Yingshan Wu
Product Design Leader  |  AI Platforms and Cross-Product Experience Strategy
Emailaliciawucroissant@gmail.com
Portfolioyingshanwu.com
LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/yingshanwu
LocationSunnyvale, CA

Summary

Design leader with more than ten years of experience across AI products, data visualization, and enterprise platforms. Led a generative AI product, AI Canvas, from initial concept to release, and scaled a unified experience strategy across more than seven products in Strata Cloud Manager at Palo Alto Networks. Built and managed the first motion design team at Dalian Wanda Group, establishing onboarding programs and training curricula adopted across the organization. Experienced in mentoring designers, building scalable design processes, and partnering with product and engineering leadership to deliver measurable business and customer outcomes.

Work Experience in USA

Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, CAMay 2021 - Present
Senior Staff UX DesignerOct 2025 - Present
AI Canvas, Strata Cloud Manager

Lead UX strategy and cross-product design initiatives across more than seven Strata Cloud Manager products, aligning design direction with business objectives and long-term platform evolution.

Mentor junior and mid-level designers through design reviews, feedback cycles, and cross-team collaboration, improving design quality and independence across the team.

Establish scalable design processes and standards across AI Canvas and adjacent initiatives, reducing design-to-engineering friction and accelerating feature delivery.

Present strategic design direction to executive stakeholders, influencing roadmap investments and organizational prioritization across multiple business units.

Drive cross-functional alignment across more than fifteen partners spanning product management, engineering, research, data, and UI engineering.

Staff UX DesignerMay 2021 - Oct 2025
AI Canvas, Advanced WildFire, Activity Insights, ZTNA Connector, IoC Search, Reports, Custom Dashboards

Defined the long-term UX vision for AI Canvas, a generative AI platform for data exploration, and led its design from zero to release, enabling security teams to create data visualizations through natural language.

Reached a 49 percent increase in user usage intention and 53 percent continued AI feature adoption for AI Canvas through iterative research and capability evolution.

Modernized the platform visual identity by creating a new UI design system harmonized across Strata Cloud Manager products.

Created the Dark Theme VNR component library, covering 24 component branches and at least nine chart styles, adopted by the central design team to improve dark mode in the main design system.

Led data visualization design for AIOps for NGFW through seven release iterations; the product line was recognized in The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Firewalls, Q4 2022.

Skills

Design leadership and mentoring, UX strategy, generative AI product design, data visualization, design systems, interaction design, motion design, usability research, design operations.

Tools

Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Cinema 4D.

AI-assisted prototyping and code-based design validation with React and the Anthropic API.

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology
Master of Fine Arts,
Visual Communication Design
Rochester, NY  |  2017 - 2020

Honors and Patents

iF Design Award and Red Dot Design Award, Lenovo Aura user interface.

Nominee, UX Design Awards 2026 (IDZ Berlin), Concept category, for Elta, an AI-powered senior care ecosystem.

Two national patents: Information Processing Method and Terminal (2014); One Type of Information Processing Method and Electronic Devices (2015).

MODE Fest international design competition finalist.

Work Experience in USA, Continued

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NYJan 2019 - May 2020
Graduate Assistant, Instructor, and Designer Roles

Taught UX design methods as graduate teaching assistant for the Physical Interface Design course, guiding student development in interaction, UI, and design thinking with AR and VR applications.

Designed brand identity and the RIT ASPIRE website for the Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, collaborating with astrophysicists to communicate complex scientific research.

Supported international student recruitment outreach for the admissions office and improved the organization and presentation quality of student design work across the College of Art and Design.

VOX Global, Washington, DCAug 2018 - Dec 2018
UX and Digital Design Fellow

Delivered brand creative, UX and UI, and web design for international enterprise clients across the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom, contributing to public relations and global marketing campaigns.

Work Experience in China

Dalian Wanda Group, Beijing, ChinaDec 2014 - Mar 2016
Senior UX and Motion Designer

Built and managed the company's first motion design team from the ground up, establishing operations, onboarding programs, and a training curriculum within one of China's largest conglomerates.

Designed and ran designer training and mentoring programs that shortened ramp-up time and raised capability maturity across UX, motion, and interaction design.

Led UX and interaction initiatives across more than ten industries, including e-commerce, hospitality, entertainment, real estate, and retail, and established interaction design standards for consistent product development.

Co-designed an integrated online platform later documented in The Art of Interaction Design, published by Tsinghua University Press.

Ora Data Technology, Beijing, ChinaMay 2014 - Nov 2014
Senior Multimedia Designer (UX)
Lenovo, Beijing, ChinaOct 2011 - May 2014
Motion and UX Designer

Contributed to the Aura user interface, which received both the iF Design Award and the Red Dot Design Award, two of the most recognized honors in product and interface design.

Designed motion systems for Le-Cloud, SHAREit, SECUREit, and IdeaCentre Horizon products across smartphones, tablets, TVs, and laptops.

Earned two national patents for information processing and interaction methods (granted 2014 and 2015).

China Car Racing News, Beijing, ChinaDec 2010 - Oct 2011
Visual Effects Designer and Producer
Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of SciencesJun 2010 - Dec 2010
Senior 3D Model and Animation Designer