Alli Hishikawa

Hi there, thanks for stopping by :)

I'm a product designer currently at Poe, where I design growth and core product experiences for AI-powered chat. I'm drawn to fast-moving, collaborative environments and love working at the intersection of product thinking, systems, and craft.

Previously, I worked at Five9, designing AI-driven customer support tools and modernizing complex enterprise workflows. Prior to that, I was the only designer at Echo AI, shaping zero-to-one product direction and helping define how design contributed to decision-making across the company.

I studied Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington and recently moved from San Francisco to New York after spending most of my life on the West Coast. Outside of work, I'm usually oil painting, taking pottery classes, skiing with friends, or gathering people around a hot pot dinner.

A little more on design . . .

During college, I had the privilege of co-authoring several research papers alongside some incredibly talented folks in HCI. Conducting research in this space forced me to think critically about the relationship between people and technology, making me realize how little is understood about the way technology affects humans. My experience researching has made me more sensitive to the ways in which technology might uphold or dismantle systems that marginalize certain communities and has furthered my desire to design for products that build towards a more equitable world.