Summary
Dan Hannigan is a Design System Manager and Product Owner in Denver with 11 years of front-end and design system experience, currently driving strategy for Cisco’s Muse system that powers most of Cisco.com. He transitioned from hands-on lead developer to product-focused leadership, crafting roadmaps, scaling component architecture, and aligning cross-functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade, reusable UI solutions. His background spans marketing-driven front-end work, UX engineering, and design, giving him a rare blend of visual design sensibility and rigorous engineering discipline. Comfortable with React, TypeScript, Styled Components and legacy frameworks alike, he’s known for translating complex business needs into scalable design system primitives that improve developer velocity and brand consistency.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
B.F.A Graphic Design, B.F.A Graphic Design at Colorado Mesa University