Make AI
accountable
Agents, streaming drafts, human verification gates, and permission models that give humans real control over automated outputs.
Product design for AI and enterprise software.
I design reporting, data configuration, IT infrastructure workflows, and AI-assisted state machines for complex B2B SaaS platforms.
Read about my 12+ years of experience
Enterprise UX Authority
Reporting, data infrastructure, AI, and platform UX.
For more than 12 years, I have worked on analytics, reporting engines, IT storage infrastructure, and generative AI products. My role spans discovery, interaction design, prototyping, tokenized systems, and cross-functional leadership.
Make AI
Simplify
enterprise work
Dense data, IT infrastructure constraints, and complex business rules organized into guided, auditable sequences.
Build systems
that scale
Reusable patterns, multi-framework design tokens (Angular, Vue, React), and governance that eliminate redundant effort.
Five detailed stories.
Decisions, tradeoffs, evidence.
TapClicks AI Agents
Keeping AI analysis inside the dashboard workflow.
2026
Global Filters
Use one filtering model across reports, dashboards, and roles.
2025
Swarm Installation
Turn infrastructure setup into a guided sequence of decisions.
2023
Unified Data Configuration
Turn channel setup and multi source mapping into one continuous system.
2025
IRIS AI Discovery
Find the right media through a conversation and inspect the evidence.
2023
Product Motion & Interaction Evidence
Intentional Motion, Not Dribbble Animation
Purposeful micro-interactions designed to communicate system state, continuity, hierarchy, and recovery across complex enterprise workflows.
AI Agent Side Panel
Executive Summary Assistant
Select an agent to analyze active dashboard metrics:
Executive Insights Agent
Summarizes WoW variance, top campaign outliers, and budget efficiency.
Leadership · Design Systems · Craft
Design Leadership & Systems at Scale
Bridging the gap between Senior IC craft and hands-on Design Leadership: establishing tokens, mentoring project teams, raising critique standards, and driving cross-functional alignment.
01Craft & Rigor
Design Reviews & Quality Governance
How I review design deliverables to eliminate edge-case friction before engineering handoff.
- Established structured critique criteria: State Coverage (Empty, Loading, Error, Partial, Overflow).
- Enforce WCAG 2.2 AAA accessibility, keyboard-first focus models, and semantic ARIA tree validity.
- Audited 5+ major product suites to replace ad-hoc modal patterns with persistent drawers.
02Platform Scale
Design Systems & Token Architecture
Standardizing component models and tokens across legacy and modern frontend codebases.
- Unified shared interaction tokens across Angular reporting and Vue dashboard applications.
- Created 5 reusable core patterns (Side Panels, Faceted Drawers, Sticky Mapping, Trust Stamps, Empty States).
- Maintained bi-directional Figma-to-code design tokens, cutting redundant UI decisions by 40%.
03People & Growth
Mentorship & Team Coaching
Guiding project-based design teams and elevating individual designer capability.
- Led and mentored teams of 2–3 designers across DataCore and ReportGarden.
- Facilitated weekly design critique, prototyping labs, and systems thinking workshops.
- Participated actively in portfolio evaluations, hiring panels, and onboarding rubrics.
04Alignment & Strategy
Cross-Functional Orchestration
Aligning Product, Engineering, and Design through high-ambiguity technical constraints.
- Negotiated backend persistence constraints with tech leads via documented Close vs. Back trade-offs.
- Collaborated with 5 PM partners and 20+ engineers to prioritize UX debt alongside feature velocity.
- Transformed vague 'make it simpler' requests into concrete, auditable task flow reductions.
Quantified Evidence · Methodological Transparency
Defensible Metrics & Measurement Methodology
Clearly distinguishing measured product outcomes from prototype benchmarks and design targets. Every metric is anchored in verifiable methodology.
| Metric | Evidence Type | Before State | After / Target | Measurement Method & Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workflow Page Hops | Measured Shipped Outcome | 4 separate pages & modals | 1 persistent side panel | Workflow click-audit & production telemetry · (TapClicks AI Agents (1,200+ agency users)) |
| Setup Time Reduction | Measured Shipped Outcome | 45 mins manual node provisioning | 18 mins guided installation (~60% faster) | Benchmark usability timing tests · (DataCore Swarm Installation (Enterprise IT Admins)) |
| Task Completion Rate | Measured Shipped Outcome | 68% completion on first run | 93% completion (+25% gain) | Pre/post release task testing · (DataCore enterprise storage administrators) |
| Data Inconsistencies | Measured Shipped Outcome | Frequent missing lineage links | 40% measured reduction in link breaks | Error log telemetry & client audit tickets · (Enquero PowerMe lineage catalog) |
| Configuration Save Gates | Validated Design Target | 3 discrete save checkpoints | 1 continuous save with memory protection | Stakeholder & prototype validation · (TapClicks Unified Data Configuration Concept) |
| Time-to-First-Slide | Prototype Benchmark | Blank screen (96% drop-off) | < 2 minutes with pre-populated demo data | Interactive prototype session recording · (SmartStory Trial Onboarding reference prototype) |
Leadership Endorsements
What leaders say
While I have managed engineering including UI development for quite a while, I had never worked with a "real" UX person until Kowsik and his team joined mine. Over the years that followed, I learned a great deal from him through the thoughtful, holistic approach he brings to understanding a user process and synthesizing it into improvements in our products.
From my first day working with Kowsik, his incredible talent has been evident. Not only has he showed creativity and a willingness to learn about new products, but also a maturity in presenting his ideas, seeking feedback, and working with other UX personnel. He gently helped fill in gaps in my understanding of UX process, and has been a joy to collaborate with.
Kowsik is one designer I never had to follow up with. He always delivered work on or before deadline and never fails to add amazing inputs to the designs. Well aware of iOS and Android, he recommends Do's and Don'ts even at the wireframe level. Brilliant sense of layouts and colors, and very co-operative to work with.
Writings on Medium
Articles & Publications
Your Colour Palette Is Not a Design System
Why basic AI color generators fail in high-density SaaS interfaces and how proper semantic token architecture scales across enterprise platforms.
I Built a Salary-First Planner for Uneven Expenses. Here’s What I Need to Validate
Designing a salary-first reserve model that smooths 12-month cash flow and eliminates surprise annual expense shortfalls.
AI Can Generate Good UI. Why Does the UX Still Feel Wrong?
Why pixel-perfect AI generated mockups crumble under real user interactions, state transitions, and edge-case validation.
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Production Web Systems
Live digital experiences across healthcare, SaaS, manufacturing, photography, fintech, and education.
View Production SitesIdentity Built for Real Context
Brand strategy, visual mark systems, responsive logo variants, and real touchpoint applications.
Explore Brand WorkLead Product Designer & UX Engineer
Background spanning B.E. in IT, design systems governance, enterprise complexity, and leadership endorsements.
Read Experience & EndorsementsAI Experience & Architecture
Notes and published articles on trustworthy AI state models, enterprise permissions, and interaction design.
Read Writings & NotesBrand IdentityIdeas made
Ideas made
recognisable.
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