Graham Harper
Principal Designer Chief Data Office
Dublin, Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolGraham Harper is a Principal Designer with 11+ years crafting user-centered digital products that improve health and human services delivery for governments and millions of citizens. He blends deep UX practice with front-end engineering, bridging design intent and high-quality implementation while driving adoption of design systems like IBM’s Carbon across long-lived enterprise platforms. At Merative and now UnitedHealth Group’s Chief Data Office he has led design system strategy, accessibility, and cultural change to accelerate delivery at scale for mission-critical social program software. He pairs hands-on research and service design—working directly with vulnerable citizens—with technical leadership, mentoring, and governance to embed better practices across teams. Notably, he led the creation and rollout of a government design system used globally and contributed open-source enhancements to Carbon, demonstrating both impact and a commitment to shared tooling. Based in Dublin, he focuses on pragmatic solutions that make complex data actionable and services more equitable.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Multimedia, BSc, Multimedia at Dublin City UniversityKilkenny College
English
Github Skills (93)
javascript10
carbon-design-system10
react10
gatsby9
datepicker9
typeface9
critical-css9
build-environment9
input-mask8
timepicker8
plex8
datetime8
wordpress-plugin8
timeago8
gatsbyjs8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
HarperFamily/harperfamily-site
Nov 2021 - Mar 2025
Contributions:8 PRs, 60 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
IgniteNetwork/praxismovement.com
Jan 2018 - Apr 2023
Contributions:10 PRs, 66 pushes, 6 branches in 5 years 4 months
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