Shihui Ruan.
Jun 2021 – Present Dallas, TX

Sr. UX Designer

Spectral MD, Inc. Full-time

  • Led end-to-end design of AI-driven applications for wound healing prediction, enhancing clinician trust in prediction results.
  • Defined and prioritized product features by translating user needs into business-aligned goals, directly shaping the product roadmap.
  • Presented design rationale to stakeholders, building alignment across product, engineering, marketing, and clinical teams.
  • Designed for accessibility, ensuring readability of result color maps for older adults and color-blind users (WCAG 2.1).
  • Led focus groups and usability testing that uncovered ER use cases; used quantitative and qualitative data to drive design decisions.
  • Created responsive UI for desktop and mobile; maintained Figma design libraries unifying design language across 4 product lines.
  • Performed regular design quality reviews and UI verification, collaborating with developers to preserve the intended user experience.
  • Engaged with the design community by attending conferences and local groups, staying current on emerging technologies and UX practices.
FigmaWCAG 2.1Usability Testing AI / MLHealthcareResponsive Design
May 2020 – Aug 2020 Remote

UX Design Intern

Smart Twigs Internship

  • Designed a mobile application on iOS enabling individuals to engage in social giving activities; completed the beta launch in the App Store.
  • Collaborated with the PM team and engineers daily on pixel-perfect design verification, screen by screen.
iOSMobile DesignFigmaDesign Handoff
Aug 2019 – May 2021 Atlanta, GA

M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate

GPA 3.75

HCIUser ResearchInteraction DesignPrototyping
Sep 2015 – Jun 2019 Shanghai, China

B.E. in Industrial Design

Donghua University Undergraduate

Outstanding Graduates

Industrial DesignSolidworksKeyshotConcept Design
2024
Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum
2022
Responsive Website Basics: Code with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
2021
Google Universal Analytics Essential Training

Design Tools

  • Figma / Sketch / XD
  • InVision / Protopie
  • Principle / Framer
  • Adobe PS / AI / ID
  • Adobe PR / AE

Methods

  • Human-Centered Design
  • User Interviews & Surveys
  • Usability Testing
  • Contextual Inquiry
  • Card Sorting
  • Affinity Mapping
  • Heuristic Evaluation
  • Storyboarding
  • Wireframing

Technical

  • WCAG 2.1 Accessibility
  • HTML / CSS / JS
  • Google Analytics
  • Agile / Jira / Confluence
  • Solidworks / Keyshot
  • Processing / Arduino