Herb Harden - Lead Enterprise Product Designer & AI Design Engineer
Strategic, hands-on AI Product Design Leader with 15+ years of enterprise experience driving 0-to-1 product strategy, modernizing complex legacy platforms, and building human-in-the-loop AI systems for B2B SaaS ecosystems.
Combines deep UI/UX architecture with advanced AI design engineering capabilities - leveraging Figma, Cursor, and Claude for rapid code-based prototyping, systemic token architectures, and production-grade specifications.
Featured Case Studies
Deep dives into AI systems architecture and enterprise product platforms.
Enterprise Product Design & AI Code-Based Prototyping
GE Vernova: Designing the Future of Autonomous Asset Management
An enterprise AI-augmented monitoring dashboard bridging raw industrial IoT sensor telemetry with autonomous reliability engineering for GE Vernova infrastructure.
Hexion Intelligence OS: Designing an Enterprise AI Real-Time Telemetry Dashboard w/ HITL Workflows for Industrial IoT
An enterprise AI operations platform designed for shift supervisors and mill operators in industrial lumber manufacturing, bridging raw IoT sensor data with autonomous industrial control.
Designing an End-to-End, Node-Based Agentic AI Canvas for Developers
Architected an end-to-end agentic workspace allowing developers to visually inspect GraphQL schemas, configure autonomous agent execution pipelines, and govern AI outputs through built-in Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) safeguards.
Audit Management: 0-to-1 Product Design & Code Prototyping
Designed end-to-end UI/UX workflows and leveraged AI rapid prototyping to launch an enterprise Audit Management module for JAGGAER Direct.
Direct Cost-Breakdown: Legacy UI/UX Design Modernization & Code-Based Prototyping
Modernized legacy procurement workflows with high-density UI/UX and code prototyping—locking scope early for engineering handoff.
Enterprise Design Systems, AI Conversational Agent Design & UI Behavioral Contracts
Dave Financial: Building a Design-to-Code MCP Pipeline
Architected a zero-touch pipeline linking Figma, zeroheight (via MCP), and local IDEs through AI behavioral contracts (design.md)—achieving 100% code parity.
Jaggaer Enterprise Design System: AI powered by Claude
4 core products & platform stacks, 1 unified design system—translating static foundations into machine-readable contexts for AI interfaces.
JAI: Jaggaer AI Enterprise Conversational Agent Platform
System specifications and non-deterministic state modeling across global enterprise squads.
Control hierarchy: User > System > AI
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Authoring UI Behavioral Contracts for Enterpise Platforms
Established structural state boundaries, fallback behaviors, and UI contracts to govern non-deterministic LLM outputs in complex applications.
Skills & Core Capabilities
- Agentic Experience (AX) Design
- Conversational AI Experience (CAIX)
- Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Workflows
- Non-Deterministic State Modeling
- Deterministic UI Behavioral Contracts
- Conversational Search & RAG UX
- XAI & Confidence Scoring Visuals
- High-Density SaaS & Enterprise UI
- Rapid Code Sandboxing (Claude / Cursor)
- Figma Systems & Token Architecture
- Generative Layout Systems
- User Flows, Wireframing & Journeys
- WCAG 2.1 AAA Web Accessibility
- Component API Alignment & Handoff
- 0-to-1 Product Ownership
- PM & Engineering Triad Alignment
- AI Governance & Control Hierarchies
- Enterprise System Modernization
- Qualitative Customer Discovery
- Pre-Sprint Technical Framing
- Design Token & System Governance
Technical Stack & Tooling
- LangChain / LangFlow
- n8n Automation Workflows
- Cursor & Claude Code Environments
- v0.dev / Claude Artifacts
- OpenAI API / Anthropic SDKs
- Vector Databases & Embeddings (Pinecone / Chroma)
- Ollama / Local LLM Sandboxing
- Hugging Face Models & Datasets
- React / Next.js Frameworks
- TypeScript & JavaScript (ES6+)
- Tailwind CSS / CSS Modules
- shadcn/ui & Radix UI Primitives
- GraphQL Schema Inspection & WebGL
- Three.js & WebGL 3D Frameworks
- Framer Motion / Canvas APIs
- HTML5, CSS3 & Web Components
- Figma (Variables, Component APIs & Auto-Layout)
- Figma Code Connect & Dev Mode
- Zeroheight & Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Storybook Integration & Handoff
- Tokens Studio (Style Dictionary / W3C Specs)
- Miro / FigJam Workshops
- Rive / Lottie Micro-Interactions
- Jira Software & Agile Pod Alignment
- Confluence Documentation & Product Specs
- GitHub / Version Control Workflows
- Vercel & Netlify Deployment Pipelines
- Postman / Insomnia API Inspection
- Productboard / Linear Roadmap Management
- FullStory / Hotjar UX Analytics
- Axe DevTools / WAVE Accessibility Auditing