Ewa Nowak

PORTFOLIO

Design Systems & Product Design Leader

My Work & Achievements

I’m a product design leader specializing in design systems and scalable user experiences across complex digital platforms. I partner with product and engineering teams to align organizations, build shared systems, and deliver consistent, high-quality experiences at scale. My work focuses on turning design strategy into practical systems that help teams move faster and build better products.

Trimble — Modus Design System

Led the evolution of the Modus Design System at Trimble, creating a scalable foundation for consistent user experiences across hundreds of products. Partnered with product and engineering teams to establish governance, reusable components, and workflows that enabled design and development teams to work more efficiently at scale. The system helped align product teams around a shared design language and improved usability across the platform ecosystem.

CASE STUDY

Transamerica — Enterprise UX

Designed digital experiences within a large financial services platform, helping simplify complex workflows for customers and internal users. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate business and regulatory requirements into intuitive user interfaces. Focused on improving usability, accessibility, and consistency across enterprise applications.

CASE STUDY

Nutrislice — Consumer Product Platform

Led product design initiatives for a consumer-facing platform used by schools and organizations to deliver menus, nutrition information, and ordering features to millions of users. Worked closely with product and engineering teams to improve the mobile and web experience, making information easier to find and interactions more intuitive. Contributed to design system components and patterns that supported product scalability.

CASE STUDY

Leadership & Impact

600+

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

Led product design and design systems initiatives that helped organizations scale consistent user experiences across complex digital platforms and distributed product teams.

130+

PRODUCT TEAMS

Partnered with product and engineering leadership to translate business strategy into scalable design solutions that improved usability, alignment, and product delivery.

4

DESIGN SYSTEMS BUILT

Built and evolved design systems, shared patterns, and governance models that enabled design and engineering teams to collaborate more effectively.

60+

DESIGNERS

Mentored designers and design system contributors while fostering a culture of thoughtful, system-driven product design.

Advocacy & Education

Speaker

Speaker on design systems and UX strategy at design conferences, workshops, and internal UX summits.

Mentor

Advocate for scalable design systems and thoughtful UX practices across product teams.

Instructor

Instructor and mentor supporting students and emerging designers through teaching and professional guidance.

Community Contributor

Contributor to conversations about product design leadership, systems thinking, and collaborative design culture.

Marita Franzke
Director of UX

“Ewa helped transform the Modus design system into a living, community-driven platform used across Trimble’s product ecosystem. Her leadership brought designers and engineers together around a shared design language."

Jeff Doolittle
Software Architect

“Ewa brings exceptional systems thinking to UX. She has a rare ability to align designers and engineers around scalable solutions.”

Kathy Davies
UX Manager

“Ewa turned a simple idea about product consistency into the Modus design system supporting hundreds of products. Her vision and persistence helped make it a core part of Trimble’s UX practice.”