Robert Babiarz Robert Babiarz
2010
Since
3
Patents
50+
Shipped
[ About ], Robert Babiarz

I make complex
systems feel
effortless.

Senior Product Designer and Experience Design Leader. BFA with Honours, York University. Experience across enterprise SaaS / B2B, enterprise IoT, regulated iGaming, mobile, AR, and connected systems. Builder by instinct.

I design interfaces for systems where operator error carries real-world cost: networked cyber-physical IoT, IEC 62443-certified industrial platforms, enterprise B2B SaaS, and real-time regulated transaction systems. I ship novel interaction models fast, co-develop with operators in the field, and have earned design a founding voice inside engineering-first organizations. The primitives I work in, anomaly dashboards, confirmation-gated destructive actions, role-scoped access, provable audit trails, carry across any domain where decisions have consequences. I've worked in both fast-moving startup environments where decisions happen quickly and large corporate structures with formal process.

[ Experience ]
Spotstudios Inc. (UX consultancy)
2010, Present
Founder & Principal UX Consultant
Independent UX consultancy delivering product design, research, and design-system work for clients across enterprise SaaS, IoT, and regulated platforms, plus website design, graphic design, and marketing across education, finance, and photography. Operating continuously since 2010 alongside in-house roles.
Independent consultancy Since 2010 Product · Research · Systems
Cooper Lighting Solutions (a Signify company)
2020, 2026
Senior UX → Principal UX → Lead UX Designer
Sole senior UX practitioner for WaveLinx, an IEC 62443-certified cyber-physical sensing and control platform across enterprise, healthcare, and critical-infrastructure sites. Founded the CLS Design System and scaled it across six concurrent product lines. Drove end-to-end UX, from discovery through delivery, for flagship enterprise and mobile lighting products including Trellix, Light ARchitect, UL924, Partitioning, Touchscreen, DALI, and AI, shipping high-fidelity Figma prototypes on rapid cycles. Mentored junior designers, filed multiple Invention Disclosures for patentable UX (including industry-first AR and lighting-control approaches), and ran usability tests, VOC, and customer/agent (UAG) sessions to validate direction. Acted as the cross-functional bridge across engineering, product, architecture, firmware, and marketing, and introduced emerging tooling like LottieFiles animation and advanced prototyping into the team's Agile (Jira) workflow.
Light ARchitect · $6M+ 34% sales lift · 2025 CLS Design System
Parlay Games Inc.
2000, 2020
Senior Designer → Lead Designer → Lead & Design Manager
Led UI/UX design and creative direction for a global, regulated iGaming platform, the patent-holding world leader in online bingo, processing $2B/yr wagered with 2.8M concurrent players across 70+ B2B operator clients and 9 jurisdictions under KYC/AML and responsible-gaming mandates. Shipped 50+ games and products across four technology generations (Java, Flash, HTML5, mobile), led the legacy Flash-to-HTML5 modernization, and owned brand identity, style guides, and marketing creative for 70+ operator partners.
2.8M concurrent 9 jurisdictions 50+ products
TED Magazine "Best of the Best" 2024 · Exceeds-Expectations ratings 2023 & 2024 · Above & Beyond innovation award · Co-created 3+1 patents