About · The long version

I bring people into alignment.
Not into agreement.

The products I have seen rarely failed because of technology. Usually users, business, and delivery were talking past each other. My job: turning that into a shared direction.

Pasquale in an open working environment
Hamburg · UX leadership in context

How I look at the work

“Without clarity, no decision makes it to the sprint.”

I like complex products because that is where good UX craft changes the most. Workflows become easier to understand, decisions more honest. And teams lose less time to misunderstandings.

How I work

Clear on substance.
Calm in process.

01

Deep dive before design.

Before screens exist, I go into the detail with specialist users and engineering: roles, exceptions, edge cases. Whatever doesn't come up there comes up later in the code.

02

Co-creation instead of sign-off rounds.

I facilitate workshops so that disagreement has room early. A journey that was built together does not need defending afterwards.

03

Research only becomes useful as a decision.

A research report alone changes nothing. I work toward a decision a team can implement on Monday (with states, rules, and open points).

04

A prototype beats a discussion round.

A clickable flow ends opinion loops faster than any slide. After that we iterate on real data, not on taste.

What matters to me

What I mean by the big words.

Clarity

Better one uncomfortable, clear question than five slides that hurt no one.

Trust

It only shows when things get tight and decisions have consequences.

Usability

I want to build products I would want to use myself. Sounds banal. Works as a filter.

The path here

Seven stations, one direction.

01

Atos Amplify · ASFINAG

UX leadership in critical infrastructure and live delivery. I have been on the ASFINAG program since 2025, through the internal move from Eviden.

02

Eviden · Siedle · ASFINAG

Co-built the Experience Design unit and helped fill eight roles. Led mood, design system, and configurator for Siedle; joined the ASFINAG program in 2025.

03

Atos · E.ON · neoHR

Enterprise UX, DesignOps, and enablement in complex organizations.

04

Elbkind Reply

From digital platforms to team and UX responsibility.

05

UDG · KWS

First documented UX/UI lead responsibility, for the client KWS.

06

thjnk

Digital creation between brand presence and product.

07

DDB · Volkswagen

Learned visual craft and systems thinking across many touchpoints.

Where I am most useful

When the product is complex and the voices are many.

Enterprise products, public sector, critical infrastructure, legacy with many stakeholders. So everywhere “let’s just do it” is not a strategy.

Experience
10+ years
Team building
8 UX hires
Documented impact
4 hrs → 7 min
See the full CV →

Generative AI

A tool, nothing more.

I use generative AI hands-on: structuring complex material, exploring alternatives, testing ideas earlier. I can back that up with my own prototypes and the “Generative AI for Everyone” certificate from DeepLearning.AI. I have not led a company-wide AI transformation yet.

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