Dumbo Octopus

Amanda is a Sr. Product Designer specializing in high-density enterprise software. With 10+ years of experience, she translates highly technical constraints into elegant workflows across aerospace, cybersecurity, & data-rich industries.

(she also enjoys coding, crocheting, & illustrating)

Highlighted Work


Analytical Graphics Inc.

Space Object Threat Assessment (SOTA)

Core Challenge

Visualizing high-density, multi-dimensional aerospace data for high-stakes tactical decision-making.

My Strategic Role

Streamlined complex geospatial monitoring workflows by engineering an advanced information architecture that drastically minimized user cognitive load.

Operational Impact

Replaced a fragmented, multi-screen legacy monitoring process with a unified, high-priority dashboard built for split-second threat verification.



ThreatConnect

Threat Intelligence Platform Design System

Core Challenge

Scaling product design across legacy platform with disjointed user experiences and high frontend technical debt.

My Strategic Role

Architected, documented, and governed a centralized design system from scratch in close collaboration with frontend engineering leadership.

Operational Impact

Standardized UX/UI patterns across the product, establishing a single source of truth that eliminated redundant design cycles and accelerated engineering sprint velocity.



Analytical Graphics Inc.

Geospatial Content Server

Core Challenge

Translating a chaotic and unclear processing pipeline into a self-serve data ingestion application without introducing any operational latency.

My Strategic Role

Designed the end-to-end ingestion architecture and an interactive 3D validation workspace to eliminate "black box" system processing states.

Operational Impact

Created a live-status tracking system and 3D globe sandbox built for pre-simulation data auditing.