Staff UX Designer / Senior UX Manager II · Google

Eugene drives UX strategy and vision that enables long-term business success.

22+ years building AI platforms, enterprise products, and developer ecosystems at Google. Spanning consumer scale to VP-level influence - translating org strategy into products people actually use.

22+
Years of UX experience across consumer, enterprise, and AI platforms
15
Years at Google, across Maps, Workspace, Cloud AI, and developer tools
$3B+
In measurable revenue impact across Google Maps, Workspace, and Cloud
8+
Years leading cross-functional UX teams across Bangalore, Sunnyvale & Seattle
Selected Work
Case studies
Google Cloud · 6 min
Apigee API hub: Building a unified API management platform from zero
Google Cloud AI · 5 min
Defining agentic workflows for Gemini: making AI feel effortless for enterprises
Google Workspace · 5 min
The −45% strategy: Eliminating Workspace support volume through product simplification
Google Cloud AI · 4 min
One-click MCP: Making every enterprise API agent-ready

Leadership

How I lead

My operational excellence - with respect to objectives, scope, approach, and resourcing - helps evolve how teams achieve strategic goals and OKRs. I build the structure, mechanisms, and systems that let teams operate at scale and with clarity.

I measure my own success by the growth of people around me. Developing the bench - hiring outstanding talent and growing individual expertise - is how high performance becomes a reliable, repeatable outcome. I embody grit and a healthy disregard for the impossible, while never accepting "good enough."

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Pipeline unlocked
$350M+
Unblocked enterprise deals at Google Workspace
Support reduction
−45%
Workspace contact rate eliminated through UX redesign
Time to GA
18 mo
0→1 Apigee API hub built and launched to general availability
Managerial exp.
8+ yrs
Leading cross-functional UX teams across multiple time zones

Solutions
Problems I solve
Delivering UX strategy and vision that enables long-term business success - from product conception through PA-level impact.
Problem

Design that doesn't connect to business objectives

I drive UX strategy and vision for products, enabling long-term business success. I own key decisions required to solve business and user needs - ensuring design strategy drives outcomes, not just feature launches.

Problem

AI products that feel powerful but impossible to use

I consistently find opportunities to use AI to unlock both new ways of working and new user value. From no-code Agent Builders to one-click MCP generation, I reduce the cognitive distance between what AI can do and what people understand.

Problem

Fragmented experience across a product ecosystem

I champion value across the ecosystem - considering end-to-end journeys so our product portfolio offers highly engaged users both added value and greater simplicity. I shape the practices that deliver on org-level OKRs and UX vision.

Problem

Strategy that stalls between VP intent and team execution

I span multiple levels of influence - translating VP-level objectives into tactical interactions, resolving cross-functional misalignments, and driving momentum for UX design goals tied to broader OKRs and user needs.

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