Nena N.

Design Manager

San Francisco, California, United States12 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of experience in product design.
Led design for multiple successful product launches.
Expert in creating user-centered design experiences.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Product Design Expert with a strong focus on user experience and design strategy.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product DesignDesign StrategyUser Experience (ux)Interaction DesignDesign Systems

Other Skills

User ResearchPrototypingUser TestingUser Interface DesignVideo EditingBranding & IdentityIllustrationExperience DesignWireframingSketchingConcept DevelopmentUser-centered DesignUsabilityRequirements GatheringStrategy

About

I design product experiences that simplify complexity. You'll find me scribbling, experimenting, and observing how people interact with the world. The most rewarding feeling for me is empowering people to achieve their goals by focusing on what's important to them. I love designing for builders especially because they're motivated by creating things for others. I have been designing product experiences for developers and technical users for over 10 years. I'm drawn to hyper-collaborative and fast-paced environments where I'm working through complex and unchartered problems. I strongly believe that empathy, experimentation, and iteration are key to developing great experiences. I currently lead a team of 5 designing the Platform experiences at Cloudflare.

Experience

12 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 1 mo

Current Experience

Cloudflare

4 roles

Product Design Manager

Oct 2025 – Present · 7 mos

Leading a team designing Platform and Self-Serve (Product Growth) experiences

Product DesignDesign StrategyUser Experience (UX)

Product Design Manager

Promoted

Apr 2022 – Sep 2025 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Led a team of 5 designers for the Developer Platform (https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/), and Emerging Technology and Incubation teams, delivering products and driving adoption across 12+ product solutions for Workers, Pages, AI, Media, Storage, and Databases.
Oversaw web product experiences for key developer journeys such as onboarding, enablement, development, deployment, debugging, configuration, maintenance and management.
Increased team impact by partnering designers with cross-functional partners on design-led strategy workshops, reviews, demos, CLI flows, and more to improve delivery efficiency and quality.
Cultivated a collaborative and innovative design culture through coaching and establishing practices such as design critiques, workshops, retros, playbooks, design pairing, and Quick Wins initiatives.
Aligned product vision, business objectives, and design strategy by overseeing projects from conception to delivery: advising on scope, approach, delivery strategies, user research, and implementation reviews.
Managed high-stakes design delivery for Cloudflare’s annual innovation weeks, launching 23 product experiences in 2023 (https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-week/)

Product DesignDesign StrategyUser Experience (UX)

Lead Product Designer

Oct 2019 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Led product design (end-to-end) for the Developer Platform products: Workers, Pages, R2 (S3 competitor)
Designed foundational product experiences including onboarding, code editing, CLI authentication, logs, git connection, configuration, integrations, dashboard navigation, billing, and more.
Collaborated with senior leaders within and outside of the Developer Platform to discuss design strategy, propose solutions, and present designs and case studies across the company.
Led and conducted design reviews for Developer Platform products. Provided feedback to designers and mentored them in communication, interaction design, systems thinking, collaboration, and reviewing implementation.
Drove customer focus through establishing regular customer research (50+ interviews, many surveys), validation, and sharing insights with the team to incorporate into product experience decisions.

Product Designer

Mar 2017 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Designed developer & platform experiences such as: Workers, Audit Log, DNS management, navigation, account management, onboarding, email verification, and design systems.
Designed (end-to-end) experiences from requirements, concepts, job stories, wireframes, components, prototypes, and detailed specs. Influenced strategy by presenting vision and concepts to stakeholders.
Collaborated with engineers on specs, pull request requests, and testing to ensure high quality interactions.
Key contributor to the Cloudflare Design System, working with designers and engineers to align on components, consolidate patterns, collaboration, and discuss and execute on improvements.
Championed user needs through user research and embedding insights into the product development process.

Sandstorm.io

Product Designer

Oct 2014 – Feb 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Palo Alto

Lead product and visual design (end-to-end) for web application dashboard, app marketplace, and website.
Designed concepts, wireframes, illustrations, and prototypes for implementation specs and user testing.
Built user research processes from the ground up, and shared findings to inform usability improvements and product strategy.
Took on implementation tasks for layout, content, and design assets in HTML, CSS, and SVG to assist engineers with reaching product deadlines.
Audited flows, actioned tickets, reviewed pull requests, and engaged with open source contributors.

Government of canada

Business Intelligence Designer

Sep 2013 – Aug 2014 · 11 mos · Vancouver

Lead reporting and visual communication initiatives for Service Canada’s Strategic Planning and Analysis team.
Improved staﬀ planning and financial forecasting tools (in Excel) to improve usability and reduce maintenance and manual entry.
Designed reporting templates, branding assets, and learning resources. Trained 50+ employees to use templates to save time improve consistency.
Introduced improved data visualization patterns to the 200+ person team to improve actionability, accuracy, and accessibility of all reports produced.
Conducted training sessions with 50+ consultants to onboard them with new templates, learning resources, reporting guidelines, and branding assets.
Produced training manuals and documentation for managers, consultants, processing clerks, on how to access digital resources and use software.
Proposed design improvements for the National Job Portal redesign. Interviewed stakeholders, presented work flow diagrams, high-fidelity mockups, and documentation to program director.
Designed informational graphics, presentations/reports, document templates, and branding assets delivered across Western Canada regional offices.
Developed questionnaires sent out to staff through organizational intranet and analyzed data to identify problems associated with IT training.

The ubyssey publications society

Designer

Jun 2013 – Dec 2013 · 6 mos · Vancouver, Canada Area

Illustrated and designed information graphics for 12,000 circulation student newspaper for the 2013-2014 academic year.
Responsible for concept development, sketching, digital illustrations, and information graphics for publication print and web media.
Designs were delivered within 1-3 day deadlines and appeared on front-page covers, 2-page spreads, and social media features.