Dustin Kirk

About Dustin Kirk

With 20 years of experience working on enterprise SaaS applications, I bring system level thinking to each project I work on. I\'ve specialized in defining and implementing enterprise scale UX systems in areas including building and retrofitting design systems, establishing highly scalable UI patterns, and engaging cross-functionally with stakeholders and product managers to ensure success.I have an innate desire to solve problems and enjoy taking on ever more difficult and complex challenges that blend people and technology. This has led me through life as I studied Computer Science and Psychology at Rensselaer and went on to get a M.S. in Human Computer Interaction. Other activities of note include completing the Entrepreneurship Development Program at MIT, presenting at the O\'reilly Strata Data Conference, and receiving a patent on event tracking via CSS.Key Strengths- A passion for design leadership and ensuring product design excellence- Expertise in enterprise UX design and platform level design systems- Expertise in UI patterns for working with highly scalable data sets- Experience as developer with deep knowledge of CSS, JS, HTML, etc- Champion of empathy across all aspects of business leadership- Advocate for detailed specifications, processes, and transparency- 8 years of experience in designing and developing mobile applications- Leader in generative UI and applications of GPT within user experiencesPatentsKirk, Dustin 2023Autonomous execution of unstructured compute processesU.S. Patent Pending, Filed Oct 2023Kirk, Dustin 2023Generated content source attributionU.S. Patent Pending, Filed Sep 2023Kirk, Dustin 2023Multi-layered customization frameworkU.S. Patent Pending, Filed Sep 2023Kirk, Dustin; Lin, Ike 2019Configuration of content site user interaction monitoring in data networksU.S. Patent 10,268,657, Filed June 5, 2018, and issued April 23, 2019

Experience

1. Principal Product Designer

   New Relic

   Oct 2023 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

Education

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  MS, Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

  2005 — 2008

• MIT Sloan School of Management

  Certificate, Entrepreneurship Development Program

  2008 — 2008

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  BS, Computer Science & Psychology

  2000 — 2003

Skills

• User Experience
• UX Design
• Interaction Design
• User Interface Design
• Usability
• Usability Testing
• User Interface
• Game Design
• Mobile Design
• Mobile Interface Design
• Web Application Design
• Web Design
• Service Design
• Scalable UI Design
• Contextual Design
• Information Architecture
• Graphic Design
• Big Data Design
• Big Data
• Data Visualization
• Wire Framing
• Rapid Prototyping
• Paper Prototyping
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Visualization
• Mobile Application Design
• Persona Development
• Storyboarding
• User Research
• Iphone Development
• Storytelling
• Entrepreneurship
• A/B Testing
• Contextual Inquiry
• Heuristic Evaluation
• Heuristic Analysis
• Problem Solving
• Gamification
• Objective-C
• Jquery