Eric Wienke

Product Design Leader & Enterprise UXpert

I design and ship consequential software—from 0→1 products at seed-stage startups to shared platforms for enterprise product suites at Oracle and Cisco.I work hands-on across product definition, interaction design, prototyping, and production, and I’ve led teams building the systems that help that work scale.

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Professional

Areas of Expertise

  • 0-to-1 Product Development
  • Complex Systems Simplification
  • Design Systems in Production
  • Gen AI/Agentic UX Frameworks
  • Agile & Lean Design Methodologies
  • Platform UX Architecture
  • Enterprise SaaS & B2B Platforms
  • Data Visualizations & Dashboards
  • Rapid Prototyping & Design-to-Code
  • User Research | Data Analysis
  • Developer Experience
  • Observability & Data Platforms
  • Human-AI Interaction & Trust
  • Design Leadership & Org Scaling
  • Accessibility & Usability Testing

How I AI

I'm mildly obsessed with AI tech

Research

ChatGPT · Claude

Build context. Ask better questions.

I use conversation to research products, markets, and trends, sharpen questions, and investigate assumptions. I check consequential claims against original sources and use the findings to inform design decisions.

Product examples, market signals, and source documents pass through an evidence check to become focused research questions.
From source material to useful questions.
Design

Claude Design · Google Stitch · Paper · Figma

Explore broadly. Refine together.

I use Claude Design and Google Stitch to explore different approaches quickly. For collaborative visual exploration, I prefer Paper, where I also iterate on designs connected to the design system codebase. For now, I bring designs back into Figma to add the final touches and obsess over the details.

Google Stitch canvas showing light editorial, dark narrative, and technical dashboard directions for a command center.
Command Center directions explored in Google Stitch.
Build

Claude Code

Make it work. Carry it through.

I build coded prototypes and make direct frontend contributions—from bug fixes and UI enhancements to new design system components. Working in code lets me test behavior and carry design intent into implementation.

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Agent Command Center · working prototype

A visual walkthrough of the Mills Command Center, showing agent activity, issues requiring attention, and investigations. The linked case study explains the workflow and design decisions.

Experiment

Ongoing tool evaluation · pen.dev

Keep testing what’s possible.

I regularly evaluate new tools and features. My holy grail: canvas and code fully in sync, with edits reflected on both sides. I like how close pen.dev gets, though its design features are still too basic for my day-to-day needs. I keep reassessing as the tools evolve.

A visual canvas and code editor with a matching property highlighted, connected by arrows in both directions.
The goal: a continuous loop between canvas and code.

My standard stays the same. Check the evidence, question the design, and review and test the code. It has to solve the problem and hold up in use.

Portfolio

View My Latest Work

Sawmills telemetry control experience shown on desktop alongside a mobile insight digestDesigning an Observability Platform from 0→1Dark AppDynamics interface with a luminous globe visualizing monitored systems and incidentsRaising the visual bar for AppDynamicsAI-Agent Command Center for Observability PlatformAI-Agent Command Center for Observability PlatformDash Studio Dashboard EditorDash Studio Dashboard Editor
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Experience

SINCE 07/24

Sawmills.aiFounding Designer

Leading end-to-end product design as the founding designer at Sawmills, creating the platform’s UX, design system, and workflows for managing AI-driven observability pipelines.

08/23 - 07/24

CiscoProduct Design Leader, Common Experiences

Led a cross-functional team of designers, engineers, and strategists to unify the user experience across internal and external applications that run on the Cisco Observability Platform.

11/21 - 08/23

Cisco AppDynamicsDirector of Product Design

Led a large and multidisciplinary global design organization in the full-stack observability space. Developed product design strategies across platforms.

04/19 - 11/21

Cisco AppDynamicsDirector of Design Technology

Led a team of design technologists, designers, and prototypers to achieve Cisco’s key objectives. Spearheaded a new design system and improved product design efficiency by 1000% with new and established tools, systems, and processes.

01/17 - 08/19

Cisco AppDynamicsPrincipal Product Designer

Orchestrated the design functions for platform-wide flows and components, synchronizing design initiatives with business goals, market trends, and consumer insights.

2006-2016

OraclePrincipal Product Designer

Built enterprise-wide UX standards and patterns for Oracle’s complete cloud suite of over 100 SaaS applications, reducing development costs and increasing consistency. Developed AI-infused design frameworks that significantly improved customer interaction and engagement for enterprise software solutions.

2005-2006

OracleUsability Engineer

Improved usability of Oracle applications with qualitative and quantitative usability tests and design suggestions.