Design Systems Engineer, Web Standards Pedant,
& Professional Cloud Shouter
Twenty years at the border of design and engineering. Still not picking a side.
Where I've worked
Full timeline- Now Royal London Principal Design Systems Engineer Token strategy, design-to-code pipeline, accessibility as a quality baseline.
- Previously AND Digital Tech Principal — Front-end Raising the bar for front-end craft and implementation-aware design thinking.
- Previously cinch Engineering Practice Lead Driving front-end standards and adoption across engineering.
- Previously Co-op Lead Front-End Design Engineer Lead engineer on the design system — shared components, contribution models.
Journal
All postsWhat Good Actually Looks Like
The conditions that allow accessibility to take root, what sustains it, and why even the organisations getting it right haven't solved it.
The Organisation That Never Prioritised It
Agencies that scope it out, enterprises that bury it in process, and the leadership layer above design and engineering that's been getting away with indifference for decades.
The Design Brief That Never Mentioned Disabled People
Accessibility failures start before a line of code is written. They start in briefs that don't ask the question, in crits that don't raise it, and in design leadership that has spent decades being rewarded for work that excludes people.