Overview

Oracle cloud provides the most comprehensive set of services and applications to the customer across the three layers, SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.

I led the design of PaaS and IaaS products since the very beginning of the cloud project. I was involved in a lot of key design decisions which included deciding the overall design direction, creating the visual language library, user assistance techniques and hence developing a cutting-edge enterprise UI.

A New Design Language

When I joined, the cloud was just starting. The UI was primitive and was built on legacy designs templates. My earliest work included redefining the UI to brainstorms not only the enhanced feature set but to have a modern look and feel and a consistent design language that would be used for all new services that get on-boarded.

There was a lot of work involved including market research, competitor analysis, low fidelity mockups and high fidelity prototypes through which we came up with the next generation enterprise UI based on the principles of simplicity, clean, free flowing, engaging and progressive disclosure.

This evolved into a company wide initiative and is being used by the entire company to design new services. See the latest styles and patterns on altaui.com

Evolution of Cloud UI

Service Consoles

I also designed and continued to evolve more than 10+ service management consoles including Database, Java, Compute and Big Data. 

During the design phase, I greatly reduced the complexity of creating, running and managing instances through efficient UI interactions, letting users create instances 3.7x times faster than competitors.

This was a competitive advantage and highlighted multiple times during keynotes and product launches. Below are some examples from the Compute Service following the redefined styles as seen in version 5.

Other notable works

  • Cloud Console on Mobile:  A mobile first approach to managing cloud services   
  • Trial Flow Redesign: Project to onboard users easily. New designs increased signups by 27%
  • User Assistance Features: Company wide initiative to help users getting started and obtain in-context help

Work samples are available on request.