PROFILE

André Romano

Senior UX/UI Designer

Innovation-driven Senior UX/UI Designer with 15+ years delivering exceptional user experiences across energy, healthcare, retail, transit, and enterprise software.

About

Proven track record of designing solutions that drive digital transformation, resulting in significant cost savings and business success. Expertise in user-centered design, cross-functional collaboration, and measurable outcomes — including a United States Innovation Design Patent.

Languages
English · Spanish · Portuguese

Education
Bachelor of Science in Media Arts & Animation

Skills

COMPETENCIES

  • User-Centered Design

  • Information Architecture
  • Wireframing & Prototyping
  • Usability Testing
  • Design Systems
  • Accessibility
  • AI / ML Interfaces
  • Data Visualization
  • Design Leadership
  • Motion Design
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Agile / Scrum

AI & DESIGN ENGINEERING

  • Figma Make
  • Cursor
  • Claude Code
  • Bolt
  • Midjourney
  • Adobe Firefly
  • DALL·E
  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini

WORKFLOW & STRATEGY

  • JIRA
  • Confluence
  • Airtable
  • Miro
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Webex

UX/UI & SYSTEMS DESIGN

  • Figma (variables & prototyping)
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • HTML5
  • CSS3 (Flex / Grid)
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Design tokens

Experience

Cisco Systems

Contract · 6 mos

Senior UX/UI Designer, User Experience Engineering
Nov 2025 – Apr 2026

  • Led design, documentation, and prototyping of a supplemental design system unifying HR platforms including ServiceNow Journey, Workday, and Phenom CMS.
  • Pioneered a hybrid Design-to-AI prototyping method combining Figma architecture with Figma Make to stress-test complex HR flows.
  • Architected a design-to-code pipeline mapping Figma tokens into a functional, web-based system via Cursor.

NextEra Energy

Full-time · 7 yrs 7 mos

Senior UX/UI Designer, IT Software Engineering
Oct 2021 – Jun 2025

  • Led UX/UI across 20+ energy projects, earning consistent Highly Valued ratings and a United States Innovation Design Patent.
  • Achieved ~$15MM in savings for Enterprise Solutions through user-centered design and streamlined workflows.
  • Designed a Market Intelligence Portal that improved analyst workflow by 40%, plus energy consumption dashboards for mobile and desktop.

Senior UX/UI Designer, Platform & Analytics Solutions
Dec 2017 – Oct 2021

  • Designed Storm Daily Time Report — a labor-cost workflow for storm response — awarded a US Innovation Design Patent.
  • Redesigned the Landowner Portal for 1,000+ users, cutting processing time by 30%.
  • Created the Field Operations Production Portal, driving ~$1.4MM in savings through real-time production visibility.

Cisco Systems

Full-time · 8 yrs 4 mos

Lead UX/UI Product Designer, Software Engineering & Platforms
Sep 2013 – Nov 2017

  • Led experience design across healthcare, hospitality, retail, transportation, and engineering platforms.
  • Designed Cisco Patient Connect for Parkland Memorial Hospital, connecting in-room TVs, mobile devices, and kiosks.
  • Designed an AI-powered Bug Triage Helper that improved developer productivity 25–40%.
  • Led FedEx / Cisco Smart Locker UX, enabling 24/7 pickup and reducing operational costs by 15%.

Senior UX/UI Product Designer, Interactive Services Solutions
Mar 2011 – Sep 2013

  • Designed NYC MTA On the Go! Travel Station kiosks for 5.5M+ daily passengers, reducing information access time by 40%.
  • Created kiosk templates that reduced future deployment time by 60%.

Senior UX/UI Broadcast Designer, Sports & Entertainment
Aug 2009 – Mar 2011

  • Configured Cisco Stadium Vision Director at Hard Rock Stadium for the Miami Dolphins fan experience.

DDB Worldwide

Full-time · 2007 – 2009

Senior Web Designer
2007 – 2009

  • Designed websites, advertising, interactive media, and animation with creative directors, copywriters, and developers.

LPG Systems

Full-time · 2005 – 2007

Senior Web & Graphic Designer
2005 – 2007

  • Created illustrations, 3D graphics, animation, photo-composites, and brochures for web, multimedia, and print.

Homes.com

Full-time · 2003 – 2005

Web Designer & Front End Developer
2003 – 2005

  • Designed and built interfaces, advertising, and digital media with Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, PHP, JavaScript, and CSS.

Nickelodeon

Full-time · 2001 – 2003

Web Designer & Animator
2001 – 2003

  • Web design and broadcast design for on-air promotion and channel branding using Autodesk Maya, Adobe CC, and Final Cut Pro.

Recognition

United States Innovation Design Patent
Storm Daily Time Report — NextEra Energy / FPL storm response UX.

Cisco Interactive Services Award
Outstanding contribution to NYC MTA On the Go!