# Joy Busse

> Joy Busse is the founder and former CEO and director of user experience at Busse Design, and senior director of UX at Cribl. Her career includes Autodesk and VMware, while her artistic practice as Joy Annett Busse includes abstract imagery and participation in Oakland’s Five Ton Crane arts collective.

- **Role:** Senior Director of UX at Cribl
- **Organizations:** Busse Design, Cribl, VMware, VMware Tanzu, Autodesk, BUSSE Design+Engineering GmbH, Excite, Five Ton Crane
- **Education:** ArtCenter College of Design, Executive Leader Leadership Certificate, eCornell
- **Known for:** Founded Busse Design in 1999., Led an agency whose published portfolio includes NETGEAR Arlo, Baynote, Monotype and the Council on Accreditation., Served as a Web Awards and Mobile Web Awards judge between 2005 and 2017, as listed on her professional profile.

## Career timeline

- **1996-1999** — Worked at Excite, progressing from lead designer to creative director for Excite International.
- **1999** — Founded Busse Design.
- **2002-2004** — Served as acting CEO at BUSSE Design+Engineering GmbH.
- **2009** — Busse Design became a fully distributed agency.
- **2018-2019** — Senior principal user experience designer at Autodesk.
- **2019-2024** — Held UX and product design management positions at VMware, later directing product design at VMware Tanzu.
- **2024-07** — Joined Cribl as senior director of UX.
- **2026-08** — Published a three-part series on UX in the age of AI-built products.

## Achievements

- Founded Busse Design in 1999.
- Led an agency whose published portfolio includes NETGEAR Arlo, Baynote, Monotype and the Council on Accreditation.
- Served as a Web Awards and Mobile Web Awards judge between 2005 and 2017, as listed on her professional profile.
- Exhibited in Women Who Work Together at Oakland’s Lost & Foundry Gallery in 2018.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published three articles on early UX involvement, AI-ready design systems and interactive personas, dated August 24-26.

## Links

- Website: https://www.joy-busse.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joybusse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joybusse/

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Last updated: 2026-10-22