Aloha! I’m Carlos López

Aloha! I’m Carlos López

Aloha! I’m Carlos López

How can I help you?

How can I help you?

How can I help you?

I'm Product Lead and Product Designer based in Málaga, Spain. I help startups and tech companies scale their visions through robust product direction and user-centric solutions. My focus is on reducing uncertainty and decision latency while eliminating operational bottlenecks, enabling engineering and design teams to deliver value with predictability and speed.


I drive a results-oriented approach: designing strategies that go beyond aesthetics to build scalable systems that accelerate time-to-insight and optimize data-driven decision-making. My methodology is built on three critical pillars:


  • Discovery: Constant validation and risk mitigation under high-uncertainty environments.

  • Scale: Building robust design systems and optimizing Product Ops to ensure sustainable growth.

  • Intelligence: An AI-First product strategy and automations designed to transform complex data into real competitive advantages.


Throughout my career, I have led the transition from abstract concepts to high-adoption products. I operate under a single premise: technology and data intelligence must be the primary drivers of profitability and scalability for any modern business.


When I am not detangling complex user flows or designing smart UI, I am playing the guitar, practicing any sport such as badminton or hiking or just creating 3D art or some music.

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If your bottleneck is in…

The typical symptom is…

…I can help you

Product Management

"We lack a clear strategy and our roadmap changes every week based on gut feelings."

Aligning stakeholders around data-driven financial prioritization frameworks that connect your roadmap directly to P&L and runway protection.

Product Discovery

"We are shipping features fast, but we aren't seeing real market adoption or traction."

Setting up continuous validation loops and risk-mitigation frameworks to kill bad ideas early under high-uncertainty environments.

Product Design

"Our UI feels inconsistent, complex, and our user onboarding drop-off is too high."

Redesigning critical user journeys using advanced UX frameworks, transforming complex data structures into intuitive, high-adoption interfaces.

Design Systems

"Every new feature requires building components from scratch, fragmenting our frontend."

Implementing an closed-loop workflow to dynamically generate Figma components and sync them automatically with production-ready dev libraries and AI.

Product Ops & Delivery

"Features take months to ship and the handoff between design and engineering is completely broken."

Optimizing Product Ops and team workflows, reducing decision latency and bridging the gap between Figma and the repository structure.

AI Strategy

"We want to leverage AI but don't know how to integrate it natively into our core product value."

Integrating AI-First product strategies and automation workflows that transform complex data into true operational, cross-functional and competitive advantages.

Ready to solve your product bottlenecks?

My Journey

EXPERIENCE

March 2023 - Present

Lead Product Designer

Proqio

  • Co-created product and business strategies while leading design and product teams to develop innovative features.

  • Defined and implemented the Product Operation Model (POM) to enhance team efficiency and predictability.

  • Spearheaded the creation of a comprehensive Design System to ensure scalability and consistency across products.

  • Impact: Increased product adoption by 60% in the first year and achieved an 80% improvement in user engagement metrics.

2022 - 2023

Senior Product Designer

Speckle

  • Created and implemented designs for a new web app by translating business requirements and user feedback for an open-source company.

  • Built scalable design systems, branding frameworks, user flows, and wireframes.

  • Impact: Boosted user onboarding completion rate by 80% and reduced design debt by 90%.

2021 - 2022

Senior Product Designer

Ravenpack

  • Redesigned internal design system methodologies and enhanced UX for complex AI/ML financial interfaces (Bigdata.com now).

  • Unified two different platforms under a single URL with updated UI and user flows.

  • Impact: Increased operational efficiency by 85% and enabled 60% faster task completion for users.

2015 - 2021

UX/UI Designer

Genially

  • Managed UX projects and design studies to improve global usability, interaction, and engagement.

  • Developed user templates, tutorials, and onboarding systems for educational and corporate environments.

  • Supported engagement initiatives by creating educational articles and providing direct user support.

  • Impact: Contributed to a 70% increase in active user retention.

TECHNICAL CORE

Product Vision & Sense

Strategy and roadmapping

Discovery & Product Management

OKRs & KPIs

AI process and automation

Analytics

Scrum

Design Systems

Figma

Framer

HTML & CSS

LANGUAGES

🇪🇸 Spanish (Native)

🇬🇧 English (Professional)

🇫🇷 French (Basic)

GITHUB CONTRIBUTIONS

@carluxdevs on GitHub
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ACADEMIC

2025

Product Leader

2021

UX-PM Level 1 by UXalliance

2018 - 2019

[A] qUALIFICATION

2015 - 2016

Master Marketing, Publicity and Design

TALENTIC GRANT

2013 - 2014

2012 - 2013

Master in Representation and Design in Engineering and Architecture

[Award to the best Master's Thesis promotion 2012/2013]

2012 - 2013

Arquitectura Técnica (Quantity Surveyor)

Power Skills

AI-Augmented Design & Systems

Evolution of Figma & Design Ops. Mastering the integration of Generative AI tools into the workflow—from prompt-driven asset generation to automated design system management—ensuring scalability and consistency.

AI-Augmented Design & Systems

Evolution of Figma & Design Ops. Mastering the integration of Generative AI tools into the workflow—from prompt-driven asset generation to automated design system management—ensuring scalability and consistency.

Adaptive Leadership & Mentoring

Combining Leadership & Team Growth. Guiding teams through the AI transition, fostering a culture of continuous learning and resilience in the face of technological shifts.

Strategic Product Vision

It’s no longer just about researching; it’s about connecting insights to business goals. In a world of rapid prototyping, a clear "Why" is the ultimate differentiator.

Ethical & Human-Centric Perspective

A new priority. Ensuring that AI-powered products are inclusive, ethical, and transparent, prioritizing privacy and the human experience over the algorithm.

Critical Curation & Quality Control

Shifting from manual execution to expert oversight and evaluate, filter, and refine AI-generated outputs based on UX Laws and brand standards, ensuring functional excellence over mere aesthetics.

Agile Delivery & AI Workflow

Optimizing Agile & Methodology. Redefining delivery timelines and internal processes (Sprints) to leverage AI's speed without compromising the depth of design thinking.

Creative Orchestration & Prompting

Evolution of Collaboration & Ideation. Mastering the language needed to direct both AI models and human talent, facilitating ideation sessions where AI acts as a "thought partner" for lateral thinking.

Persuasive Communication

Retaining Persuasion & Communication that "sell" complex solutions and gain stakeholder buy-in during periods of high uncertainty and digital transformation.

Evidence-Based Validation

Reinforcing User Testing. With the speed of AI-driven creation, the risk of "fast-tracked noise" is high. This skill focuses on relentlessly validating hypotheses with real users to eliminate technological bias.

Data-Informed Design

Complementing Research to interpret data and metrics processed by AI, converting vast volumes of information into actionable design decisions.

© 2025 Carlos López. All Rights reserved.

© 2025 Carlos López. All Rights reserved.

© 2025 Carlos López. All Rights reserved.