DISCOVER PROJECT
Flow-based cloud data integration with Redwood simplicity.
Cloud Infrastructure — Data Integration
COMPANY
Oracle
YEAR
2024
ROLE
Design Lead — Directed UX for cloud data integration platform, chaired UX Review Board, and guided Redwood Design adoption
EXPERTISE
UX leadership, information architecture, interaction design, prototyping, data integration, Redwood Design system
Led UX and chaired OCI UX Review Board for a new flow-based ETL service. Created decision artifacts and reusable patterns that influenced teams across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
Scope & cadence
Multi‑release effort; drove alignment via OCI UX Review Board.
Why this work mattered
Legacy ETL tools were powerful but opaque; teams needed a clearer, cloud‑native model.
Process
Validated the mental model with SMEs; prototyped flows; pressure‑tested with PM/Eng for feasibility.
Formative grounding
SME sessions and desk research shaped the operator/pipeline primitives.
Flows & interaction patterns
Explored branching, retries, and scheduling; refined visual hierarchy under Redwood.
Handoff & cross‑team alignment
Ran reviews via OCI UX Review Board; reconciled constraints across services.
Solution
A clear, pipeline‑first ETL with guided setup and visible orchestration states.
Operators, connectors, schedules, and run history tied together with meaningful status and logs.
Results
OCI adopted flow-based integration patterns across multiple services pre-GA. My decision frameworks and artifacts became design standards beyond this product.