About Aaron
I’m a Senior Product Designer at Microsoft, where I design experiences for Microsoft Security focused on security graphs that help teams visualize and investigate complex threats. With over 15 years of product design experience, I’ve built impactful B2B and B2C products at Microsoft, Sifflet, Dataiku, and American Express, working across Paris, Seattle, and New York City. I’ve worked in industries like enterprise security, AI, data science, data observability, education, video, and music.
My passion for creating great user experiences is rooted in my Design and Psychology degrees from Brigham Young University. My strengths are in crafting thoughtful solutions to solve complex, meaningful problems. Outside of work, I still love spending time in Europe whenever I can, and you’ll usually find me biking, exploring new places, or searching for a great pastry along the way.
Work experience
MICROSOFT
Senior Product Designer | San Diego, CA | Oct 2025–Current
Designing graph-based experiences for Microsoft Security that help teams investigate threats and understand complex data relationships. I lead system-level graph UX work to define shared patterns, drive cross-product alignment, and scale graph-based workflows across Sentinel, Defender, Entra, and Purview.
SIFFLET
Lead Product Designer | Paris, FR | Nov 2022–Oct 2025
As Sifflet's founding Product Designer, I worked closely with our co-founders, PMs, and engineers to create user experiences for monitoring data stack health. I established Sifflet’s design culture, design system, and foundational principles, while designing features that drive market trends and enhance our AI advancements.
DATAIKU
Senior Product Designer | Paris, FR | Aug 2021–Nov 2022
At Dataiku, an end-to-end data science platform, I led the design of data preparation features and tackled design debt within the UI. My work included designing data preparation recipes, clarifying dataset sampling, and resolving legacy design issues.
MICROSOFT
Senior Interaction Designer | Paris, FR / Aug 2018–Aug 2021
Interaction Designer II | Redmond, WA / Oct 2014–Aug 2018
During my time at Microsoft, I designed and launched AI Builder, a business-focused AI product for the Power Platform, and contributed to several Windows 10 apps, including Photos, Pandora, Groove Music, and Movies & TV. I led the UX for OneNote Learning Tools, a project that won Microsoft’s company-wide hackathon.
AMERICAN EXPRESS
Senior UX Designer | New York, NY | Jun 2012–Sep 2014
At American Express, I led the in-house UX for AmEx OPEN Forum, an online platform empowering small businesses with advice, news, and tools from fellow entrepreneurs. I designed key site experiences and drove community growth and engagement.
MODERN IDENTITY & ANNIE LEIBOVITZ STUDIO
Designer | New York, NY | Aug 2008–Jun 2012
At Modern Identity, I designed web, branding, and advertising projects for clients across diverse industries. At the Annie Leibovitz studio, I supported exhibitions, publications, and created a digital portfolio archive for collectors and curators.
Education
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT / 2009
BFA Graphic Design
BA Psychology
Skills
Design: Product design • UX & UI design • Design systems • Wireframing • Iconography • Prototyping • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, and After Effects • Figma
Research: User research • Usability testing • Competitor analysis • User interviews • Journey mapping
Collaboration: Developer handoffs • Design thinking workshops • Stakeholder management • Presenting design concepts
Focus
Finding creative, unexpected solutions to important problems
Discovering insights in data
Designing with empathy to create human-centered solutions
The beginnings of something big