Mark McLaughlin

Kirkland, WA

linkedin.com/in/markmclaughlin
github.com/clocky

UX leader with 28 years’ experience across an unconventional path: dotcom-era startups, hyper-growth at Skype, global scale at Microsoft and Google. Designer, manager, and director across consumer, gaming, developer tools, and cloud experiences.

Experience

Google
2026 – Present

Staff UX Designer, Developer Experience

Gemini CLI — Google's open-source AI command-line interface. End-to-end developer experience for AI-powered CLI tooling and agentic workflows.

2023 – 2025

Staff UX Design Manager, Foundation Services

App Lifecycle Manager for Google Cloud — API management, quotas, deployments and rollouts. Streamlining the developer experience for 1P and 3P service producers.

2022

Staff UX Design Manager, Cloud Management Console

Tooling for 1P teams to build, launch and deploy services on Google Cloud. Enforced legal and policy compliance before public launches.

Microsoft
2021 – 2022

Principal Design Director, Visual Studio

Lead for Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio 2022, Visual Studio for Mac, Azure Notebooks.

2020 – 2021

Principal Design Manager, Developer Division

Visual Studio and Azure developer experience across Windows, macOS and Electron.

2018 – 2020

Senior DesignOps Manager, Developer Division

UX engineering lead for tooling and design systems for 25+ designers across DevDiv.

2017 – 2018

Senior Design Manager, Azure DevOps

Leading team of 8 for Azure Boards, Repos, and Pipelines (CI/CD), supporting 100+ PMs.

2015 – 2017

Senior Design Manager, Platform Partnerships

Skype on Xbox One, Windows 10, and HoloLens; deployed by NASA on the ISS.

2013 – 2015

Senior Design Manager, Skype Web Experiences

Office 365, Outlook.com, Dynamics, OneDrive integrations.

Prior experience

2010 – 2013 Skype

Design Lead · iOS, Android, BlackBerry, S60, webOS, and Windows Phone

2007 – 2010 Skype

Senior Interaction Designer · Nokia, Verizon, Samsung, and LG integrations

2006 – 2007 Skype

Interaction Designer · S60, UIQ, Maemo, Java, and Windows Mobile apps

2005 – 2006 Ericsson

User Interface Designer · Symbian, J2ME carrier apps

2004 – 2005 Hutchison 3G

Web Developer · My 3 customer portal, in-store POS systems

1999 – 2001 ARTISTdirect

Webmaster · Korn, Backstreet Boys, Rage Against The Machine, and Kenny G

1999 ARTISTdirect

Freelance · Mercury Rev, Incubus, and Monty Python

1998 – 1999 Tamar

Web Designer · Sainsbury's, Endsleigh, Macfarlanes, and Olswang

Patents sole or co-inventor