Leading Enterprise Design Organizations with Beverly May

Laurel Beyers
VMware Design
Published in
2 min readApr 4, 2023

Season 1, Episode 2 of the Enterprise Design Podcast, brought to you by VMware Design

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Beverly May (she/her), VP of UX, heads the centralized design organization at VMware. She is a recognized industry expert in product design, UX, innovation, and data-driven approaches. Her career has primarily been enterprise product oriented. Most recently, she was head of a global CX, UX, research, and innovation team at Allstate. Prior to that, she oversaw a global UX, product, and research team at GE Healthcare. She also founded and managed the notable UX Awards for 6 years and has been a huge advocate and voice for design through a multitude of channels. She recently joined VMware to lead the centralized design org as the team grows and evolves.

In Episode 2 of the Enterprise Design Podcast, we explore what leading an enterprise design organization is like. Getting Beverly’s perspective on:

  • What the day in the life of a VP of design is like, and her career path to becoming a VP of UX
  • If there are major differences between leading a design org when it comes to enterprise vs consumer-facing products
  • What practices has she institutionalized at design orgs that were most impactful

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Laurel Beyers
VMware Design

Sr Product Design Manager @ VMware | Co-host of the Enterprise Design Podcast brought to you by VMware Design