Cerner Design System

Cerner Design System

Cerner Design System

Design Systems

Omnichannel Experience

Enterprise

B2B Saas

B2C Saas

Operations

Design Architect

Highlights & Outcomes

Highlights & Outcomes

7 1

Unified 7 Legacy Systems across techstacks into 1 System-of-Systems

70+

Complete system of 70+ components delivered in just 4 months

Scalable Governance

Scalable Governance

Established scalable governance and contribution models, ensuring long‑term evolution and sustainability of the system.

From Cerner to Oracle

From Cerner to Oracle

Cerner’s unified design system was fully integrated into Oracle’s Redwood Design System, shaping Oracle’s enterprise-wide design strategy post-acquisition.

The Business Challenge

The Business Challenge

Project Overview

Architect a unified, enterprise‑grade design system to replace 7 distinct design systems spanning Win32, Win64, Java, HTML, iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile, driving consistency across 300+ product SKUs. The initiative aimed to streamline delivery, reduce design debt, and enable scalable, consumer‑grade experiences for Cerner’s global product ecosystem.

My Role

Served as one of three Creative Leads driving the design and architecture of Cerner’s enterprise‑wide design system. Partnered with cross‑functional stakeholders to align on framework principles, establish governance, and ensure adoption across global teams, reducing design debt, accelerating delivery, and elevating consistency and usability across Cerner's product portfolio.

Project Overview

Architect a unified, enterprise‑grade design system to replace 7 distinct design systems spanning Win32, Win64, Java, HTML, iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile, driving consistency across 300+ product SKUs. The initiative aimed to streamline delivery, reduce design debt, and enable scalable, consumer‑grade experiences for Cerner’s global product ecosystem.

My Role

Served as one of three Creative Leads driving the design and architecture of Cerner’s enterprise‑wide design system. Partnered with cross‑functional stakeholders to align on framework principles, establish governance, and ensure adoption across global teams, reducing design debt, accelerating delivery, and elevating consistency and usability across Cerner's product portfolio.

Project Overview

Architect a unified, enterprise‑grade design system to replace 7 distinct design systems spanning Win32, Win64, Java, HTML, iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile, driving consistency across 300+ product SKUs. The initiative aimed to streamline delivery, reduce design debt, and enable scalable, consumer‑grade experiences for Cerner’s global product ecosystem.

My Role

Served as one of three Creative Leads driving the design and architecture of Cerner’s enterprise‑wide design system. Partnered with cross‑functional stakeholders to align on framework principles, establish governance, and ensure adoption across global teams, reducing design debt, accelerating delivery, and elevating consistency and usability across Cerner's product portfolio.

From Vision to Reality

From Vision to Reality

Structure of the Cerner Ecosystem

Guiding Principles & Design Foundations

Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles are best practices of design that should be considered when evaluating designs for usability or when creating new concepts.

Examples:

Accessibility & Regulations

Internationalization

Readability

User Interface Interactions

Design Foundations

Design foundations are utilized globally to increase consistency and usability. Foundations are defined rules used for the design ecosystem.

Examples:

Color Palette

Date / Time Formats

Navigation

Typography

Elements & Modules

Elements & Modules

Plan tasks, set priorities, and track progress with ease to ensure projects stay on track and deadlines are met with minimal effort.

Standardized Views

Organize Events and Share Documents

Effortlessly manage events, share important documents, and collaborate with your team to ensure everything is in one place and easily accessible.

Guiding Principles & Design Foundations

Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles are best practices of design that should be considered when evaluating designs for usability or when creating new concepts.

Examples:

Accessibility & Regulations

Internationalization

Readability

User Interface Interactions

Design Foundations

Design foundations are utilized globally to increase consistency and usability. Foundations are defined rules used for the design ecosystem.

Examples:

Color Palette

Date / Time Formats

Navigation

Typography

Elements & Modules

Elements & Modules

Plan tasks, set priorities, and track progress with ease to ensure projects stay on track and deadlines are met with minimal effort.

Standardized Views

Guiding Principles & Design Foundations

Guiding Principles

Guiding Principles are best practices of design that should be considered when evaluating designs for usability or when creating new concepts.

Examples:

Accessibility & Regulations

Internationalization

Readability

User Interface Interactions

Design Foundations

Design foundations are utilized globally to increase consistency and usability. Foundations are defined rules used for the design ecosystem.

Examples:

Color Palette

Date / Time Formats

Navigation

Typography

Elements & Modules

Elements & Modules

Plan tasks, set priorities, and track progress with ease to ensure projects stay on track and deadlines are met with minimal effort.

Standardized Views

Organize Events and Share Documents

Effortlessly manage events, share important documents, and collaborate with your team to ensure everything is in one place and easily accessible.