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Chris Barnes

Creative leader with extensive experience in design, product management, and development. Skilled in aligning business solutions with goals, optimizing performance, and delivering innovative solutions. Expertise in cross-functional teams, Agile methodologies, and AI-powered design systems.

Career Experience

OpenGov, Remote
Product Designer
2024 – Present
  • Rebuilt enterprise design system with Material UI React and comprehensive design tokens
  • Created Patterns Figma - comprehensive pattern library achieving 100% UI coverage
  • Built Seamstress AI agent generating pixel-perfect prototypes from design patterns
  • Designed Agent Studio using AI workflows (80% of designs AI-generated)
  • Implemented code generation workflows using Figma MCP with significant performance gains
  • Established design-to-code automation eliminating translation gaps
Consultant, Atlanta, GA
Product Designer
2020 – 2024
  • Led AI-powered product design, collaborating with ML experts on business solutions
  • Designed self-serve AI platform for world's largest food re-distributor
  • Built multi-site publishing system for Southern Company Gas territory sites
CallRail, Atlanta, GA
Lead Designer
2018 – 2020
  • Led teams creating scalable design architecture supporting growth and innovation
  • Produced pattern library automating process and reducing deployment time
  • Integrated CMS enhancing content delivery workflows
Daniel, Atlanta, GA
Product Designer - Co-Founder
2010 – 2018
  • Managed teams delivering technology solutions for startups and agencies
  • Built native and web applications enhancing UX and operational efficiency

Areas of Expertise

  • User Experience Design
  • Full-stack Development
  • Product Management
  • AI-Powered Design Systems
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Agile/Scrum/SAFe
  • System Architecture
  • Design Tokens
  • SaaS Applications
  • CI/CD, AWS, Azure
  • Business Process Improvement
  • JIRA, Confluence

Software Skills

Figma Adobe Creative Suite Jira Slack MS Office/Teams Trello Digital Illustration SVG

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Communications
Georgia Southern University