I’m Trace, a designer building design<>code workflows with AI and design systems

/PROJECTS

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AI workflows

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/SELECTED WORK

From 0 to 15 clients: Driving product discovery and UX in AI for regulatory work

  • REGULATORY
  • AI
  • MVP
ENTERPRISE CLIENTS
15
Secured within the first year, including major energy and utility companies
IN FUNDING
$2M
Raised on the back of the MVP, with a strategic round planned for 2025
TO MVP
0-1
Took an AI regulatory platform from concept to an enterprise-ready MVP
  • APR 2024 · SPRINT 1
SPRINT 1 · PROOF OF CONCEPT
Only the filings that match your project. Set the jurisdiction and project type, and you get the precedents your regulator has already seen, each one open beside its summary.

tl;dr

Regulatory professionals spend hundreds of hours manually reviewing legal and compliance-heavy documents. A laborious process that takes 3 years on average from start to finish.

Ultimarii set out to build an AI-powered research platform that could centralize dense document repositories and surface verifiable insights in a quarter of that time. I led product discovery and UX to define how people work with an LLM in a high-stakes regulatory setting where every insight has to be traceable.

  • Centralize large document repositories, making structured and unstructured data instantly searchable
  • Establish provenance and precedence in AI-generated insights
  • Use AI-driven summarization to extract key insights in minutes instead of hours while still keeping users in full edit control

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/FEEDBACK

Rodolfo: Working with Trace has been a delightful experience that made me grow as a leader.

01 / 06Helcim
Rodolfo Ferro CasagrandeHead of Design

If I had to point out at one of her strongest skills, that would definitely be the ability to look at a design piece, understand that something is off, and turn that vague feeling into an objective and actionable feedback.

This ability to effectively deliver feedback has brought a lot of value to the team output and increasing their work quality.

Trace was instrumental in our product design efforts to deliver a clean and scalable design system that made development smooth and efficient. She brought real polish to our product through her thoughtful approach to iconography and visual design.

Her ability to balance design thinking with practical execution made her contributions incredibly valuable from both a product and engineering perspective.

I loved how she brought fresh ideas to the table, explained everything clearly, and kept everyone on track toward our goals. The design system she built for us finally gave us the consistency we needed.

Trace works fast without sacrificing quality, quickly grasps complex information, and always delivers valuable insights. She’s approachable, genuinely cares about the work and was a true pleasure to collaborate with. I can’t recommend her enough!

When the client struggled with inconsistencies and scalability issues in their design system, Trace’s deep understanding of both design principles and technical constraints allowed her to implement a solution that not only addressed these challenges but also improved the overall user experience. The impact of her work cannot be overstated.

Her innovative approach to simplifying the design system was a game changer, leading to greater consistency, efficiency, and ease of use for the team.

I appreciate Trace's organized and analytical mind. She communicates clearly and helps add extra clarity to processes that might otherwise be muddy and unorganized.

She advocated for us, fostered collaboration, and invested in everyone’s growth. Her leadership created an environment where we could do our best work and support each other.

I learned so much from her about what it means to lead.

What’s up, what’s up.

Currently at Noterro, building a design-to-code workflow loop with a design system that’s readable by AI on Figma and from the codebase.

Before that, I led design operations at Helcim and designed products at Tiller.

I’ve been lucky to work product end to end. That means weaving comfortably between product discovery, product design, brand design, and design systems.

When off duty, I’m building internal tools and micro apps for fun.

If you’re looking to geek out about AI and design, I’d love to chat. Reach out and we can swap .md skills.