Design System Specialist
Creating scalable design systems that empower teams
I help organizations build cohesive, accessible, and efficient design systems that scale across products and platforms.
Design Systems
Expert in creating comprehensive design systems from the ground up, including component libraries, design tokens, and documentation.
Accessibility
Committed to building inclusive experiences that meet WCAG standards and work for users of all abilities.
Efficiency
Focused on streamlining design-to-development workflows, reducing redundancy, and accelerating product delivery.
Featured Projects
A selection of design systems and UX projects that demonstrate my approach to creating scalable, user-centered solutions.
Cycloid
Design System & Product Design
Currently leading the evolution of a modern, AI-integrated product design workflow, focusing on the intersection of automated intelligence and scalable UI components.
Key Highlights
- Leveraged Claude.ai to transform a static UI pattern library into a dynamic, scalable design system optimized for the existing technical architecture.
- Implemented comprehensive UI documentation using Histoire, creating a "single source of truth" for the VueJS codebase.
- Standardized cross-functional communication flows to eliminate friction between design conceptualization and production delivery.
- Bridged the gap between design and engineering by verifying component behavior directly within the VueJS and CSS Variable environment.
Impact
40% faster development, 5+ teams using system
Atolls
Design System
Directed the design system strategy for a massive global portfolio, focusing on multi-brand scalability and high-level program management.
Key Highlights
- Engineered a durable design system capable of supporting over 60 global brands while maintaining visual consistency and core logic.
- Served as the primary Program Manager and liaison between Engineering, Product, and Design to ensure system adoption.
- Implemented CSS Variables and StyleDictionary workflows to manage design tokens across a vast brand ecosystem.
- Developed repeatable maintenance processes that accelerated product development cycles across the entire organization.
- Led community design reviews to foster transparency and mentored teams on the business value of systematic design.
Impact
40% faster development, 5+ teams using system
AVEVA
Design System & Product Design
Managed the end-to-end lifecycle of a massive enterprise design system, scaling a library of web components across hundreds of industrial software products.
Key Highlights
- Led the strategy and delivery for a library of 40+ web components utilized by 150+ products.
- Utilized the Scaled Agile Framework to track complex dependencies and manage the design backlog for a team of 15 designers.
- Built custom management mechanisms in Azure DevOps to provide leadership with visibility into design system health and program status.
- Facilitated technical cooperation between design and R&D to ensure components were built for high-performance industrial use cases.
Impact
40% faster development, 5+ teams using system
Learning Pool
Design System & Product Design
Focused on the technical systematization of products through white-labeling and front-end standardization.
Key Highlights
- Led the technical and design initiative to white-label products, allowing for rapid customization for various clients.
- Ensured brand consistency across a diverse product suite by implementing shared front-end standards.
- Delivered custom HTML/CSS/JS solutions, ensuring that design intent was accurately translated into production-ready code.
- Introduced virtualization and managed junior staff to modernize the development and testing workflow.
Impact
40% faster development, 5+ teams using system
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Web Designer/Developer
Developed the foundational technical skills in CMS architecture and interface engineering that inform modern design system thinking.
Key Highlights
- Managed the brand identity for high-level research centers across all digital and print mediums.
- Conducted live classroom user testing to refine educational modules, a precursor to modern UX research.
- Created searchable web applications and registration systems using PHP and MySQL.
- Built interactive learning modules using Java and Perl, focusing on accessible interface design for K-16 students.
Impact
40% faster development, 5+ teams using system
Skills & Expertise
Design Tools
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- Illustrator
- Affinity Designer
Frontend
- HTML/CSS
- JavaScript
- React
- Vue
- Git
Design Systems
- Tokens
- Components
- Documentation
- Governance
- Audit & Migration
Process
- User Research
- Prototyping
- Usability Testing
- Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)