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Case studies from platform work in developer experience, application security, and compliance.

  1. 01Lead Designer · 1 PM, 2 EMs, 1 Staff Engineer

    0-1 Creating the first DevSecOps platform

    Designed GitLab’s first comprehensive security object, unlocking enterprise adoption & revenue.

    • $20M in net ARR over the next 2 years
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  2. 02Lead Designer · 1 Staff Engineer

    Unifying Automation at GitLab: A Decentralized Rule Engine

    Automation at GitLab was quietly fractured — 23 entry points and 16 functions carrying conditional logic, each built in silos with no shared framework. I led the design of a decentralized rule engine to unify them.

    • 15% more automations created in alpha vs legacy
    • 28% fewer failed automations
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  3. 03Lead Designer · 2 PMs, 1 EM, 1 Mid-level Designer

    Policy-Driven Code Reviews

    Security findings in GitLab merge requests were flooding developers with hundreds of severity-ranked results. I shifted the model from severity to policy violations, cutting findings per MR by up to 60%.

    • 35% decrease in time spent reviewing security findings
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