Mike Myles

Strategic Design Leader

Enterprise Systems & AI-Enabled Experience Architecture

Professional Profile

Strategic design leader and senior individual contributor with 25+ years shaping enterprise software ecosystems, scalable design systems, and measurable experience strategy.

Operates within complex SaaS environments—actively influencing product direction, experience architecture, and cross-functional standards without formal management authority. Integrates AI-enabled prototyping, executable experience modeling, and structured UX measurement to de-risk product investment and elevate organizational design maturity.

Recognized for systems-level thinking, technical fluency, and the ability to frame complex problem spaces into compelling narratives that influence executive decision-making and long-term product strategy.

Domain Expertise & Strategic Impact

Enterprise Systems & Experience Architecture

  • Architect scalable experience frameworks across multi-product SaaS ecosystems
  • Define reusable interaction patterns, component governance models, and architectural standards
  • Harmonize UX across distributed teams and product lines
  • Drive long-term platform cohesion through architectural systems thinking

Impact: Sustains structural consistency and experience quality at enterprise scale.

AI-Enabled Experience Innovation

  • Pioneer AI-assisted prototyping using Cursor and LLM workflows
  • Develop backend-integrated executable prototypes for workflow validation
  • Apply AI to accelerate research synthesis, pattern detection, and rapid workflow modeling
  • Prototype advanced analytics and data visualization experiences
  • Mentor designers integrating AI into modern product practice

Impact: Accelerates validation cycles and strengthens design-engineering alignment.

Strategic Narrative & Executive Alignment

  • Translate complex enterprise workflows into clear, actionable experience strategies
  • Frame ambiguous problem spaces to align product, engineering, and leadership
  • Develop compelling visual and conceptual narratives that influence roadmap direction and investment decisions
  • Contextualize design systems and AI innovation within business strategy
  • Orchestrate research and prototype narratives to drive high-confidence executive alignment and roadmap commitment

Impact: Enables confident decision-making in high-ambiguity enterprise environments.

Measurable UX Strategy & Design Maturity

  • Creator of the UUP (Utility, Usability, Presentation) framework
  • Introduce structured UX measurement frameworks across enterprise product lifecycles
  • Align experiential quality with product and business outcomes

Impact: Advances UX from subjective craft to measurable discipline.

Craft Leadership & Organizational Influence

  • Mentor designers in systems thinking and AI-enabled workflows
  • Former evening UX Instructor at General Assembly
  • Promote executable prototyping and validation-first culture

Impact: Elevates design capability without formal management authority.

Selected Enterprise Impact

  • Advanced AI-integrated prototyping workflows reducing validation cycles
  • Established cross-product experience standards within enterprise SaaS ecosystem
  • Introduced structured UX measurement framework adopted across teams

Professional Experience

Staff Product Designer

Adobe
2018 – Present | Austin, TX

Strategic individual contributor within Adobe's Digital Experience ecosystem. Influences AI-enabled prototyping, design system evolution, enterprise workflow architecture, and cross-product UX harmonization across multi-product SaaS platforms.

Principal UX Architect

AgileAssets
2014 – 2018 | Austin, TX

Led enterprise UX transformation for transportation SaaS platform. Introduced structured research practices and elevated UX maturity within engineering-driven organization.

UX Design Lead

Ericsson
2013 – 2014 | Manchester, NH

Directed UX for telecom planning systems and established cross-product experience standards.

Earlier Enterprise Roles

Principal and Senior UX roles at: Continuum Managed Services | Oracle | Autodesk | Unica | Chordiant | Bowstreet

Contributed to enterprise SaaS, CRM, AEC, telecom, and marketing technology platforms—progressing from product-level execution to enterprise-scale experience architecture and systems influence.

Core Competencies

  • Enterprise Systems Architecture
  • Design Systems Architecture & Governance
  • Enterprise SaaS Strategy
  • AI-Enabled Experience Design
  • Generative AI & LLM-Assisted Prototyping
  • Cursor IDE / Executable UX Modeling
  • Backend-Integrated Prototyping
  • Advanced Data Visualization & Dashboard UX
  • UX Measurement Frameworks (UUP)
  • Strategic Individual Contribution
  • Cross-Functional Technical Leadership
  • Interaction Architecture
  • Research Synthesis & Usability Testing
  • Human-Centered Design
  • Agile Product Development

Technical Stack

  • AI & Prototyping: Cursor, Claude Code, LLM-based coding assistants, generative AI platforms
  • Design: Figma (advanced systems prototyping), scalable component systems
  • Research: Usability testing, persona modeling, structured synthesis
  • Process: Agile, Lean UX, Collaborative Parallel Design