Hello! This is Ben 🦮
I identify myself as a collaboration and experimentation enthusiast who helps companies make good designs that drive growth. I am currently leading design for integrations at Lokalise, and I founded Open Design Taiwan, Foodylife and MoodQuotes.
I came from a background in Computer Science and Data Science. In the last 5 years, I've dedicated my past experiences to startups and has helped five startups to launch different types of products from zero to one, FoodyLife (2018), Organ.AI (2020), AiBetic (2020), VdoTok (2021) and PipeRider (2022) .
Throughout my experience at startups, I have developed strong communication skills to lead people through discussions using workshop-style techniques to increase productivity. With my experience in Data Science, I have also helped companies to plan and implement user analytical tools to track user behaviors and improve UX design. Find out how I combine UX and Data Science here.
A few things that I am currently doing besides design:
My four pillars
Data-Driven
Coming from a background of computer science that specializes in Data Science, I believe that collecting data can give us a lot of information about users and help us to make the right assumptions to test the market.
Double MSc in UX
I was fortunate to be sponsored by the EU government to complete my studies at the University of Twente (NL) and KTH (SE). Throughout my masters, I also got the chance to learn skills of entrepreneurship so as to refine my studies and expand my repertoire.
Certified Workshop Facilitator
I was convinced by Jonathan Courtney from AJ&Smart to pursue a career as a workshop facilitator. I believe workshops are a great way for teams to align, be heard, and to make efficient decisions.
Love Community / People
I believe good designers should be community animals. I am lucky enough to lead a community that has allowed me to help serve talented and brilliant designers and Workshop Facilitators.