and spearheading design for cloud cost optimization. I thrive in hands-on design work and turning complex challenges into seamless user experiences. My day-to-day is often spent designing in Figma, jumping on customer phone calls, partnering with product and engineering teams, and providing design guidance,
I have a few years of experience as a design manager, and my passion lies in being deeply involved in the design process and doing the work to produce the highest quality user experiences. I’m able to use my managerial experience to help designers reach their full potential, both at work and through mentoring programs like Designlab.
To learn more, please see my resume or contact me at: gillis.cheryl@gmail.com. I would love to hear from you!
Recent Certifications: NN/g UX Certified (UXC) in UX Management, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Certified Scrum Master, VMware A11y Advocate, CloudHealth Platform Administrator
Fun fact: In 2020 I wrote and self-published a children's book on Amazon!
ux design process
I've been in lead product design roles on fast paced agile teams for many years, specializing in SaaS. My process is simple.
I always kick things off with a collaboration session with key stakeholders so that we have a clear understanding of project goals and challenges. Next, I hop right into rapid design and prototyping. Designing with speed, iterating quickly and getting feedback along the way helps to ensure we are building the right thing in a timely manner. Finally, whether the outcome is a prototype or implementation, we can use this to test and measure our success. This last step is important as it can often lead to improvements and key enhancements.
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