Summary
Adam Draper is a seasoned design and engineering leader with 14 years of experience building product teams and shipping user-centered interfaces across startups and enterprise software. Currently Sr. Director of Design at Weights & Biases, he blends hands-on front-end engineering chops with strategic design leadership to scale teams, systems, and acquisition integrations. He has a consistent track record of founding and growing design organizations, establishing design systems and frontend architectures, and turning research-led concepts into launched products. Notable wins include scaling Elastic Security’s design team, founding People.ai’s Product Design and UX Research practice, and leading cross-functional IA and product integrations after acquisitions. Based in Phoenix, he brings a rare mix of BFA-trained visual sensibility and AS computer systems pragmatism, often creating brand identities and developer-facing standards in the same role. He’s especially focused now on designing for AI-native experiences, marrying craft-level creativity with production-ready engineering practices.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Photography, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Photography at Arizona State University
Associate of Science - AS, Computer Information Systems, Associate of Science - AS, Computer Information Systems at Phoenix College
English