Keith Barney

Design systems leader building scalable foundations for product teams.

Design Systems
Component Libraries
Design Tokens
Documentation

01Design System

Enterprise Design System

Led the creation of a comprehensive design system serving 50+ product teams across web and mobile platforms. Established the foundational architecture including design tokens, component APIs, and documentation standards. Worked closely with engineering to ensure seamless integration with existing build systems and workflows. The system reduced design-to-development handoff time significantly while improving visual consistency across all products. Created governance processes and contribution guidelines that enabled distributed teams to extend the system independently.

Design SystemsComponent ArchitectureDesign TokensDocumentationGovernanceCross-platform

02Accessibility

Accessibility Framework

Developed accessibility standards and tooling integrated directly into the design system, achieving WCAG 2.1 AA compliance across all products. Built automated testing pipelines that caught accessibility regressions before deployment. Created component-level documentation detailing keyboard navigation patterns, screen reader behavior, and color contrast requirements. Partnered with product teams to remediate existing accessibility debt while establishing patterns that prevented future issues. Trained designers and engineers on inclusive design principles through workshops and embedded support.

AccessibilityWCAG ComplianceAutomated TestingDocumentationTrainingInclusive Design

03Infrastructure

Token Infrastructure

Created end-to-end Figma-to-code pipelines using design tokens as the source of truth, reducing handoff friction and ensuring design-development parity. Built tooling that automatically synchronized color, typography, and spacing values between design files and production codebases. Established naming conventions and token architecture that scaled across multiple platforms including web, iOS, and Android. The infrastructure enabled designers to push changes that propagated to production without engineering intervention, dramatically accelerating iteration cycles and reducing visual inconsistencies.

Design TokensFigma APIBuild ToolingMulti-platformAutomationStyle Dictionary

04Design Leadership

SpeakUp

Co-founded a workplace collaboration platform that helped companies surface hidden problems and ideas from across their organizations. Owned all design work from the ground up — branding, product UI, and marketing site — while leading a remote development team of six engineers through daily ceremonies and sprint management. Shipped a product that real companies adopted to crowdsource solutions, vote on priorities, and turn employee insight into concrete decisions. The platform reached break-even and remains live today. The experience shaped how I think about building products from zero, leading distributed teams, and designing systems where the most important information rises to the top.

Product DesignDesign LeadershipRemote Team ManagementBrandingWeb ApplicationsStartup

ExperianDesign Systems Lead — 5 years
SpeakUpCo-founder, Design Lead

I build design systems that scale. My focus is on the infrastructure layer—tokens, components, documentation—that enables teams to ship consistent, accessible products.