About

About

20

Years

Designing

20

Years

Designing

15

Years

Managing

15

Years

Managing

25

People

Size of Teams

25

People

Size of Teams

I'm a seasoned design leader with over 20 years of experience building and scaling high-performing design teams, driving impactful design solutions, and shaping market-leading products. Strong focus on creating user-centric and innovative experiences for enterprise, AI-focused products solving complex problems for technical users.

Design Leader

Design Leader

Tecton

Head of Design – 2024-2025

At Tecton, I led the design team in building out a new design system and interfaces to monitor and manage complex ML and AI workloads at scale. I played a key role in hiring and scaling the design team, as well as revamping the company's marketing and branding efforts. My responsibilities included developing comprehensive design systems, creating intuitive interfaces for complex data management.

Tecton

Head of Design – 2024-2025

At Tecton, I led the design team in building out a new design system and interfaces to monitor and manage complex ML and AI workloads at scale. I played a key role in hiring and scaling the design team, as well as revamping the company's marketing and branding efforts. My responsibilities included developing comprehensive design systems, creating intuitive interfaces for complex data management.

SIngleStore

Head of Design – 2016-2023

As the founding designer at SingleStore, I led Brand, UX, Web Development, and QA. My team was critical in transforming the company's market perception from a niche database (MemSQL) to a major player in real-time data analysis and AI (SingleStore). We achieved this by focusing on the developer experience, design systems, and analytics. I personally designed a lot of the cloud experience, including SQL Editor, Query Analyzers, and Data Loaders. Additionally, I led Product-Led Growth (PLG) initiatives, focusing on intuitive onboarding and developer experience, and spearheaded a significant rebranding initiative from MemSQL to SingleStore.

SIngleStore

Head of Design – 2016-2023

As the founding designer at SingleStore, I led Brand, UX, Web Development, and QA. My team was critical in transforming the company's market perception from a niche database (MemSQL) to a major player in real-time data analysis and AI (SingleStore). We achieved this by focusing on the developer experience, design systems, and analytics. I personally designed a lot of the cloud experience, including SQL Editor, Query Analyzers, and Data Loaders. Additionally, I led Product-Led Growth (PLG) initiatives, focusing on intuitive onboarding and developer experience, and spearheaded a significant rebranding initiative from MemSQL to SingleStore.

Box

Director of Product Design – 2008-2016

As the first designer at Box, I built a world-class design team, growing it from zero to approximately 25 people, covering brand design to UX research. I personally designed experiences for web, mobile, platform, admin, and collaborative notes products, helping scale the product from hundreds of users to millions.

Box

Director of Product Design – 2008-2016

As the first designer at Box, I built a world-class design team, growing it from zero to approximately 25 people, covering brand design to UX research. I personally designed experiences for web, mobile, platform, admin, and collaborative notes products, helping scale the product from hundreds of users to millions.

Design Advisor

Design Advisor

Gainsight

Leadership Advisor – 2014-2016

Provided insights on design processes, assisted in candidate evaluation, offered expert feedback on design work.

Gainsight

Leadership Advisor – 2014-2016

Provided insights on design processes, assisted in candidate evaluation, offered expert feedback on design work.

Fivetran

Leadership Advisor – 2020-2022

Evaluated candidates, reviewed work, set up evaluation processes, and played a key role in hiring the company's head of design.

Fivetran

Leadership Advisor – 2020-2022

Evaluated candidates, reviewed work, set up evaluation processes, and played a key role in hiring the company's head of design.

UI/UX Designer

UI/UX Designer

Decarolis

UI/UX Designer – 2006-2008

Created highly personalized marketing and product applications for B2B clients at Fortune 500 companies

Decarolis

UI/UX Designer – 2006-2008

Created highly personalized marketing and product applications for B2B clients at Fortune 500 companies

LetsTalk

UI/UX Designer – 2005-2006

Redesigned web application that resulted increased sales.

LetsTalk

UI/UX Designer – 2005-2006

Redesigned web application that resulted increased sales.

Education

Education

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Bachelor of Science, Art & Design • 2005

Minor in History

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Bachelor of Science, Art & Design • 2005

Minor in History

Patents

Patents

Enterprise application authentication

US 9978040 • Issued May 22, 2018

Enterprise application authentication

US 9978040 • Issued May 22, 2018

Enhanced Quick Search Features

US 9495364 • Issued Nov 15, 2016

Enhanced Quick Search Features

US 9495364 • Issued Nov 15, 2016

Advanced Search and Filtering Mechanisms

US US8868574 • Issued Oct 21, 2014

Advanced Search and Filtering Mechanisms

US US8868574 • Issued Oct 21, 2014

Talks

Talks

Crafting Creative Collaborations with Phil Sheffield

Technical Recruiting Playbooks • Amplify Partners

Crafting Creative Collaborations with Phil Sheffield

Technical Recruiting Playbooks • Amplify Partners

Connect

Connect

Linkedin

Connect

Linkedin

Connect

Email

phil@sheffieldesign.com

Email

phil@sheffieldesign.com

Case Studies

Cloud Database Portal

Effortless database management, from setup to development.

SingleStore
Developer Tools
Cloud Database PortalEffortless database management, from setup to development.SingleStoreDeveloper Tools — project preview

Cloud Database Portal

Effortless database management, from setup to development.

SingleStore
Developer Tools
Cloud Database PortalEffortless database management, from setup to development.SingleStoreDeveloper Tools — project preview

Cloud Database Portal

Effortless database management, from setup to development.

SingleStore
Developer Tools
Cloud Database PortalEffortless database management, from setup to development.SingleStoreDeveloper Tools — project preview

Tecton Design System

Optimized for speed with an emphasis on observability and monitoring.

Tecton
Design System
Tecton Design SystemOptimized for speed with an emphasis on observability and monitoring.TectonDesign System — project preview

Tecton Design System

Optimized for speed with an emphasis on observability and monitoring.

Tecton
Design System
Tecton Design SystemOptimized for speed with an emphasis on observability and monitoring.TectonDesign System — project preview

Tecton Design System

Optimized for speed with an emphasis on observability and monitoring.

Tecton
Design System
Tecton Design SystemOptimized for speed with an emphasis on observability and monitoring.TectonDesign System — project preview

Developer Onboarding

Simple customized onboarding flows for different use cases.

SingleStore
PLG
Developer OnboardingSimple customized onboarding flows for different use cases. SingleStorePLG — project preview

Developer Onboarding

Simple customized onboarding flows for different use cases.

SingleStore
PLG
Developer OnboardingSimple customized onboarding flows for different use cases. SingleStorePLG — project preview

Developer Onboarding

Simple customized onboarding flows for different use cases.

SingleStore
PLG
Developer OnboardingSimple customized onboarding flows for different use cases. SingleStorePLG — project preview

Send me a message at philip.sheffield@gmail.com