Design lead and snack connoisseur working in the curiously complex spaces of enterprise design.

Alisha Padolsky is passionate about creating environments where teams have the support and culture they need to be creative, take risks, and achieve measurable impact on users' experiences. As a Design Lead, she aims to inspire her team to make cool stuff that solves real business problems while helping them embrace ambiguity to become more innovative and independent designers.

Current

UX Design Lead for IBM Application Gateway, extending modern authentication capabilities to legacy applications without code changes.

Awards

iF Design 2022:

  • User Interface - Digital Media Interfaces

  • User Experience: Product UX category

IBM:

  • Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (OTAA) for Red Hat Marketplace, December 2021

  • World Wide Ecosystem Award for Red Hat Marketplace,
    December 2021

Red Hat Marketplace / IBM:

  • Indigo Design Award, April 2021

  • European Product Design Award, September 2021

  • Stratus Award for Cloud Computing (Cloud Disruptor Category), September 2021

  • w3 Award Silver in General Websites-Computer/IT category, October 2021

Patents

Computer transaction entity authentication
Filed: Sept 27, 2021 / Issued: Dec 24, 2024 / US20230100394A1