Prelude
Autonomous red team and threat simulation platform, later backed by Sequoia
The Company
Prelude is a New York-based cybersecurity company building an autonomous red team and threat simulation platform, one of the first of its kind purpose-built for continuous adversary emulation. The platform allows organizations to run simulated attacks against their own infrastructure to identify vulnerabilities before real attackers do. Prelude later raised a $24M Series A led by Sequoia. As the sole designer, I was brought in to establish design from the ground up in a founder-led organization that had none, designing the interfaces for complex offensive security workflows and monitoring dashboards while introducing UX process and operations where none previously existed.
The Work
Engaged as sole designer to establish design foundation for an autonomous red team and threat simulation platform, working directly with the founding team and engineering in an organization with no prior design function.
Designed interfaces for complex offensive security workflows including infrastructure attack simulation and monitoring dashboards, translating deep technical red team operations into usable interfaces for security engineers. Introduced UX process and design operations from scratch.
Key Contributions
- Established design foundation from zero in a founder-led organization with no prior design function
- Designed interfaces for complex offensive security workflows and monitoring dashboards
- Brought domain fluency in security, bridging engineering mental models and buildable product UI