Valentin Likyov

Focus: Leading product design architecture for the Hybrid Cloud Observability platform.

Led product design strategy for Carbon Black, modernizing architecture post-acquisition. • Data Strategy: Leveraged AI/telemetry to automate hygiene and optimize system performance. • Scalability: Transformed legacy workflows into a design system, framing UI as risk mitigation. • Ecosystem: Balanced deep admin control with frictionless end-user UX for zero-trust environments. • Alignment: Unified global teams to consolidate disparate architectures into one platform.

Led UX architecture & R&D for Carbon Black Cloud, scaling security policy models for high-stakes environments. • System Strategy: Architected a flexible "Rules Library" data model to replace legacy lists, slashing policy creation time and driving cross-portfolio adoption. • Design R&D: Directed initiatives to define interaction patterns for threat environments, establishing UX standards that significantly reduced cognitive load during critical incident responses.

Led enterprise UX strategy for VMware’s multi-cloud platform, aligning PM and Engineering to deliver complex SaaS solutions. • Cloud Automation: Engineered a visual serverless interface for custom logic, establishing a key market differentiator. • Design Ops: Scaled the Clarity Design System with a specialized library, accelerating global development velocity. • SaaS Strategy: Principal lead for a major launch, designing workflows that facilitated seamless enterprise legacy migration.

- Agile Transformation: Played a crucial role in establishing a professional design team and workflow following the Telerik merger. - Data-Driven Redesign: Led the redesign of progress.com, utilizing custom analytics dashboards to define core UX metrics and improve goal funnel conversion.

Redesigned key properties including the Sitefinity website and Telerik customer portal, directly contributing to the brand equity that led to the Progress acquisition.

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