Barry Maxwell

I'm a designer focused on crafting experiences for technical products

My work lives at the center of technology service workflows — products IT providers depend on daily. I founded and led design at SkyKick — a cloud platform acquired after reaching $50M ARR — shipping three products from zero to one. More about me →

Case Studies

Redesigning the migration platform from the ground up

Rebuilt a legacy platform into a modern workflow — dropping support tickets by 47% and growing migration projects by 53%.

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Rebuilding a security product through acquisition

9 months to rebuild on a new platform. Shipped on time, and its data seeded a new Microsoft Defender product.

SecurityStrategy

Building a startup MVP with AI-assisted design-to-code

Founding designer after hours — product vision, brand system, component library shipped to engage with customers.

0→1AI

Scaling design – one system, three products

From zero to a shared design language — adopted by 70+ engineers, with 80% reporting hands-on experience.

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