Michael Pico Jr.
STAFF PRODUCT DESIGNER • DESIGN SYSTEMS • FINTECH • iGAMING
I don't start with screens. I start with where people are getting stuck. When I walk into something broken, I go top down — find the friction, find where people are bogged down, then work toward a solution.
SELECTED WORK
Coin Cloud
Wallet
Abandonment wasn't random — it was concentrated. We found the address, fixed the trust, and measured every decision against real money moving.
Cocoon Cannabis
Platform
Nobody handed me a roadmap. Cocoon needed two products built in parallel — a consumer shopping experience and an operator command center.
Pediatric Care
Operations Hub
Four systems. One queue. Compliance designed in — not bolted on..
Design Systems
Avila Design System
A production-grade design-to-code pipeline. Token architecture, component library, dark mode theming, and documentation. Built solo to prove the thinking before selling it to a team.
Design Leadership
iGaming Platform Design
In a regulated, high-stakes environment where every design decision touches real money, the hardest problem wasn't designing a product. It was designing the system behind all of them.
