radhika sawhney.
0 to 1 design for multiple AI ventures
ex Head of Design @ Cisco ThousandEyes, Quid
12+ years designing B2B SaaS products, building & scaling design teams
About Me
Design leader with a track record of building and scaling high-impact product design teams at Cisco, ThousandEyes (acq. Cisco), Quid, and the National Robotics Engineering Center (CMU).
I bring a user-centered, research-driven approach grounded in deep expertise in data visualization and complex B2B products. At ThousandEyes, I led design through its acquisition by Cisco, scaled the team from the ground up, and helped evolve the design org into a strategic partner.
Since leaving ThousandEyes, I have been part of the co-foundiing team at HappyPath AI, heading product and design for an AI first product guidance agent. I have also been working with early stage founders to design their v1 user experience (Cleric AI, Splice AI, Dolce.health) and advising on design team formation, agentic UX, and building with emerging AI capabilities.
Projects
HappyPath AI
Conceptualized and built a product guidance agent for B2B SaaS
Splice AI
Built a Data Analytics platform with Multi Agent System.
Design Leadership at Cisco ThousandEyes
Scaling Design through hypergrowth and a $1B Acquisition
ThousandEyes App Insights
Launched a new product line to detect application outages.
Quid Apps
Launched a new 'lite version' of Quid based on highly repeatable use cases.
Quid Natural Language Search
Enabling users to search in natural language pre-GPT era.
Quid Faceted Search
Redesigning the Search experience for users users to find relevant documents.
Quid Persona Deep Dive
A deep dive into the marketing ecosystem to identify and understand the various facets of users.
Professional Journey
Co-Founder, Head of Product & Design
Building an AI-native product guidance agent. Part of co-founding team leading the Product and UX development as well as future vision. Ran 80+ discovery interviews to uncover GTM pain points. Designed and shipped 0→1 product; secured early design partner traction.
UX Advisor
Advising an early stage startup building an SRE AI agent on setting up design org and product direction. Defining hiring roadmap and v1 product experience.
Founding Designer
Creating the end to end user experience for early stage AI native startups in data analysis and personalized healthcare. Conducted user research, build and validated prototypes, ran beta/ pilot programs, secured first 10 customers.
Director, Head of Design ThousandEyes
Scaled design org from 2 to 12, formalized design function, and elevated UX to a strategic partner. Post-acquisition, introduced PLG motion that lifted trial-to-paid conversion, unified design system with Cisco portfolio. Previous positions: Senior Design Manager, Principal Product Designer.
Head of Design
Led a team of 5 designers & researchers to articulate the product vision and ship data-vis heavy workflows for enterprise analytics. Built scalable design system, integrated new graph visualizations, and launched new product lines, along with structuring the design org. Previous positions: UX Designer, UX Design Manager.
Design Strategist
Applied Human-Centered Design to robotics projects: mapped stakeholder needs, ran ethnographic studies, and prototyped novel HRI interfaces adopted in two DARPA-funded projects. Previous positions: Design Intern