Barracuda Design System
Barracuda Networks is a cybersecurity company founded in 2003. Over the years, many products were created and acquired without converging them or architecting them meaningfully within the portfolio. I was hired by Barracuda to help break down silos, facilitate collaboration, and design/research solutions that would meaningfully converge products together. Leveling up the design system was one of the main three projects I led to bring the products and teams together.
Problems
When I joined Barracuda Networks, the design system was very immature. The team had basically pulled in Material UI and made some slight color changes. There was no sense of brand or design language. We needed to take this system to the next level.