michael rickard

michael rickard

I have spent over 15 years designing web and mobile tools for high-pressure fields like cyber incident response and healthcare. My job is cutting through complexity: making mission-critical data easy to navigate when speed and accuracy count. Throughout my career, I have balanced managing design teams with shipping the work as a lead individual contributor.

I have spent over 15 years designing web and mobile tools for high-pressure fields like cyber incident response and healthcare. My job is cutting through complexity: making mission-critical data easy to navigate when speed and accuracy count. Throughout my career, I have balanced managing design teams with shipping the work as a lead 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.