Maren Vestby

A multi-brand publishing suite had four product teams maintaining four versions of the same interface. I led the audit, defined the token layer and shipped a library that expresses brand difference through theming rather than forked components.

Teams now brief new surfaces in system terms, and brand changes land as a token update instead of a redesign cycle.

A research tool with dense tables and a heavy keyboard workflow had grown unusable for assistive-technology users. I rebuilt the focus model, the table semantics and the notification pattern, then wrote the acceptance criteria that made those rules part of definition-of-done.

Accessibility moved from an end-of-cycle audit to a check every squad performs before review.

A maritime logistics platform needed an interface that stayed legible on bright decks and low-spec hardware. I set the contrast floor, the density scale and a restrained motion policy, and paired with engineering to keep the implementation within the platform's performance budget.

The language still governs the product's planning, tracking and reporting modules.