PRODUCT DESIGN / STRATEGY / AI CHICAGO, IL

Complex problems.
Remarkably simple
experiences.

I’m Rachael. I turn ambiguity into direction,
and complex systems into products that make sense.

Rachael Marr
9 plus years

Shaping enterprise experiences at Cisco

200 million

Active users impacted globally

121 thousand

Collaboration Control Hub admins impacted

MY EVERYDAY TOOLKIT
  • GitHub
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Figma
01 / SELECTED WORK

A few ways I make
the complicated click.

CISCO COLLABORATION 01

The agentic future
of Control Hub.

Defined an AI strategy and governance framework for how enterprise admins understand, approve, and manage agents in Control Hub and external AI platforms.

AI strategyEnterprise UXDesign leadership
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SYSTEM CONCEPT / AI ADMINISTRATION
Control HubAuthority & oversight
Permissions
Approvals
Audit
Recovery
PLAN ZINNIA / WEDDING PLANNING
Plan Zinnia couple dashboard with budget and messagesPlan Zinnia vendor dashboard with bookings and calendarPlan Zinnia marketplace homepage and vendor search
PLAN ZINNIA 02

Building Plan Zinnia.
From idea to launch.

Co-founded, designed, and helped build a wedding marketplace connecting discovery, messaging, booking, and payments.

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PLATFORM DESIGN / AGENTIC APPS
Webex Meeting agentic app configurationWebex Messaging agentic app configurationAgentic Apps management overview in Control Hub
CISCO / AGENTIC APPS / EXTENDED STRATEGY 03

AI platform &
configuration strategy.

Leading AI configuration across developer and admin experiences, from CX settings to MCP, A2A, bring-your-own-LLM, and reusable authentication.

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FIGMA PLUGIN / ANALYTICS
Metrics plugin analyzing a Figma frameGenerated analytics event plan with event properties and code snippetsMetrics plugin generating a goal, key result, and metrics to track
AI & ANALYTICS 04

Analyzing
Figma plugin.

Designed and built an AI-powered Figma plugin that turns design context into editable analytics event plans.

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DESIGN ENGINEERING / CONTROL HUB
Original Apps navigation with Agentic Apps at the endUpdated dark Control Hub interface with Agentic Apps immediately after General
CISCO / DESIGN ENGINEERING 05

Designing and shipping
UX improvements.

Two code contributions in Control Hub: clearer AI sources and an earlier position for Agentic Apps.

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DESIGN LEADERSHIP / PARTNER HUB
Partner Hub customer-management redesign
CISCO / PARTNER PLATFORM 06

Helping partners
manage their customers.

Oversaw Partner Hub from May 2020 to July 2023, leading a small design team across customer search, insights, and onboarding. Reduced average onboarding time from 40 minutes to 10 minutes.

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Selected areas of practice. Full case studies and verified outcomes are being developed.

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Sharing what
I’m learning.

I speak about design, AI, and how we measure whether a product helps people succeed.

From sharing the plugin I built with 100 people in person and 3,000+ online to presenting Measure What Matters at Cisco Live, I bring practical examples from my work into the conversation.

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03 / WHAT’S NEXT

Have a complex challenge in mind?

Let’s make
something matter.

Send me a message

MY ROLE

This is an introduction to the work. A full case study with project artifacts and verified results will be added here.