Spencer Walker is a senior design leader with a decade of experience building and scaling design systems and user-centered product teams across energy, finance, and e-commerce. Currently managing researchers, strategists, and designers at Xcel Energy, he aligns cross-functional stakeholders to deliver tools that enable field and office employees to provide clean, efficient services. Previously he led centralized design ops at Ameriprise, championing distribution of design systems to front-end engineers and product designers to speed development and improve satisfaction. Spencer blends hands-on design development experience from agency and B2B e-commerce roles with an operational mindset, making him effective at translating strategy into repeatable, production-ready UI patterns. He holds a BFA in Graphic Design and is based in Minneapolis, bringing a practical balance of craft, systems thinking, and stakeholder diplomacy.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Graphic Design, BFA, Graphic Design at Iowa State University
Web & Interactive Design, Web & Interactive Design at Johnson County Community College
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