I help early stage startups bring innovative ideas
to life through great design.

I help early stage startups bring innovative ideas
to life through great design.

I help early stage startups bring innovative ideas to life through great design.

I help early stage startups bring innovative ideas to life through great design.

I work with product teams to establish a clear vision by ensuring the roadmap aligns with the company mission and customer pain points.

Prior to working with startups, I spent 15 years helping brands such as Disney, Montblanc, and NFL.

I work with product teams to establish a clear vision by ensuring the roadmap aligns with the company mission and customer pain points.

Prior to working with startups, I spent 15 years helping brands such as Disney, Montblanc, and NFL.

I work with product teams to establish a clear vision by ensuring the roadmap aligns with the company mission and customer pain points.

Prior to working with startups, I spent 15 years helping brands such as Disney, Montblanc, and NFL.

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

CASE STUDIES

remx

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Montblanc

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I worked with the Montblanc mobile team to concept and design the built-in Summit 2 fitness and health app.

Disney Incredebooks

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Incredebooks is a STEAM-focused book publishing platform that promotes education through augmented reality.

remx

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Connect with your superfans on a deeper level. Offer exclusive digital collectable rewards that unlock limited-edition physical perks.

Montblanc

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I worked with the Montblanc mobile team to concept and design the built-in Summit 2 fitness and health app.

Disney Incredebooks

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Incredebooks is a STEAM-focused book publishing platform that promotes education through augmented reality.

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What my clients say

Mike is an absolute asset to any project. He is an extremely talented, accomplished and mature Design Director. We worked with him for a luxury smartwatch company. As a true listener and creative thinker he was able to transform the clients' needs, concepts and ideas into amazing, modern designs for a health app. He’s a very nice and easy person to work with. With Mike on the team, we knew the project was bound for success from the get-go.

Hans Koenig

Montblanc Partner

MY DESIGN APPROACH

Customer personas

Having a deep understanding of your target customer is critical. I work to establish an ideal customer profile.

Customer interviews

Speaking to target customers early on is the best way to learn and avoid making assumption-based decisions.

Stakeholder alignment

Ensuring your stakeholders are aligned is key to establishing a unified product approach.

Product roadmap

I work with key stakeholder to design a product roadmap that ensures product features align with company goals.

Lean product approach

I subscribe to a lean product methodology that promotes rapid prototyping and a fail fast mindset, while accelerating learnings.

Controlled experiments

Running controlled experiments with clear goals allows for quick learning and data collection.

Meet Mike

I am a product and design leader with a passion for technology and creativity. I specialize in design strategy, user experience design, visual design and creative direction.

I enjoy working with early stage startups and am motivated by solving complex problems in new an innovative ways. I believe in masking complexity behind simple, delightful user experience.

I am currently working as co-founder and chief creative officer at remx.

CONSULTING SERVICES

Design strategy

For early stage startups who are ready to plan out their target customer and product roadmap.

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UX design

For startups who have their strategy set and are ready to map out their customer experience.

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1:1 coaching

I offer 1:1 with coaching for founders and designers who want to win through great design.

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CONSULTING SERVICES

Customer personas

Having a deep understanding of your target customer is critical. I work to establish an ideal customer profile.

Customer interviews

Speaking to target customers early on is the best way to learn and avoid making assumption-based decisions.

Stakeholder alignment

Ensuring your stakeholders are aligned is key to establishing a unified product approach.

Product roadmap

I work with key stakeholder to design a product roadmap that ensures product features align with company goals.

Lean product approach

I subscribe to a lean product methodology that promotes rapid prototyping and a fail fast mindset, while accelerating learnings.

Controlled experiments

Running controlled experiments with clear goals allows for quick learning and data collection.

MY DESIGN APPROACH