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Sheelds

Sheelds is a security platform for managing the security and operations of autonomous vehicle fleets. Instead of building yet another dashboard full of charts and data, we explored how a security system could behave if it focused on priorities, not data.

UX - UI - Product Strategy

2023-24

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I worked with Sheelds for two years, and the concept shown here is an internal UX proposal created during that time. It is a design exploration we developed to demonstrate how their security platform could evolve from a traditional SaaS environment into a task-driven workflow.


The goal was to rethink around what operators actually need to do, rather than the data that happens to be available. It represents a vision of what security platforms could become when they are designed around actions instead of analytics.

When Critical Work Is Scattered Everywhere

Fleet operators spend their day juggling three things:

  • Knowing where every vehicle is and what it’s doing

  • Triage and response to security or operational events

  • Managing ongoing maintenance projects (default credentials, software patches, configuration updates...)

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Most systems split these responsibilities across endless screens, tables and dashboards — forcing operators to hunt for information, decide what matters, and constantly switch mental contexts.

Our Approach:
From Data
To Priorities

We imagined something different. Instead of building pages, menus, and dashboards, we created one unified mission board.


A single screen that answers three core questions:

  • Where is everyone?

  • What requires attention right now?

  • What can wait until later?

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The interface becomes a living task board where the system surfaces what’s important.

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Critical Issues
Up Front,
Everything Else
in Context

There’s a small indicator that lights up only when there is a critical security issue that truly demands attention.
A second area tracks vehicle risk, faults and operational issues. An additional sections contain ongoing projects such as updates, patches and lower-priority tasks (the kind of work that matters, but does not require immediate action).

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Every Task Opens With Full Context

Every issue or task opens a contextual panel at the bottom of the screen, revealing exactly what the operator needs to know:
which vehicle or asset is involved, what happened, why it matters, and how it can be resolved.

The operator no longer needs to chase the data.
He simply moves from task to task and finishes his day knowing that the truly critical work was addressed.

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When we stop asking “what data should we show?”
 and instead ask “what tasks does the user need to complete?”
 the entire system changes.
The interface stops behaving like a BI dashboard - It becomes a working tool.

A place that tells you: "This is your status, these are your tasks, and here’s what you should focus on right now."​

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