michael rickard

michael rickard

I am a product designer with over 15 years of experience specialising in complex, highly technical domains like cybersecurity and enterprise healthcare. My focus is on untangling complicated, high-friction systems and turning them into intuitive web and mobile products. Throughout my career, I have balanced leading design teams with executing as a hands-on individual contributor.

I am a product designer with over 15 years of experience specialising in complex, highly technical domains like cybersecurity and enterprise healthcare. My focus is on untangling complicated, high-friction systems and turning them into intuitive web and mobile products. Throughout my career, I have balanced leading design teams with executing as a hands-on individual contributor.

Product Experience

Product Experience

Product Experience

Leading end-to-end design from user research through system architecture across complex, multi-platform products.

Design Systems

Design Systems

Design Systems

Building tokenised component libraries in Figma and connecting design variables directly to code pipelines to speed up development.

Interface Design

Interface Design

Interface Design

Crafting clear, high-density interfaces and interactive prototypes built for fast, accurate decision-making in high-stress settings.

Crafting clear, high-density interfaces and interactive prototypes built for fast, accurate decision-making in high-stress settings.

Design Leadership

Design Leadership

Design Leadership

Mentoring designers, managing design operations, and partnering closely with product and engineering teams to ship reliable software.

Mentoring designers, managing design operations, and partnering closely with product and engineering teams to ship reliable software.