Robin Cannon

Robin is a leader in innovation, looking to seek opportunities when great design, technology, and vision meet.

He is Executive Director, Head of Design Language and Toolkit at J.P. Morgan, leading their design system team, and addressing the challenge of facilitating design excellence at scale. He previously led IBM iX’s global design systems practice, and was the Program Director for the IBM Carbon Design System.

Fun Fact Robin was the Head Referee for Texas Roller Derby (TXRD) for three years, with the derby name “2 Legit 2 Brit”.

Full Bio Robin leads the design system team at J.P. Morgan, and works as part of Digital Experience Design to support initiative to implement great, commercially beneficial, design solutions across the company.

Before joining J.P. Morgan, Robin led the design systems offering for IBM iX’s global center of competence; building solutions for clients and partners to build and refine design systems at scale. Previously, he was the Program Director for the IBM Carbon Design System, driving IBM’s own design system transformation.

He has been a development leader across financial, entertainment, waste & recycling, and public sector recruitment industries. He pursues the opportunities available in bringing design, technology, and product vision together, and is enthusiastic about sharing design system expertise to help organizations build great, accessible, experiences.