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

Introduction

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

Projects

HappyPath AI

HappyPath AI

Conceptualized and built a product guidance agent for B2B SaaS

AIProduct GuidanceB2B SaaSDAP
Splice AI

Splice AI

Built a Data Analytics platform with Multi Agent System.

AIData AnalysisMulti-Agent System
Design Leadership at Cisco ThousandEyes

Design Leadership at Cisco ThousandEyes

Scaling Design through hypergrowth and a $1B Acquisition

Design LeadershipNetwork Monitoring
ThousandEyes App Insights

ThousandEyes App Insights

Launched a new product line to detect application outages.

ObservabilityProduct LaunchData Viz
Quid Apps

Quid Apps

Launched a new 'lite version' of Quid based on highly repeatable use cases.

AIProduct LaunchData Visualization
Quid Natural Language Search

Quid Natural Language Search

Enabling users to search in natural language pre-GPT era.

AIConversational UI
Quid Faceted Search

Quid Faceted Search

Redesigning the Search experience for users users to find relevant documents.

Usability TestingUX Design
Quid Persona Deep Dive

Quid Persona Deep Dive

A deep dive into the marketing ecosystem to identify and understand the various facets of users.

PersonaUser JourneyCase StudyUser Research
Experience

Professional Journey

HappyPath AI

Co-Founder, Head of Product & Design

June 2024 - Present | Remote

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.

Product DiscoveryRapid PrototypingVibe CodingAI
Cleric AI

UX Advisor

June 2024 - Present | Remote

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.

ConsultingAI
Splice AI, Dolce.health

Founding Designer

Jan 2024 - Jun 2024

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.

v1 User ExperienceData AnalysisHealthcareAI
Cisco

Director, Head of Design ThousandEyes

January 2020 - June 2023 | San Francisco

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.

Team LeadershipDesign SystemsPLGB2B SaaS
Quid Inc

Head of Design

October 2016 - December 2019 | San Francisco

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.

UX DesignData VisualizationDesign LeadershipUX Research
National Robotics Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon University

Design Strategist

June 2014 - July 2016 | Pittsburgh

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

Human-Centered DesignRoboticsUser ResearchSystem Design