Project Description

I was the lead UX designer responsible for the zero-to-launch design of Parallels Browser Isolation (PBI). PBI allows end users to browse and use SaaS apps, and/or other cloud-based web applications without exposing the corporate network to risk. By running each session in a remote, contained environment, all active content is kept separated from local devices and infrastructure ("air gapped"). This isolation layer ensures that even if a website/app is compromised, threats stay confined and never reach the organization’s internal systems.

My responsibilities included shaping the end-to-end UX/UI, modernizing the design system (leveraging PrimeVue and PrimeOne Figma as a starting point), and ensuring secure, enterprise-grade workflows were simple, low-friction, and scalable across platforms for both IT admins and end-users.

Key Features

• Secure Remote Browser Isolation: With Parallels Browser Isolation, every browsing session runs remotely in the cloud and streams safely to the user’s device, nothing risky ever touches the local system. When the session ends, the virtual machine is deleted. It’s built for distributed teams who need full speed and access without giving up control or compliance.

• Zero-Trust Architecture: No one gets a free pass. Every user and device has to prove who they are, every time. It treats both insiders and outsiders as potential threats, keeping access tightly controlled and continuously verified. The idea is simple: lock down every door so that, even if someone gets in, they can’t move freely through the network.

• Frictionless Access: End users can jump in and start working from any browser, on any device: no installs, no extra steps, just instant, secure web access.

• Integrated Security & Policy Control: Risky content is kept at arm’s length while giving admins fine-grained control. Policies allow isolation from malicious sites with phishing/malware protection and clear visibility into end user actions. Policies are granular and easy to tune: allow lists/URL blocks, clipboard/printing/file-transfer controls, optional watermarking, plus geo, category, and time-based filtering.

• Design System (PrimeVue + Parallels): I helped design and build a new system rooted in PrimeVue and PrimeOne UI Kit for Figma. The resulting design system was a full evolution of the existing Parallels web design language. The goal was to keep what worked, modernize what didn’t, and create a scalable framework that could grow with the product line. It brought visual consistency, faster handoff, and a solid foundation for future UI innovation across platforms.

• AI-Assisted Prototyping in Figma Make: I built a post-MVP concept called BrowserFence using Figma Make to push beyond the limitations of the original product, and imagine the possibilities for secure access tools. I prompted Figma artboards into a fully interactive, AI-driven dashboard. I wanted to go beyond just a design exercise, and build a living prototype built for rapid iteration, fast feedback, and exploring how AI can streamline real product workflows.

Technologies Used

• Design & Prototyping: Figma + Make, Sketch, Adobe XD, Adobe CC

• Design System: PBI: PrimeVue + PrimeOne Figma, BrowserFence: Preline + Preline for Figma

• AI Enhanced Design & Prototyping: Figma + Make

• Development & Project Management: Storybook (for component alignment), Jira (for tracking user stories, tasks, and bugs), and Confluence (for documentation).

Project Highlights

• Rapid Iteration to MVP: The PBI team designed and shipped the Parallels Browser Isolation MVP on a very tight timeline. I led live working sessions in Sketch and Figma with PM, dev, and QA all in the loop. Every feature was designed, reviewed, and refined in real time, which kept momentum high and ensured we delivered a compliant, production-ready MVP on schedule.

• Simplicity Over Jargon: The design focus was to translate complex enterprise security principles into a low-friction, intuitive UI, ensuring the security product feels simple, not intimidating, to drive user adoption.

• Systems Thinking: Commitment to a modular, scalable design system from the start to ensure visual and functional consistency between the PBI MVP and future products, extending patterns where necessary.

• AI Design Velocity: The BrowserFence experiment proved that with the right structure and clean prompts, generative AI can supercharge the design process. Figma Make delivered an enterprise- level prototype at startup speed. In real terms, it hit a 3.2x boost in design iteration, showing how AI can amplify both speed and quality when used intentionally.

• Conclusion: What this project really showed me is that even the most complex enterprise tools can be built quickly when the right people, process, and systems are in sync. The PBI team proved that solid design thinking, tight collaboration, and a clear visual framework can move just as quickly as a startup, without cutting corners. That balance of speed, clarity, and trust is what I aim for in every product I design. I took these principles forward into the BrowserFence prototype, pushing the boundaries of what secure access tools can be when AI is part of the equation.

Detailed Case Study      BrowserFence Live Prototype