Ahmad Younes

Product Chief Design Master Business Executive AI Strategist

I lead product organisations from vision to execution, unifying product strategy and design excellence under one executive mandate that connects every decision to a business outcome.

The Executive

Four disciplines.
One leader.

Most leaders arrive from a single domain. I bring a convergence of product thinking, design craft, engineering depth, and doctoral-level business strategy earned across 15+ years and three continents.

01 / Product

Product Leadership

Led product strategy and cross-functional teams across platforms serving millions. Owned roadmaps, OKRs, and the full product lifecycle across B2B SaaS, Web3, and AI. I don't just ship features. I build and lead the teams that define what the product needs to become.

02 / Design

Design Direction

Led and scaled design teams across platforms serving millions, building design systems from scratch and directing visual identity, UX strategy, and interaction standards end to end. I hire for excellence, grow the discipline, and define what great looks like at every level of the org.

03 / Engineering

Technical Foundation

Started my early career as a full-stack developer. Hands-on experience across front-end, back-end, and AI-integrated systems. I have led and collaborated with engineering teams across multiple organizations and industries. MSc in Computer Science with HCI specialization.

04 / Business

Business Strategy

Shaped business strategy and led organizational growth at the C-level, delivering performance outcomes across multiple industries and global markets. With a Doctorate in Business Administration focused on entrepreneurship, I connect strategy to execution at every level.

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Selected Work

Case studies

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AI Automation Conversational UI

CRUX: An AI advisor that does not make the user do the work

CRUX · Austin, TX

Inside the product strategy, brand identity, and interface decisions that turned fragmented platform research into a guided conversational experience with fully auditable recommendations.

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02
AI Fintech AR Automation

The AI cash app that broke every competitor convention

Suppli · Austin, TX

The end-to-end product definition and prototype journey that removed batch processing and reversed the dominant screen layout used across the entire AR market.

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Web3 Account Abstraction Onboarding

Moving Web3 from developer-first to user-first with Account Abstraction

Web3 Wallet · Global Venture

A strategic initiative that identified the EOA onboarding sequence as the real barrier and rearchitected the entire activation path around account abstraction.

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Crypto Infrastructure UX Strategy

One screen that could have cost the entire active user base

Crypto Tracking Platform · Global Venture

How product intervention at sprint planning caught a forced re-registration requirement and reframed the entire auth upgrade inside the existing login flow.

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05
Web3 NFT Gamification

Designing a Web3 Launchpad Around the Participant, Not the Protocol

Web3 Launchpad · Global Venture

How task decomposition, brand system, and gamified incentives were applied from the ground up to transform a purely transactional process into a guided, user-centered experience.

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Career Timeline

15+ years
in the industry

A career built across design, product, and engineering, scaled to executive leadership on three continents.

Nov 2025 — Present
AI and Web3 Product and Design Consultant
Elivise · Remote
Providing strategic guidance on AI and Web3 product design, management, and development.
Jun 2025 — Nov 2025
VP of Products
Echo Base Global · Paxful · TabTrader · OmniWallet
Directed 37+ members across 3 teams and 3 products. Led product and design strategy across web and mobile. Owned product roadmap and end-to-end lifecycle driving quarterly OKRs.
Jan 2021 — Jun 2025
Chief Product Officer
TokenBench (formally Polykick) · Remote
Bootstrapped the company to profitability through strategic planning. Refined onboarding and UX using funnel and usability analysis. Launched crowdfunding campaigns raising $1M+ in total funding.
Nov 2017 — Jun 2020
Interim VP of Product Management and Design
Sprout Solutions · Manila, Philippines
Directed creation of a comprehensive design system aligning standards and UX patterns across all products. Launched core features defining Sprout's market position. Helped in scaling the company to 200+ employees.
Nov 2017 — Mar 2019
Chief Product Officer
WINGS Stiftung · Russia · Ukraine · Remote
Scaled product and development teams from 7 to 32 members. Defined Web3 interaction patterns and standardized them in a design system. Supervised daily operations across 3 global offices.
Oct 2016 — Jul 2017
Head of Product Management and Design
EquityX · Acquired by OurCrowd · Israel & San Francisco
Led product and design for a talent marketplace where startups offer tokenized equity to service providers.
Oct 2014 — Sep 2016
VP of Products
Mapme · Tel Aviv, Israel
Led product at one of the most powerful no-code map creator tools, driving storytelling and data visualization strategy.
Apr 2014 — Nov 2014
Product Manager
Azorly · Remote — Israel
Shaped product strategy for a Feedback-as-a-Service platform helping businesses capture customer reviews and act on structured feedback at scale.
Jun 2012 — May 2014
Full Stack Developer
Gett · $175M Exit · Tel Aviv, Israel
Engineering foundation at the world's largest mobility provider by revenue outside the US. Roots that still inform how I collaborate with engineers and evaluate technical tradeoffs.
March 2010 — June 2012
Visual Designer and Full Stack Developer
Portcut · Jerusalem, Israel
Designed and built a social bookmarking web app for saving and curating favourite sites, an early precursor to what Pinterest would later popularise.
Domains of Practice

Skills and
domains

01Leadership

Executive Leadership
Product Strategy
Roadmap Planning
OKRs & KPI Management
Team Building
Coaching & Mentoring
P&L Management
Agile · Lean · Scrum

02Design

Design Operations
Design Systems
Design Strategy
Wireframing & Prototyping
UX & UI Design
Branding & Creative Direction
Figma · Miro · Claude Design
Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator

03Business & Tech

Entrepreneurship
Business Strategy
Market Research
Financial & Capital Markets
B2B & B2C SaaS
Atlassian JIRA & Confluence
HTML · CSS · JS
SQL & Data Analysis

04AI & Web3

GenAI & LLM Integration
AI Product Strategy
Prompt Engineering
AI Workflow Automation
Blockchain & DLT
Smart Contracts
DApps · RWAs · NFTs
Tokenomics
Academic Background

Education and
Credentials

2018 — 2023
Doctorate in Business Administration
University of Portsmouth · UK
Post-MBA doctoral research on business leadership and entrepreneurship.
DBA
2014 — 2015
Master's in Computer Science
University of Hertfordshire · UK
Specialized in Software Development and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
MSc · Distinction
2006 — 2010
Bachelor's in Natural Sciences
Philadelphia University · Jordan
Focused on Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics.
BSc · Top of Class
Continuous Learning

Training and
Certifications

2012 · Tel Aviv, Israel
Agile Project Management with Scrum
PractiProject LTD
Practical training in Scrum methodology covering sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and cross-functional team coordination. Provided the agile foundation that continues to inform how I structure delivery, collaborate with engineering teams, and manage product roadmaps.
Agile · Scrum
2020 · USA — Online
Financial Markets
Yale University
Nobel laureate Robert Shiller's flagship course on the theory and practice of global financial and capital markets, covering risk management, behavioural finance, market efficiency, and the role financial institutions play in driving and stabilizing the broader global economy.
Yale · Verified Certificate
2021 · UAE — Online
CIFETM
Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance · Recognized by AAOIFI
Certified Islamic Finance Executive is an industry-standard designation covering Islamic banking, compliant financial structures, sukuk, and ethical investment principles across global markets. Recognized by AAOIFI, the international standard-setter for Islamic financial institutions worldwide.
CIFE™ · AAOIFI Recognized
Get in Touch

Let's build
something great.

If you're building something where AI, product, and design need to drive real business outcomes, let's talk.

Location
Global · Remote First
Availability
Employment · Contracting
Response Time
Within 24 hours
Domains
AI · FinTech · Web3 · BioTech · SaaS