
Mariam Taraif is a London-based design leader at Cisco, where she lead Design Foundations for Networking UX. Mariam's work focuses on AI transformation in design, shaping how teams adapt their practices, systems, and standards for the AI era. This spans AI enablement, design systems, content strategy, taxonomy, design technology, and cross-product experience quality across Cisco’s networking portfolio. She isespecially interested in how design teams can turn emerging technologies into practical workflows, reusable methods, and responsible standards for designing with and for AI.