# Ann Beaver > Design systems leader Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/annbeaver 100% hands-on design leader with a commitment to excellence, passion for design systems, obsession over the user, and dedication to my team. ## Work Experience ### Senior Principal Interaction Designer @ Barracuda Jan 2024 – Present ### Principal Interaction Designer @ Barracuda Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 I am the design lead of the Barracuda Design System. My work includes creating and maintaining a source of truth for styles in Figma and coded components through JSON tokens, creating and maintaining the Figma library used by the design team, and working hands on with teams to help increase adoption of the design system. Additionally, I work on product convergence and shared services. My work here includes designing a navigation system that works for the entire Barracuda product portfolio and MSPs, bringing point products together into one pane of glass, creating an information architecture for functionality shared across products, and generating concepts that bring together security data from all products. ### Senior Product Designer @ NextRoll Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Individual contributor in the RollWorks division. Design owner on the dynamic account list builder and ICP Object. Winner of the 2021 NextRoll HackWeek Most Ready to Ship Award. ### UI Designer @ Google via Adecco Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Google HQ Worked on the Search and Assistant team to create food ordering experiences for users looking for restaurants via Google Search touchpoints. Features I worked on: - Tags - Combo meals - Dish recommendations - Adding pictures to menus - Google Material 2 audit - Provider selection - Desktop layout improvement ### Product Design Lead @ UpGuard Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | Mountain View, CA UpGuard is a cyber security platform focusing on visibility of internal, external, and 3rd party risk. I came in as the first and only product designer and grew the team to five while being 100% hands on. Additionally I: Created and executed a UX vision and strategy Pioneered a user research and testing program in order to understand and anticipate user needs Created a design system of intuitive interactions ensuring a consistent experience across the suite Created user flows, wireframes, prototypes, animations, and mockups for entire product suite Speced more complicated components and interactions that couldn’t be fully captured by a prototype Collaborated across timezones (with Australia mostly) Created and oversaw the evolution of the UpGuard visual identity Collaborated with all departments in order to optimize end-to-end customer experience Executed corrective redlining Cultivated a design culture including a six week Design Symposium course for marketers and sales people ### UI/UX Designer @ Malwarebytes Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Jose, CA Website re-design, creative project management, design of Malwarebytes Labs, Malwarebytes Toolset UI/UX design, and an account management portal. After we launched the new website, Malwarebytes had the highest earnings of all time two months in a row as a conversion rate increase of 202% The design also won the American Inhouse Design Award for Web Design. Read about how we did it here > http://www.annbeaver.com/malwarebytes ### UX/UI Designer @ Aarki Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, CA Design the interface for a multivariate creation tool for both designers and campaign managers. Improve usability of the product Crate a responsive design tool utilizing anchor-based layout. Create an RTB/CSP Media Buying interface ### UX/UI Designer @ Concordus Applications Inc Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Wire framing, mock-ups, making the applications enjoyable and easy to use. ### UX/UI Designer (Creative Lead) @ HealthType Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 Lead style direction for HealthType's Happy Avatar iPhone app. Designed UX and UI. Consulted on HealthType branding. ### Web Design Intern @ Sebastian Q Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Greater New York City Area Created ads, ad copy, and assisted with product photo shoots. ### Graphic and Web Designer @ Me Like Bars Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 The line of Me Like bars are delicious, healthy, and hand crafted. I had the privilege of designing the packaging and web site for their dispersal. ### Web Design Consultant @ Active Theory Inc Jan 2012 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Created Wire Frames and UI elements ### UI/UX Designer @ Shinobi Labs Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco, CA Led the art direction and design for Mobile Adventure Walks an awesome exergame for the iPhone! ### Product Design Lead @ Social App Lab at CITRIS Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 | Berkeley, CA PokerWalk: A free game for Android smartphones that encourages players to not only explore their city, but also engage in healthful and fun activity by playing poker. www.pokerwalk.org (Part of the 2011 GDC Serious Games Playfest and Games for Health Conference) Pathways: A game for iPad that is used to rehabilitate fine motor skills in patients with brain injury. Since it targets each side independently people without injury can gain increased ambidexterity. (Shown at the 2011 GDC Serious Games Playfest, Games for Health Conference, and the Swiss Museum of Games in Geneva, also currently in the beginning phases of a study at the Oakland Children's Hospital) CitySandbox: a web application used to promote civic engagement through curiosity and dialogue concerning problems and possible solutions. www.citysandbox.com ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts in Art Practice University of California, Berkeley Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 ### Semester at Sea Study Abroad Program University of Virginia Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annbeaver - Website: http://www.annbeaver.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/annbeaver JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/annbeaver/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07