I turn complex technical systems into products operators can trust.

Enterprise SaaS in networking and security. Experience strategy, design systems, and interfaces that hold up at scale.

Selected work

Nexus Hyperfabric Fabrics welcome page in Cisco Cloud Control

Nexus Hyperfabric

2023–present

Cisco Cloud Control · A SaaS network controller for designing, provisioning, and operating large-scale fabrics.
Secure Email Threat Defense home dashboard

Email Threat Defense

2020–2023

Cisco Secure · Design lead after GA. A threat-centric experience so operators can tell a good day from a bad day.
Portrait of Cynthia Smith

About

Product design leader with 15+ years turning complex technical systems into products operators can trust. I set experience strategy for enterprise SaaS, raise the quality bar across a product, and encode design-system guidance so teams—and AI agents—apply the same rules.

Currently Lead Product Designer for Nexus Hyperfabric on Cisco Cloud Control. Previously design lead for Cisco Secure Email Threat Defense, UX lead at Thermo Fisher Scientific, and staff UX/visual design at Qualcomm.