Senior product designer · Forward deployed engineer
I turn complex workflows into usable AI applications.
Enterprise experience design, AI integration, and hands-on delivery—from understanding the problem to a working application.
Work
Most recently, I built the AI-personalized event site for Collaborate by Mastering SAP, and led the visual design and interface of Autonoma, an editorial site with AI features for SAPinsider. Before that, I designed for FM Global and Bank of America.
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Writing
How I think about design and building with AI.
Why designers make good forward deployed engineers
Why the instinct a designer runs on is the one forward deployed work needs.
September 2026AI-assisted development, with every change reviewed
How I actually work with Claude, Codex and Lovable, and where I stay in the loop.
September 2026What fiction can teach you about briefing AI
Asking AI for a feeling gets you a mood. Fiction shows how to describe the situation that creates it.
Testimonials
From the people I’ve worked with.
Vladimir, I wanted to take a moment to express how much I’ve appreciated working with you over the past two years. Your talent as a designer has truly made a significant impact on our projects, and your creativity and dedication have been inspiring. It’s been great to see how you bring that same creativity and enthusiasm to everything you do.
All the very best for your future endeavors! You will be greatly missed by the team. I have always appreciated your design vision and attention to aesthetics. Keep rocking!
Career
From creative direction to customer-facing AI delivery.
More than a decade in the seat where customers, design and engineering meet. Now a UX leader and forward deployed engineer who builds applications from idea to implementation.
Director of User Experience
2026- Collaborate by Mastering SAP (live): scoped, designed and built the event site, largely on my own.
- Autonoma: led visual design, interface and usability for the editorial site with AI features, and integrated those AI features into the interface.
- Technologies
- React
- Supabase
- Postgres
- Server-side AI functions
- Swoogo API
- AI-assisted development
- Collaborate by Mastering SAP Autonoma
Principal, Product Design & AI Development
2018 – Present- Product and brand work for clients: discovery, UX flows, SaaS concepts, front-end prototypes and landing pages. I now design and build with AI tools as well.
- Center City Dermatology
Senior Experience Designer
2022 – 2024- Led the FM.com redesign for the 2024 rebrand and its design system; usability research on the FM Resilience Index; mentored a junior designer.
- FM Digital
Senior Experience Designer
2021 – 2022- Discovery and user research for BankofAmerica.com initiatives; contributions to the enterprise design system.
UI/UX Designer, then Art Director
2020 – 2021- Landing pages and marketing kits for national brands including Everlane, Ritual, Keeps and Lennar.
Creative Director
2012 – 2018- Hired and led a six-person documentary team producing films for university programs.
Let’s talk about what you’re trying to build.
Full-time, contract or fractional. Remote across the US, with occasional travel for customer work.
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