Design System Leader & Staff Product Designer

_{I build design systems that make teams faster.}

Over 15 years, I’ve architected systems that scale across fintech and data platforms. I've earned executive buy-in, aligning design and engineering, and turning fragmented workflows into cohesive foundations. From building M1’s Liquid DS from scratch to scaling enterprise systems at Circana and BMW, my focus is systems that drive adoption, accelerate delivery, and improve product quality.

M1 - Liquid Design System

Built M1’s design system from the ground up to unify product, design, and engineering.

Established a token-driven, cross-platform foundation that reduced design-to-development friction and improved team efficiency by 30% across mobile and web.

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Unify+ Design System

Architected an enterprise-grade design system to standardize experiences across complex data platforms.

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ZS Design System

Scaled and evolved a design system supporting 200+ designers across a global organization.
Led component standardization, documentation, and adoption strategy to drive consistency, accelerate delivery, and reduce duplicated effort at scale.

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Pangea Design System

Established a scalable design foundation for a high-growth fintech platform serving mobile and web users. Supported product redesign initiatives that increased onboarding conversions by 17%.

BMW Design System

Advanced a global pattern library used by distributed teams to ensure consistency across BMW and MINI mobile experiences worldwide.

Ricky Sunay | Chicago IL | 312.613.7944 | RickySunay@gmail.com