HAT Boundary
An interaction architecture for high-latency edge environments. It maps asynchronous telemetry and visualizes algorithmic uncertainty, ensuring the human holds the final gate.
01 / Opening statement
I lead design as a core business function.
I develop autonomous teams and architect the AI-native infrastructure they need to ship predictably across every customer touchpoint. True design leadership isn't about micromanaging the screen. It is about taking absolute accountability for the end-to-end product ecosystem and governing the engine behind it.
Head of Design at Cypherock, 2022 to 2026 · Fourteen years building products and the teams behind them.
02 / Track record
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OrbitWatch
Stealth Defense AI & Geospatial Intelligence
Architected the zero-error tactical UI for an autonomous gap-analysis engine, translating complex SAR telemetry into actionable physical truth.
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Cypherock
Crypto Hardware Security
Ran design as a company-level function from pre-launch to $1.16M ARR, assuming total accountability for every customer-facing surface across hardware, desktop, and mobile.
03 / Point of view
Design quality is an architecture problem before it is a taste problem. Good products scale because of good structure, clear decision rights, rigid component logic, and tooling that removes friction from the pipeline. Increasingly, that structure requires AI. I architect systems that compute and recommend, drastically reducing time-to-market while keeping human judgment at the final gate.
04 / Selected work
Five systems
- 01 HAT Boundary
- 02 VikSchema Studio
- 03 Throughline
- 04 Handsoff
- 05 VikSense
- 06 AI-Facilitated Design Review
VikSchema Studio
A way to build design systems organized by responsibility, not complexity, so they scale without fragmenting as products and teams grow.
Throughline
A hiring evaluation system that makes the reasoning behind every decision visible and keeps the final call human. It computes and recommends. It never auto-decides.
Handsoff
A Figma plugin that generates component documentation from the components themselves, so a growing system stays trustworthy instead of drifting out of date.
VikSense
A custom GPT that converts a design organization's tacit knowledge into an automated onboarding and first-pass review agent. It eliminates the scaling bottleneck of expertise trapped in senior leaders' heads.
AI-Facilitated Design Review
Design reviews fail because they run on opinion. A protocol that converts feedback into evidence, with AI as facilitator rather than judge.