Leadership is not about how many people you manage, it’s about how many people you inspire, help, and support.

A servant visionary player-coach leader with vast experience in mentoring, coaching, and developing talent.

Mentored designers from some of the largest companies

HCI & Accessibility Certified Human-Centered Designer, Leader, Speaker, Mentor, and Philanthropist.

Building innovative products and impactful teams for over 20 years, across a vast range of industries, B2B, B2C, Government, Cybersecurity, and AI.

As an award-winning designer turned design leader, I spent the first half of my career in agencies, working across 3 different continents and 5 countries, with some of the world’s largest companies, giving me a unique perspective and expertise on how to design for different cultures and language styles and experience working with Fortune 500 and startups alike.

In recent years I moved to the client side, built and managed highly successful teams, scaled start-ups, designed patents, and innovated in decision-making frameworks, and AI.

Some of the prominent companies I worked with

“Yan has a valuable perspective on the design industry and is excellent at assembling killer design teams. He's good at looking at a product, seeing what's missing, and encouraging/supporting a user-centered approach.”

Halie Ostberg

CanWe | UX Researcher

“I have had the pleasure of working with Yan for over 4 years. He has what any thriving business wants in a user experience and design expert. He will challenge assumptions, put users at the center of your product, and deliver quality results on tight and often unreasonable timelines. Yan joined us when we were an extremely small security company (a space where UX is often ignored) and helped us make products that people enjoy using without having to be a technical expert.”

Bojan Simic

HYPR | Co-Founder & CEO

True empathy is not just a design practice, it is who I am as a human being, one does not need to be ultra-wealthy to help others.

Over the past several decades, I have founded and led a non-profit organization, a homeless warm-winter initiative, and currently running an education philanthropic project.