Hi, I'm Tom. I design products with a purpose, from scratch.
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I design products with a purpose, from scratch.
Since I started design, I've always been comfortable starting from scratch. After several years in graphic design from an early age, I started my product design career at Australia's fastest-growing fintech (Wisr), founded a health-tech Adherence SaaS used by clinics across Australia (Metaboly), led a pivot as a Senior designer at a social/listings platform (Baxta), and currently I'm the founding designer at Stashrun, where I led design for an international launch which planted 50 million trees in the Amazon with Global Citizen, Re:Wild, SoundFuture and Sabrina Elba.
I'm driven by impact and passionate about health-tech. Even before Metaboly, at university I led a team of medical science to conceptualise a bacterial infection detection kit (Strawberry) and we were able to present our work at a BioDesign conference at the MoMA in New York. After which I did an internship at Accenture in London with NHSx, researching remote monitoring and care solutions for people with dementia. It was this experience that opened my eyes to the scope of how far behind the health industry was in tech adoption.
I adore getting stuck in the details of a build, but my experience working early stage and as a founder has taught me just how important the big picture is too. Usability and solving real problems is vital, but if it doesn't map to a sustainable GTM, it may as well not exist.
Selected work
Design
- Zero-to-one product design
- Design systems
- Interaction design
- Motion + prototyping
- User research
Strategy
- Product strategy
- Founder instinct
- Roadmapping
- Go-to-market design
- Pivots
Kind words
by talented people.
"I’ve worked alongside Tom for years, and he’s a true master of his craft. He’s is a thought leader with an incredible eye for user experience and visual design, and he’s always on the cutting edge of whatever’s coming next. Anytime I want to get up to speed on a new tool or figure out where design is heading, he’s the first person I go to."
“Exceptional product taste and applies a founder mindset and ownership to every problem he tackles. He can sail smoothly in uncharted waters and never fails to see the big picture, keeping dozens of rapidly evolving flows in his head, while keeping focused on the core problem, the core JTBD.”
"Tom is like a designer, PM and founder combined. He can anticipate technical blockers. His flows are clear and he always makes sure we fully understand what we're building and why before we start."
