Author Rebecca Hemstad & Mark Malek

Rebecca Hemstad is a principal visual designer at SAS Institute, with front-end development skills and many years of experience crafting user experiences and web interfaces. She thrives on solving enterprise-scale challenges through thoughtful design systems. Passionate about learning and embracing emerging technologies, including AI, Rebecca is committed to pushing the boundaries of what great design systems can achieve. With a dedication to semantic web design, accessibility, and culturally inclusive solutions, she aims to create innovative, future-ready designs. In her free time, she likes to feed squirrels because everyone needs a little whimsy in their life.

Mark Malek is a senior visual designer at SAS with 10 years of experience designing scalable, user-centered software that customers love. He is a visual leader, educating 100+ designers, stakeholders, executives, and customers on design systems and processes. Mark is the design lead for the creative direction of product design at SAS and strategically creates collaborative implementation plans for development and design system token maintenance.