Ewa Nowak

PORTFOLIO

Design Systems & Product Design Leader

My Work & Achievements

I’m a design systems and product design leader specializing in enterprise platforms, scalable UX, and the operational frameworks that help teams deliver high-quality products at scale. I partner with design, product, and engineering leaders to establish governance, align roadmaps, and build shared systems that improve consistency, visibility, and execution. My work connects design strategy to practical workflows, documentation, and release planning that help organizations move faster with less coordination overhead.

Trimble — Modus Design System

Led the evolution of the Modus Design System at Trimble, creating the foundation for consistent user experiences across hundreds of products. Partnered with design, product, and engineering leaders to define governance, roadmap priorities, shared components, and operational workflows that improved adoption and reduced coordination tax across the organization. Built the systems behind the system, including planning rhythms, documentation, and cross-functional processes that helped teams design and deliver more efficiently at enterprise scale.

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 for a consumer-facing platform used by schools and organizations to deliver menus, nutrition information, and ordering features to millions of users. Partnered with product and engineering teams to improve the mobile and web experience, making information easier to find and interactions more intuitive. Built Nutrislice’s design system, establishing reusable components, patterns, and standards that improved consistency and 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 design, product, and engineering leadership to align strategy, roadmaps, and delivery expectations across distributed teams, improving usability, coordination, and execution at scale.

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ENTERPRISE DESIGN SYSTEMS

Built and evolved design systems, shared patterns, governance models, and supporting workflows that enabled design and engineering teams to collaborate more effectively and scale delivery with greater consistency.

60+

DESIGNERS

Mentored designers and design system contributors, helped build teams through hiring and onboarding, and fostered 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.”