John Holt's Portfolio

Model Agnostic AI-Native Design System Harness

Project: Raibach IDS (Enterprise Grade Agent Builder and Interactive Design System) Timeline: June 2026 – Present Role: Principal Designer – System Designer, UX strategy, React/Python frontend development, theme design Demo: Studio Demo Raibach-IDS (access pin is on resume) Project Summary This project is a continuation of an AI-lifecycle management system discovery phase contract with Southern…

System Architecture UX | UI Design

Enterprise AI-Lifecycle Management – Focus on Adoption and Collaboration

Client: Southern California Edison (SCE) Timeline: December 2025 – April 2026 (contract with Logic2020.com) Role: Lead Design Consultant – System Designer, UX strategy, React/Python frontend development, enterprise AI platform Team: Business Systems Analyst, Product Owner, Subject Matter Experts Project Summary At Southern California Edison, I led UX design for an enterprise AI prompt portal during a…

System Architecture UX | UI Design

Vessel Integrity Management System

Client: American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Oct. 2024 – July 2025 Role: Lead Product Designer - Systems Architecture, UX strategy – research, prototypingTeam: Offshore Designer, Unity Developers, Product Manager, Subject Matter Experts Tools: Figma, Unity integration, modular design libraries Project Summary At ABS, I transformed an Integrity Management System into a research-driven trustworthy system that cut task…

System Architecture UX | UI Design

SaaS Go-to-Market Transformation

Client: American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)Timeline: April 2025 Role: Product/UX Designer - strategy, design, validationTools: Figma, design system libraries, prototyping frameworks Project Summary The goal: design a paid SaaS version with targeted features to deliver measurable value, justify subscription pricing, and save operators up to 35% time depending on port conditions. Shipowners need to be ready…

System Architecture UI Patterns for AI UX | UI Design

Enterprise AI-driven Semantic Design System: Decision Tracing and Chat History

Client: Applied Systems Timeline: March 2026 – June 2026 Role: Sr. Designer / Agile Consulting – UX strategy, Design Systems using Figma/Figma Make, enterprise AI platform Team: Business Systems Analyst, Product Owner, AI Architects, Subject Matter Experts Tools: Figma, Marvin, VS Code, Copilot, ROVO (Confluence AI)I was brought in to architect a deterministic design system for…

System Architecture UX | UI Design

Waste and Recycling Management – Routing & Dispatch

Project Summary Client: Starlight Software SolutionsRole: Lead Product Designer – UX Strategy & Systems DesignTimeline: Jan. 2023 – Sept. 2023 Team: Product Manager, Engineering Lead, Dispatch Ops Starlight needed an omni-channel dispatch system for residential and commercial waste services that could scale without compromising reliability. The legacy system presented critical challenges: sluggish routing, limited visibility, and…

System Architecture UI Design

Command Center for the Autonomous Workforce: Center Technologies Startup SaaS B2B Agentic Design

Summary Client / Organization: Center Technologies Timeline: March 2024–Feb. 2025 Role: Senior Agentic Systems Designer Team: CTO, Customer Service Director, Frontend Engineers Tools: Figma, modular design system libraries, rapid prototyping frameworks. I manage the process end-to-end, shaping vision, making design decisions, and orchestrating validation (hands-on when needed, or through the team). Center.me aimed to…

System Architecture UX | UI Design

Driver App – Commercial and Residential Dispatch and Routing Software

Client: Starlight Software Solutions Date: March - Sept. 2023 Role: UX/UI Designer, Customize the experience and Hi-fi wires Project Summary: As the sole UX/UI designer, I was tasked with turning a cluttered interface into an operational command interface. The current system is designed to facilitate efficient dispatch and routing for drivers in a service-based industry.…

System Architecture UX | UI Design

Legacy Overhaul for Gordian’s RSMeans Data Online

Client: Gordian (RSMeans Data Online)Timeline: January–October 2020 Role: Lead UX Designer (strategy, research, interaction design, prototyping)Team: Product managers, subject matter experts, engineering teamTools: Figma, design system libraries, prototyping frameworks Project Summary Gordian’s RSMeans Data Online, a construction cost estimating platform, required a full overhaul of its legacy product catalog for more efficient searches and frequent context-switching…

My Work

Sr. Systems Designer and founder of Raibach Interactive Design, building semantic Interactive Design Systems (IDS) for enterprise AI agents. Currently shipping Raibach IDS (github.com/Raibach/), an A2UI (Agent-to-User Interface) platform that solves governance and liability challenges through deterministic Lit-based component catalogs, lifecycle management, governance and production design-to-code pipelines.

Delivering measurable gains in adoption/usability, compliance accuracy, development velocity, and operational efficiency.

The Agile creative cycle for complex systems usability.