Product & design leadership
You need one person accountable for how the product looks, works and ships.
- Product vision & roadmap
- Design org, hiring & rituals
- Design ↔ engineering operating model
- A quality bar that someone owns
Twenty years experience across brand, product and code.
Fig. 1 — Twenty years as terrain · 67,200 points · height = scope of responsibility
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02 — The Matrix
Years ago almost every hour went into making things by hand. Today most of it goes into the people, the standards and the systems, so that many hands can make things better than one pair could. Not to mention AI and automation changing the landscape entirely.
Leading through teams · 2021–26Standards, systems and the people who ship them, from ABN AMRO to co-founding Leagle.id. Mostly teams & standards.
Each dot = 5% of a year · 20 dots per year
03 — Approach
From a problem to a deliverable.
You need one person accountable for how the product looks, works and ships.
The brand feels borrowed, dated or stops at the marketing site.
Users can’t find the value you know is there.
Design and code have quietly drifted apart.
04 — Why
Most companies don’t have a design problem or an engineering problem. They have a translation problem between what the brand promises, what the product does, and what the code actually ships.
For over two decades, I’ve worked on almost every side of that gap, drawing identities, designing flows, writing production code, and running the cloud it lives on, as a founder, designer, engineer, lead, and advisor.
— Isa
05 — Me
Born and based in Amsterdam. Studied arts, interaction design, industrial design, and physics; then spent twenty years across studios, scale-ups, and enterprises in the Netherlands, Belgium, Türkiye, and the States. Founder four times, independant designer of a typeface on Google Fonts, and today most interested in converging AI, Blockchain, and Security.
06 — Index
The data behind the claim.
| No. | Type | Client / Project | Role / Medium | Period | Side |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | Next | Yours, maybe | 2026 — nextYours — let’s talk it through | 2026 — next | |
| 01 | Work | Kode Mono v2Work | 2026 – nowTypeface DesignSecond version of the Kode Mono typeface | 2026 – now | |
| 02 | Experience | Brightcard iOS WalletExperience | 2026Branding, iOS Developer (Swift)Branding · iOS app development in Swift | 2026 | |
| 03 | Work | Redline WarsWork | 2026Visual IdentityGame logo · R app icon & favicon | 2026 | |
| 04 | Experience | Leagle.idExperience | 2025 – nowCo-founder, CPO | 2025 – now | |
| 05 | Experience | RNDX - eFlexIQExperience | 2025 – nowInfrastructure as Code, Branding, InnovationAutomated detection of waste and opportunity · Infrastructure as Code | 2025 – now | |
| 06 | Experience | HelixerExperience | 2024 – 25Design System, UI/UXDesign System implementation · UI/UX improvements for the Helixer OS | 2024 – 25 | |
| 07 | Work | Kode Mono TypefaceWork | 2023 – 24Typography Design & developmentMonospace Font published at Google Fonts · Open-source Variable Typeface | 2023 – 24 | |
| 08 | Experience | Kadena LLCExperience | 2022Product Design (UI/UX)In charge of the design of all products, apps, and technical documentation, including building the components that can be used in these. | 2022 | |
| 09 | Experience | ABN Amro N.V.Experience | 2022Engineer + Lead UI/UXDatamarket Place (Internal Data Governance App) development · Lead UI/UX Data Marketplace | 2022 | |
| 10 | Experience | Heineken GlobalExperience | 2020 – 22Mission Critical EngineerBuilding a new IoT platform that enables Heineken breweries to be future-proof. | 2020 – 22 | |
| 11 | Work | Grafana Pareto Chart PluginWork | 2020 – 22Grafana Panel Plugin2+ Million downloads (@ Mar 4, 2024) · Grafana Panel Plugin | 2020 – 22 | |
| 12 | Work | Grafana Shift Selector PluginWork | 2020 – 22Grafana Panel Plugin303,454 downloads (@ Mar 4, 2024) · Grafana Panel Plugin | 2020 – 22 | |
| 13 | Work | IUASR Re-BrandingWork | 2020Branding, Web DesignCorporate Identity · Guides · Assets · Web Design | 2020 | |
| 14 | Work | Vodafone Advice ToolWork | 2019Web Application Development + UXVue Web Application | 2019 | |
| 15 | Experience | Fioritmo B.V.Experience | 2018 – nowFounder, Fullstack, DevOps, UI/UX, Mobile App Dev | 2018 – now | |
| 16 | Experience | Monitor XExperience | 2018 – 22Fullstack developer / DevOps / UI/UX + Brand developerBrand Developer · Frontend Developer (web apps) | 2018 – 22 | |
| 17 | Experience | Vodafone ZiggoExperience | 2018 – 19Frontend DeveloperVodafone: B2B Account Management App · Ziggo: Maintenance and migration to Adobe Experience Manager | 2018 – 19 | |
| 18 | Experience | BOSCH TurkeyExperience | 2018Frontend DeveloperInternal HR Personal Improvement App Development | 2018 | |
| 19 | Experience | P&G TurkeyExperience | 2018Fullstack DeveloperTruck Tracker IoT Project (POC) | 2018 | |
| 20 | Experience | Uludag IcecekExperience | 2018Fullstack + UI/UX developerB2B Resellers admin portal (POC e2e) | 2018 | |
| 21 | Experience | IDO - Istanbul FerryExperience | 2018Fullstack + UI/UX developerWeb Developer / Designer + Brand developer | 2018 | |
| 22 | Experience | Ayaydin-Mirogly GroupExperience | 2018Mobile UI/UX DesignerMobile In-Store Customer Service Application Designs | 2018 | |
| 23 | Experience | KoctasExperience | 2018Technical LeadMobile SAP Hybris B2C e-Commerce iOS and Android development | 2018 | |
| 24 | Work | Hepido Loyalty Program BrandingWork | 2018BrandingLoyalty Program Branding · Campaign assets | 2018 | |
| 25 | Experience | LC Waikiki GlobalExperience | 2017 – 18Frontend DeveloperB2C SAP Hybris e-Commerce Storefront Development | 2017 – 18 | |
| 26 | Work | LC Waikiki eCommerce StorefrontWork | 2017 – 18Web Application + SAP IntegrationAngular App | 2017 – 18 | |
| 27 | Experience | STC (Saudi Telecom Company)Experience | 2017Mobile Development Team LeadMobile B2C Loyalty Application Project | 2017 | |
| 28 | Experience | Ziylan GroupExperience | 2017Frontend DeveloperFlo B2C SAP Hybris e-Commerce Web Development | 2017 | |
| 29 | Experience | Sooce GamesExperience | 2016 – 18Fullstack DeveloperDeveloped and maintained game and application APIs | 2016 – 18 | |
| 30 | Experience | ENGLISH HOMEExperience | 2016Mobile UI/UX DesignerB2C eCommerce Mobile App | 2016 | |
| 31 | Experience | Borusan HoldingExperience | 2015Project Lead UI/UX DeveloperB2C eCommerce Mobile App | 2015 | |
| 32 | Experience | FarabiusExperience | 2014 – 16Co-Founder, Fullstack + UI/UX | 2014 – 16 | |
| 33 | Experience | Aydinli Group A.SExperience | 2014 – 15Project Lead UI/UX DeveloperMobile UI/UX Designer · Fullstack Developer | 2014 – 15 | |
| 34 | Work | US Polo Assn. Mobile AppWork | 2014 – 15Mobile Application UI/UX, Development LeadNative Mobile App (Swift + Kotlin) · Sketch Designs · Axure Prototyping | 2014 – 15 | |
| 35 | Work | Dardanelles 100th Anniversary Campaign BrandingWork | 2014BrandingCorporate Identity | 2014 | |
| 36 | Work | eTA B2B Freight Management Mobile AppWork | 2014Mobile App Design, Development LeadNative Mobile App | 2014 | |
| 37 | Experience | Featherlight DesignExperience | 2006 – 14Founder, Fullstack + UI/UX | 2006 – 14 | |
↓Back in time202620062026this year | |||||
07 — Places
Where I lived, where I worked, and where I went.
Fig. 7 — The world in points · height = time and work spent there · hue = lived, worked, travelled
08 — Contact
For conversations about leading product and design — or about building the teams that do.