Thomas Fröhlich

Design Management in an organization of 60+ designers. Responsible for driving coherence into the experience layer of internal & external HERE products. Built up Design Performance team developing design process tools and frameworks to increase product quality and make design more proactive. Developed user centered product development system and drove adoption as a case study with a group of 150+ people in RnD. Managed strategic design projects for HERE. Managed team of up to 3.

Directed product strategy and product design of primary Location app suite: Maps, Drive, Transit, Nearby and Cityscene on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8. Focused on portfolio harmonisation, coherent user experience and development of unified systems architecture. Responsible for managing design reviews with Microsoft Windows Phone Design and Windows Design Stakeholders. Member of HERE Design Leaderhsip Team. Managed team of 14 (internal and external).

Digital Product Design of Nokia Maps/ HERE Maps on Windows Phone and MeeGo. Developed the primary Maps app involving a suite of mapping & navigation applications on Microsoft Windows Phone 7, 7.5 & 8. Responsible for the product scope, product planning and design specifcations & prototypes. Responsible for harmonising the design with Microsoft Windows Phone Design department in Redmond, Washington. Built up the design team and managed a team of 3.

Developed the Maps, Navigation & Places apps suite on Nokia's signature platform for touch, touch&click and 5-way navigation. As UX designer, responsible for the UX framework for the entire suite including Maps, Drive, Walk, Check-in, Weather, Guides, Places and location based 3rd party applications. As Product Owner, responsible for product scope and collaboration between Marketing, Business, Engineering, Design and Research.

Design consulting (intern, freelance & full-time) for Vodafone, Orange, O2, du, Microsoft Xbox, Audi, BMW, iconmobile technologies (imt). Designed mobile user interfaces, developed generic paradigms and guidelines of tailor-made systems, applications and WAP portals for touch and non-touch devices. Developed the data anayltics tool 'icmsp service platform' on Web and Mobile. Responsible for horizontalisation of signature experience of Vodafone Global 360 Maps app.

user interface, usability, video, print, illustration, coding