About

Hello, my name is Damon Carlstrom. I am a designer, developer, problem solver, innovation enthusiast, animator, manager, leader, and self-made superhero currently living in Denver, CO, USA. I have 9 years of UX and Product Design experience (7 years enterprise software). Two of those years include direct team management and career growth responsibilities as the department head.

Currently, I work at Panasonic USA as the Senior Manager of Product Design and User Experience for the Cirrus/V2X project, where I lead a small team of designers in creating a platform for the future of connected vehicle technology.

My role within the team is to lead a small team of designers, building product solutions that solve actual user and business pain points. We do this by working closely with Product Owners, Engineers, Researchers, and Data Scientists using data-driven rationale, user-centered design methodologies, and egoless collaboration. By leveraging Agile methodologies and techniques, we are able to design, build, measure, and iterate quickly and effectively.

I consider myself a life-long learner who enjoys the creative process as much as the final product. I prefer to work in an environment that encourages growth and fresh ideas. Always up for a challenge – I just like creating innovative solutions and having fun doing it.

Design Experience

I began my journey of user experience design 9 years ago at a small, creative advertising agency in Austin, Texas. While I have a deep skillset and aptitude in many aspects of design, I also have secret (not that secret) undertone of marketing and advertising knowledge. After a couple years of working in the agency world, I transitioned into the realm of enterprise software for Fortune 500 companies – where I’ve been the last 7 years.

The last 4 years at Panasonic have been a unique blend of the two, oftentimes, opposite environments. As a result of this, I’ve been able to learn and practice many different techniques in, what began as, a grassroots innovation world of shaping a market that didn’t exist yet. From pitching a product vision to a small, starting core to building the design foundation up and leading a highly-efficient product design team, the journey has been as rewarding as the work itself.

Some of my specializations would be design-thinking, DesignOps, Agile processes and techniques, digital art direction, usability and ADA compliance, content strategy, with some front-end development and motion graphics & animation peppered in.

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HEJ, my name is
Damon Carlstrom

I am a Senior Manager of Product Design and User Experience at Panasonic, currently living in Denver, CO, USA (remotely).

Over the last 9 years in User Experience (7 years enterprise software), I have always been passionate about solving complex problems with simple, elegant, user-centered solutions. The last 2 years include direct team management and career growth responsibilities as the department head.

Mostly I just like solving problems and making cool stuff.