Zewen Liang

Zewen Liang leads product design at Cresta, building unified experiences for human and AI agents. He previously led Google Search design, cofounded the Google-incubated Chatbase, and designed healthcare products at Philips and R&D systems at Siemens. His writing examines human supervision of AI agents and contextual navigation in enterprise software.

Career

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Based in: Palo Alto

Cresta

VP, Head of Product Design
Feb 2026 — Present
San Francisco, California, United States
Head of UX
Sep 2021 — Feb 2026
Palo Alto, California, United States

Independent angel investing

Sep 2020 — Dec 2024

Angel Investor & Advisor

Google

Product Design Lead, Google Search
Oct 2019 — Sep 2021
Product Design Lead
Dec 2014 — Feb 2017

Chatbase (Google Area 120)

Sep 2016 — Oct 2019

Co-founder / Head of UX

Philips

Apr 2013 — Dec 2014

Senior Interaction Designer

Siemens

Oct 2012 — Apr 2013

UX Designer

Zero Percent PBC

2012 — 2012

UX Designer (freelance)

Nokia

Jan 2011 — Jan 2011

Design Intern

Chinno Design Co.

2009 — 2010

Product Designer

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Master's studies in design

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Bachelor's studies in engineering

Products & media

cresta.com

Designing human supervision for AI agents

Coauthored with Krystal Truong, this design essay explains how Cresta’s team approaches signals, intervention, trust and orchestration in the Agent Operations Center, with credit to its design contributors.

cresta.com

Designing contextual navigation for enterprise software

Coauthored with Patrick Soutar, this design account explains Compass AI navigation, contextual support and transitions between enterprise workflows. The article credits the wider team.

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Zewen Liang

Cresta

VP, Head of Product Design

Head of UX

Independent angel investing

Google

Product Design Lead, Google Search

Product Design Lead

Chatbase (Google Area 120)

Philips

Siemens

Zero Percent PBC

Nokia

Chinno Design Co.

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Products & media

Designing human supervision for AI agents

Designing contextual navigation for enterprise software

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