👋🏻 Hello, I'm Tomas. I’m a product design leader with over 16 years of creating meaningful experiences that deliver real results. Beyond that I mentor designers, build and lead design teams.
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Curiosity and determination brought me to design in the mid 2000s, and it’s exactly what keeps me passionate about it almost 20 years later. Over the years I explored many areas of design including print, digital publishing, marketing, branding and finally digital product design, where I specialize today, completing my T-shaped skillset. I learned how to make evidence informed decisions, deliver entire product experiences as a solo designer, and carefully tweak the smallest feature details while leading design teams.
As a design leader I’ve navigated stubborn stakeholders during organizational transformations and coached open minds to gain new skills and realize their potential. As a former startup cofounder I experienced the thrill of building products from 0 to 1, but these days I find more joy in scaling design teams and the products they nurture from 1 to 100.
I’ve called many countries and cities home, with Gothenburg, Sweden being the latest. I strongly believe in design’s power to positively influence society. Beyond my daily work, I actively mentor designers online and in person to give back to the community that invested so much in me during my early days.
Nice things people had said about me
"Tomas has continually demonstrated his ability to grow and build highly capable design teams. He has a keen eye for design talent and excels at developing and maturing his teams into design organisations that can influence business direction."
Chris Parmenter, Director of UX
"Tomas is the best designer and leader I worked within my time in Kindred. He has an exceptional unique skill where he has great attention to the details, but also sees an overview and consider all other cases from the user's perspective."
Sihyung Seong, Senior Product Designer
"Tomas combines strategic thinking, empathy, and a genuine passion for developing his design teams. I am truly grateful to have worked with him, and can wholeheartedly recommend him as an exceptional manager and leader."
Karina Zabrodina, Senior Product Designer
"Tomas is always willing to roll up his sleeves to support the team hands-on when needed. His ability to approach challenges with a neutral perspective, actively listen, and contribute meaningfully makes him a valuable problem solver."
Devinda Karalliadde, Product Design Manager
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