Robert is a Dubai-based UX & product design leader with a strong bias towards people and business.

Specialized in UX research, product strategy, lean design delivery, and coaching design teams.

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Spent the past 17+ years helping great companies become even better.

Before going independent, I was heading the food experience design team at talabat, the leading food and grocery delivery app serving millions of customers across nine countries every single day.

Before talabat, I led the UX design team at Tigerspike, a global digital services company that specializes in strategy, experience design, and using technology to enhance people's lives.

To learn more about me and connect, visit my LinkedIn profile.

Worked closely with some of the world’s top teams and businesses

Training UX designers to be more strategic

Helping the design community in the UAE by running regular training workshops for designers and UX researchers who are looking to learn UX Strategy and running effective discovery projects.

Latest writings

Why Product Design can’t be outsourced?

It’s time to rethink the whole Design Agency business model and what it really resembles.

The Manifesto of User Research

The UX field has evolved over the years, but some fundamental lessons and principles have remained the same.

Being a UX designer in a product environment

Learnings from 3 years working on the UX design of the mobile app for the largest airlines in the world.

S P E A K I N G

I am happy to speak about UX & Product Design at conferences and meet-ups.

Topics such as the UX process, research, design maturity, and how design can help achieve business goals.

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