Hire Tom
Useful when a team needs someone who can think like a designer, build like a prototyper, and create systems that make the path clearer.
Strong fit
- AI-native products and agentic workflows
- Creator tools and complex authoring systems
- 0 to 1 product exploration
- Design roles that benefit from technical prototyping
- Teams that need systems, not just screens
Less ideal
- Brand-only roles
- Visual production-only roles
- Low-autonomy execution work
- Maintenance work with little product ambiguity
Why
- Industrial design background
- Design manager experience
- Agency experience
- Philips physical and digital product work
- Meta Reality Labs creator tools and AI systems
- Production-fidelity prototypes and code contributions