Some of the lovely words folks have had to say after I have worked for them.
"Kai has the honour of being my last consultant hire in my career. I needed a UX Consultant to help my product team develop its thoughts and understand some more on how to create a great user experience and style the user interfaces consistently and coherently according to their variant needs
I got lucky. Kai gave a masterclass in bringing the team up to the plate, forming the correct Q&A sessions; identifying persona's; developing clickable prototypes, style guides, colour palettes and generally mentoring the team.
Thoroughly professional and great fun to work with"
Marcus Catt - CPO - Infuse IT
“Kai worked with us as a freelance consultant and added huge value bringing significant technical skills and expertise. He was the perfect blend of ‘inside’ by slotting seamlessly into our in-house team and ‘outside’ bringing an outsider’s perspective and experience beyond our industry. He was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend him."
Rebecca Sinclair - Chief Brand Officer - Penguin Books
“Kai is an exceptional UX designer whom I had the pleasure of collaborating with during my time at YuMOVE. He played a pivotal role in shaping the user experience of the platform, contributing to the design of key features that are integral to YuMOVE's success today. Kai's creativity and innovation brought fresh ideas, enriching our product and enhancing its usability. I hope to work with Kai again in the future."
Mark Jackson - Product Owner - YuMOVE
“Kai is an energetic and empathetic designer, who has a strong skillset in all things UX/UI.
Kai has a good understanding of commercial challenges and is able to swiftly options for possible solutions.
His positive energy uplifts colleagues around him - I'd love to work with Kai again!"
Aatos Paloheiom - Senior Consultant
“I have worked with Kai a number of times now and I know if I need someone who will work to understand the customer and business needs swiftly, who will conduct thorough research, who will confidently walk around the office, introduce himself and find who he needs to speak to, who will work with boundless energy and have an excellent understanding of UX procedures, Kai will provide this.
In this role I needed Kai to manage the UX team as interim lead, to be more hands off than focused on production, to mentor members of the team, to evangelise UX/UI, work with the Product Leads, other department heads and stakeholders, interview candidates and ensure we were always up to date and moving forward.
I would recommend Kai anytime and I look forward to working with him again soon."
James Loar - Head of Consumer at Yell
“Kai is a well rounded User Experience professional and brings his "A" game to the project(s) he's working on. Kai is a pleasure to work with - he is personable and connects with teams quickly when working through business requirements. Kai is a self starter and an autonomous worker delivering a high standard of work as well as valued thought leadership. I look forward to working with Kai in the future."
Luke Christison - Global Chief Technology Officer - Mindshare
“Kai is a highly capable UX expert with boundless energy. The only problem you might have is producing enough of a pipeline of work to keep him busy as he will mow through tasks faster than you could ever imagine. He's incredibly easy to work with and pretty much if you just get out of his way and let him get on with it, he'll accomplish more in less time than you would think possible."
Joshua Dooms - Principal Software Architect - Mindshare
“Digital development can be a complex business. Making sure you have the right skill mix on the team is essential. Developing myriad of websites, from light front end to deep back-end integrated web applications, Kai is able to identify needs, zoom in and out of detail, importantly he does this in a way which keeps others fully involved.
I've no hesitation to recommend Kai. He uses a consultative approach, testing assumptions and considering longer term value, clearly communicating pros and cons of solutions. He has delivered a great number of successful developments, each with user experience and business value at their core."
Damien Anderson - Content Strategy & Search Expert - L'Oreal
“I worked with Kai on a number of projects spanning both B2C & B2B during 2021 & 2022. During our time together, Kai took on the bulk of design output due to a number of changes within the business covering web, mobile & native apps. His attention to detail and quality of work significantly drove our products on in the Marketplace bringing simplified fresh journies to our customers.
In addition to his normal tasks, Kai took on a lot of the research work needed at the time and lead a number of cross-functional sessions that again, drove our product forward.
I fully enjoyed my time with Kai and I look forward to the day that we work together again."
Kevin Duncan - Senior Product Leader - Yell
“I've had the pleasure of working with Kai on the Yell For Business app. He was always extremely helpful and collaborative. I've worked with many UX professionals, and it isn't often that you find someone who's as respectful, as open-minded and as transparent as Kai. He clearly knows his field, and yet doesn't let that stop him from listening, learning and sharing his own knowledge. His approach to working was really refreshing.
Not only is Kai a great professional, but he is really funny, which is an awesome bonus! I would highly recommend Kai and would happily work with him again in the future."
Eran Boudjnah - Android Consultant