Helping companies turn complex technology into products that feel human

Hey! I'm Patri. With 10+ years of experience, I design for data-heavy spaces like SaaS and developer-facing products, where the hard part is making real complexity feel simple to work with (especially at 3am, when you've just been woken up by a notification and you're trying to figure out why your logs stopped working).

I work end to end: I start from the problem behind the feature request, get people aligned early, and design in systems so the work holds up as it scales. At New Relic I brought variables to NRQL and built a framework for custom visualizations; at Elastic I designed the log-processing workflows SREs lean on under pressure, and right now I'm working on a visualizer for managing data streams.

I build with AI (not just around it): I prototype real interactions in Cursor to test ideas earlier and more realistically (this site is one of them, shipped on Vercel) and I use it as a sparring partner to challenge my own assumptions before they reach a stakeholder.

Experience

2024 – Now
Right now I'm a Senior Product Designer on Elastic's Observability solution, designing tools and workflows that help developers troubleshoot software faster.
2020 – 2024
As a Lead Product Designer, I worked within a dedicated team to maintain and scale a Design System for over 900 engineers and 30–40 designers, while helping redesign the platform, its core components, and the theming experience. As a Senior Product Designer, I led the design work that brought variables to NRQL queries and dashboards, and built a framework for crafting custom visualizations.
2017 – 2020
I worked as Head of Design and managed a small team for this education platform used in over 50% of U.S. schools, with easy video editing tools and analytics.
2015 – 2017
I was a Product Designer on this mobile-first, second-hand marketplace with 15M+ users.