Overview
My experience spans every size of company: I have built and run my own ventures, scaled a startup brand, and now lead platform strategy inside a global corporation of 150,000 people.
Across these chapters I have delivered in technology, energy, design, healthcare, hospitality, and transportation, on both B2B and B2C products.
Global Head of Digital Experience & Platform Strategy
Schneider Electric
Nov 2025 – Present
Making experience consistency a company capability, not a department
I lead two interconnected teams: the Quartz Design System team and the Shared Experience team, together governing the digital experience of 250+ products across B2B and B2C.
I own the platform strategy, the governance model, and the cross-entity partnerships (brand, IT, AI) that keep one company looking, behaving, and feeling like one company.
Current focus: positioning the platform for the AI era, including pilots integrating the design system into GenAI development tools.
UI Design Director
Schneider Electric
Sept 2022 – Nov 2025
Leading the way for the next generation of interfaces at global scale
I steered interface consistency and quality across the portfolio, coordinating the migration of products to Quartz and maturing the design system from a library into a governed platform. This work won Best Governance at the Design System Awards 2023 and built the 1K+ strong practitioner community that carries adoption today.
Digital Art Director
Schneider Electric
Feb 2021 – Sept 2022
Defining a new visual language for 250+ digital products
I established the visual language applied across all software and applications, the foundation Quartz was built on, and proved that a single design direction could hold across an industrial portfolio spanning building management to consumer home energy.
Co-founder | Director
Hatchwatches Ltd.
Jan 2018 – Feb 2021
Building a brand from zero through an omnichannel customer experience
I co-founded and ran a watch brand end-to-end: product, supply chain, e-commerce, community, and marketing. Zero-to-one taught me the discipline internal platforms usually lack: adoption is earned, unit economics are real, and the customer experience is the business.
Project Manager | Creative Director
Catherine Stolarski Design
Aug 2017 – Feb 2021
Running a studio that turned brand strategy into end-to-end experiences
As the owner of my design studio, I assembled tailored teams to help companies define what makes them unique and express it through cohesive customer experiences, from identity to digital product.
Creative & Design Strategist
Goldfinger Factory
Jul 2014 – Aug 2017
Scaling a social business through experience and brand
As Head of Brand, I rebuilt the e-commerce platform and communication system end to end, lifting online conversion by 250% and repositioning the brand across the customer and employee journey.
Owner | Art Director
Catherine Stolarski Design
Jul 2014 – Jul 2017
Product & Industrial Designer
various
Sep 2012 – Jun 2014
