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Allen Smith
Allen Smith
I lead the creation of user-centered products, blending design strategy, innovation, and AI to deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale.
I lead the creation of user-centered products, blending design strategy, innovation, and AI to deliver exceptional digital experiences at scale.
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Skills
Product Discovery
Uncover opportunities to create innovative, AI-powered products and experiences. With extensive experience across physical and digital products, I help you identify customer needs, validate ideas, and shape features that delight users. Leveraging the power of AI, I guide the discovery process to explore cutting-edge possibilities and ensure your product not only stands out but also drives meaningful results for your business.
Product Discovery
Uncover opportunities to create innovative, AI-powered products and experiences. With extensive experience across physical and digital products, I help you identify customer needs, validate ideas, and shape features that delight users. Leveraging the power of AI, I guide the discovery process to explore cutting-edge possibilities and ensure your product not only stands out but also drives meaningful results for your business.
Organizational Design for the AI Era
Having worked specifically with enterprise AI tooling and processes since 2023, I can work with you to onboard your organisation into the AI era. AI is a powerful new capability that, when unlocked, changes the way your teams build and interact. I have a world-class team of engineers and developers to help you implement and iterate custom tooling and automations as well.
Organizational Design for the AI Era
Having worked specifically with enterprise AI tooling and processes since 2023, I can work with you to onboard your organisation into the AI era. AI is a powerful new capability that, when unlocked, changes the way your teams build and interact. I have a world-class team of engineers and developers to help you implement and iterate custom tooling and automations as well.
AI-Driven Innovation
Transform your products and business with AI. As the founder of Semanttic, an AI platform integrating UX design with prototyping and code generation, I bring expertise in building scalable, AI-powered solutions. From defining your AI product roadmap to creating tools that enable teams, I’ll help turn concepts into impactful, cutting-edge products that keep you ahead of the curve.
AI-Driven Innovation
Transform your products and business with AI. As the founder of Semanttic, an AI platform integrating UX design with prototyping and code generation, I bring expertise in building scalable, AI-powered solutions. From defining your AI product roadmap to creating tools that enable teams, I’ll help turn concepts into impactful, cutting-edge products that keep you ahead of the curve.
Strategic Design
Drive impactful outcomes by aligning design with your business vision. I bring expertise in not only solving complex problems through design thinking but also integrating business model innovation, go-to-market strategy, and growth planning into the process. By leveraging user insights and market opportunities, I help craft strategies that not only guide design efforts but also deliver measurable business success. From defining product-market fit to scaling for growth, my approach ensures design is a key driver of innovation and organizational impact.
Strategic Design
Drive impactful outcomes by aligning design with your business vision. I bring expertise in not only solving complex problems through design thinking but also integrating business model innovation, go-to-market strategy, and growth planning into the process. By leveraging user insights and market opportunities, I help craft strategies that not only guide design efforts but also deliver measurable business success. From defining product-market fit to scaling for growth, my approach ensures design is a key driver of innovation and organizational impact.
Product & UX Design
Create exceptional products and user experiences that stand out. I specialize in designing intuitive, user-centric interfaces and workflows that drive engagement and align with your business goals. From wireframes and prototypes to fully realized design systems, I ensure every detail enhances usability and delivers value. Whether you’re launching a new product or refining an existing one, I bring a proven approach to crafting designs that resonate with users and elevate your brand.
Product & UX Design
Create exceptional products and user experiences that stand out. I specialize in designing intuitive, user-centric interfaces and workflows that drive engagement and align with your business goals. From wireframes and prototypes to fully realized design systems, I ensure every detail enhances usability and delivers value. Whether you’re launching a new product or refining an existing one, I bring a proven approach to crafting designs that resonate with users and elevate your brand.
Service Design
Design seamless, end-to-end experiences that connect every touchpoint in your customer journey. I specialize in mapping and optimizing services to align with user needs and business objectives, ensuring cohesive interactions across physical, digital, and operational systems. From blueprinting service ecosystems to prototyping key moments, I help organizations deliver value that goes beyond the product, creating experiences that build loyalty and drive growth.
Service Design
Design seamless, end-to-end experiences that connect every touchpoint in your customer journey. I specialize in mapping and optimizing services to align with user needs and business objectives, ensuring cohesive interactions across physical, digital, and operational systems. From blueprinting service ecosystems to prototyping key moments, I help organizations deliver value that goes beyond the product, creating experiences that build loyalty and drive growth.
Connected Product Design
Designing the future of connected experiences, I specialize in prototyping and crafting user-centered designs for IoT-enabled devices and smart systems. From robotic vacuum cleaners and networked home appliances to advanced connected platforms developed at Qualcomm, I bring expertise in blending hardware and software into cohesive, intuitive solutions. My work focuses on creating seamless interactions that enhance functionality, usability, and customer satisfaction, delivering innovative products that feel both cutting-edge and effortless to use.
Connected Product Design
Designing the future of connected experiences, I specialize in prototyping and crafting user-centered designs for IoT-enabled devices and smart systems. From robotic vacuum cleaners and networked home appliances to advanced connected platforms developed at Qualcomm, I bring expertise in blending hardware and software into cohesive, intuitive solutions. My work focuses on creating seamless interactions that enhance functionality, usability, and customer satisfaction, delivering innovative products that feel both cutting-edge and effortless to use.
Recommendations
Rafael Alonso
"I had the privilege of working alongside Allen, and I can say he is a transformative force in digital experiences. He possesses an extraordinary vision, always looking ahead to identify opportunities for innovation and growth.
What sets Allen apart is his courage to challenge the status quo, pushing the organization towards a more user-driven tomorrow. His provocative yet constructive approach consistently inspired fresh thinking and fostered meaningful change within Design and the company.
Beyond that, Allen is a true systems thinker connecting dots across complex landscapes. His insights and perspectives taught me so much about the digital side of the world and I hope we cross our paths in the future again."
VP Design, Electrolux
Giuseppe Perri
"Once in a while in your professional life you will come across someone who will challenge your way of seeing the business you are in and inspire change in how you operate. For me Allen is such a person. In a short period of time Allen inspired his team and the whole organisation to adopt to an innovation culture."
Head of Guide UX & User Interfaces, Volvo Cars
Rafael Alonso
"I had the privilege of working alongside Allen, and I can say he is a transformative force in digital experiences. He possesses an extraordinary vision, always looking ahead to identify opportunities for innovation and growth.
What sets Allen apart is his courage to challenge the status quo, pushing the organization towards a more user-driven tomorrow. His provocative yet constructive approach consistently inspired fresh thinking and fostered meaningful change within Design and the company.
Beyond that, Allen is a true systems thinker connecting dots across complex landscapes. His insights and perspectives taught me so much about the digital side of the world and I hope we cross our paths in the future again."
VP Design, Electrolux
Giuseppe Perri
"Once in a while in your professional life you will come across someone who will challenge your way of seeing the business you are in and inspire change in how you operate. For me Allen is such a person. In a short period of time Allen inspired his team and the whole organisation to adopt to an innovation culture."
Head of Guide UX & User Interfaces, Volvo Cars
Jeff Klimek
"Allen’s ability to define and refine processes has been transformative to our UX team. Under his guidance, we established clear workflows that brought efficiency and consistency to our design efforts. He introduced a "learn one, know all" mindset for interaction patterns, which successfully united regional teams across the globe. This approach fostered a shared understanding and alignment, ensuring that teams could work collaboratively and productively regardless of our location.
One of Allen’s most significant contributions was spearheading the development and implementation of our Shape Design System. He envisioned and realized a comprehensive system that encompassed mobile app, product UI, and web design components, patterns, sound signatures, icons, and more at a time where it wasn’t the standard. His commitment to quality ensured our design system became the cornerstone of our design work, providing consistency and scalability across our platforms.
Allen also embraced and championed new ways of working. He played a pivotal role in enabling global design teams to unify under the same UX software, streamlining collaboration and fostering innovation. His open-minded approach to change and his ability to lead teams through transitions made him a trusted leader and a catalyst for progress.
As a Design Lead, I benefited from Allen’s leadership. He provided clear direction and invaluable support, helping me grow professionally and contributed effectively to our overall team’s success. His ability to empower those around him is recognized and I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked under his guidance.
Allen’s impact goes beyond his technical and strategic expertise. His communication skills and commitment to systemizing make him an exceptional leader and an asset to any organization. I have no doubt Allen will continue to drive innovation and success amongst our UX community."
Director Design, Electrolux
Andriy Yasynetskyy
"I had the privilege of working under Allen's exceptional design leadership for three years as a Senior Interaction Designer at Electrolux.
During our close collaboration, I witnessed firsthand his admirable ability to lead with ambition, strong conviction, empathy, and deep understanding of such design disciplines as interaction design, digital experience for users/customers, service design, and DesignOps.
Allen managed a global cross-disciplinary digital experience team with strategic thinking and a genuine passion for identifying and achieving business goals by setting relevant OKRs. His successful stakeholder management and collaboration with peers from other functions led to scaling and ensuring impact of UX design across multiple brands within the global organization.
He consistently empowered, inspired, and challenged the team to co-create and implement the UX strategy, to establish and maintain Design System and UI design assets for more efficiency and effectiveness, and improve the best practices of UX, while maintaining a clear focus on delivering human-centered digital solutions with brand experience consistency.
His mentorship played a crucial role in shaping not only the success of our strategic work, qualitative and timely delivery in projects, but also the growth of our team members, including myself. Allen’s leadership and guidance left an undeniable mark on my professional journey. I’m grateful for the opportunity to have worked with and learned from him. Any organization would be fortunate to have him at the head of their digital innovation and experience efforts."
Design Director, Evinova
Jeff Klimek
"Allen’s ability to define and refine processes has been transformative to our UX team. Under his guidance, we established clear workflows that brought efficiency and consistency to our design efforts. He introduced a "learn one, know all" mindset for interaction patterns, which successfully united regional teams across the globe. This approach fostered a shared understanding and alignment, ensuring that teams could work collaboratively and productively regardless of our location.
One of Allen’s most significant contributions was spearheading the development and implementation of our Shape Design System. He envisioned and realized a comprehensive system that encompassed mobile app, product UI, and web design components, patterns, sound signatures, icons, and more at a time where it wasn’t the standard. His commitment to quality ensured our design system became the cornerstone of our design work, providing consistency and scalability across our platforms.
Allen also embraced and championed new ways of working. He played a pivotal role in enabling global design teams to unify under the same UX software, streamlining collaboration and fostering innovation. His open-minded approach to change and his ability to lead teams through transitions made him a trusted leader and a catalyst for progress.
As a Design Lead, I benefited from Allen’s leadership. He provided clear direction and invaluable support, helping me grow professionally and contributed effectively to our overall team’s success. His ability to empower those around him is recognized and I am grateful for the opportunity to have worked under his guidance.
Allen’s impact goes beyond his technical and strategic expertise. His communication skills and commitment to systemizing make him an exceptional leader and an asset to any organization. I have no doubt Allen will continue to drive innovation and success amongst our UX community."
Director Design, Electrolux
Andriy Yasynetskyy
"I had the privilege of working under Allen's exceptional design leadership for three years as a Senior Interaction Designer at Electrolux.
During our close collaboration, I witnessed firsthand his admirable ability to lead with ambition, strong conviction, empathy, and deep understanding of such design disciplines as interaction design, digital experience for users/customers, service design, and DesignOps.
Allen managed a global cross-disciplinary digital experience team with strategic thinking and a genuine passion for identifying and achieving business goals by setting relevant OKRs. His successful stakeholder management and collaboration with peers from other functions led to scaling and ensuring impact of UX design across multiple brands within the global organization.
He consistently empowered, inspired, and challenged the team to co-create and implement the UX strategy, to establish and maintain Design System and UI design assets for more efficiency and effectiveness, and improve the best practices of UX, while maintaining a clear focus on delivering human-centered digital solutions with brand experience consistency.
His mentorship played a crucial role in shaping not only the success of our strategic work, qualitative and timely delivery in projects, but also the growth of our team members, including myself. Allen’s leadership and guidance left an undeniable mark on my professional journey. I’m grateful for the opportunity to have worked with and learned from him. Any organization would be fortunate to have him at the head of their digital innovation and experience efforts."
Design Director, Evinova