Lloyd Richards

Interactive Things – Professional Interaction Engineer

Built React and TypeScript data products with designers, researchers, and public-sector clients.

• Sole developer on the 1100+ page OECD Competitiveness Outlook Data Hub, recognized by the Swiss Viz Awards and German Design Award
• Adapted supplied key screens for mobile, keeping content readable within narrow screens and advocating for shorter mobile content
• Defined component behavior between breakpoints and checked interface decisions against WCAG requirements
• Built a themeable component library across three OECD applications, using design tokens and lint rules to keep overrides consistent

Vatorex AG. – Data Visualization Specialist

Owned design and development of digital products for an IoT beekeeping platform serving 500 users and 10,000 connected hives worldwide.

• Built a cross-platform mobile app from scratch in Flutter, replacing separate Swift and Kotlin codebases and reducing feature delivery time from months to weeks
• Migrated backend infrastructure from per-user AWS databases to a consolidated GCP architecture with Firebase/Firestore, improving monitoring and business intelligence
• Designed read-heavy data pipelines for daily sensor transmissions and built dashboards for both beekeepers and internal R&D teams
• Mentored a mobile developer on Flutter/Dart while iterating on UI and backend improvements
• Supported pivot from hobby to commercial beekeeping (20-50 clients, thousands of hives each), adapting the platform for trial cohort management

Vatorex AG. – Data Visualization Intern

First design-focused hire at the company. Consolidated inconsistent interfaces across web, Swift, and Kotlin apps into a unified design system and brand.

• Audited existing applications and created the company's first design system, unifying UI patterns across three platforms
• Coordinated with the development team to implement consistent components, replacing ad-hoc designs built by rotating interns

Interactive Things – Data Visualization Intern

Design and development internship focused on data visualization. Created static and interactive visualizations for both internal and client-facing projects.

• Prototyped data interactions and helped transform large datasets for client-facing dashboards
• Collaborated with both design and engineering teams for iterative releases

Lloyd Richards Design – Regenerative Garden Designer

Ran an independent design-build practice specializing in ecological and permaculture-based landscape design. Managed 26 projects end-to-end from client acquisition through to construction.

• Designed residential gardens, food forests, and community spaces using AutoCAD, producing multi-year phased plans with succession planting timelines
• Built and delivered projects personally, coordinating with carpenters and labourers for specialized work
• Created client-facing documentation in InDesign combining technical plans, hand-drawn renders, and data-driven timelines to communicate long-term ecological development
• Managed all business operations including sales, marketing, invoicing, and client relationships