Hi, I'm Toms!
I'm a Product Designer with 13 years of experience across startups, product companies, and consultancies.
A background in IT systems and business analysis gives me an unusually practical read on technical constraints and business tradeoffs.
I like messy problems where the answer isn't obvious and there are more questions than answers. I'm naturally curious about how things work, so I dig in, ask questions, and bring the right people into the conversation.
Then I turn what we learn into something a team can build, ship, and improve.
Things I've built
AI
I launched TabbyTab, a tool that turns audio into music notation so I can learn to play my favorite songs on guitar.
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Designed and launched multiple products for startups and a government service.
Developer tools
Redesigned the end-to-end hosting journey, reducing time to first deployment by 62%.
Fintech
Designed an intra-bank payment system that reached 1 billion transactions in its first month and supported EU expansion.
E-commerce
Redesigned the store creation experience, increasing newly verified stores by 9%.
Customer support
Spent 10 months building an augmented support service that became a startup's main profit driver.
Words from colleagues
He brings a rare mix of strategic thinking, technical competency and leadership.
He quickly understood complex challenges, took the lead with good questions and proactivity, and turned ideas into practical solutions that we tested, iterated upon and finally brought to our users with positive business impact exceeding our initial projections.
Krists Tauriņš
Printify
His exceptional UX skills and ability to grasp the bigger picture consistently stood out.
His friendly and approachable personality made him a joy to work with, fostering an environment where feedback was freely exchanged, and collaboration was encouraged.
Toms’s commitment to excellence and his holistic approach to design make him an invaluable asset to any design team.
Lorant Toth
Kinsta
His contributions were essential in securing pilot projects for our startup.
Toms played an important role as lead UX/UI designer during the early-stage research, prototyping, and design of a pioneering multimodal transportation mobile app.
His dedication and expertise were crucial in shaping the success of our projects.
Boris Lunoff
Iomob
Listens to a lot of music
I care a little too much about sound and love collecting music for different moods.
I also love going to rock and experimental jazz concerts to watch musicians shred and wonder how their fingers work.
Naturally, I picked up playing guitar and started making my own sounds.
Walks a lot
I like long walks with good music and nowhere to be. I’ll happily walk across town for dinner or end up on top of a mountain just because I can.
It’s how I think and clear my head.
Keeps learning
I like learning how things work, whether I’m at my desk or nowhere near one.
I’ll happily disappear down a rabbit hole about almost any topic that catches my attention.