Summary
Alex Kotomanov is a design team lead with 15 years of product and UX experience and two decades working at the intersection of technology and human experience. For the last decade he’s shaped Opera’s mobile browser products and has led a design team there since 2021, combining hands-on craft with strategic design leadership. He specializes in complex domains like Fintech, Crypto, and AI, translating technical complexity into usable, elegant experiences through workshop facilitation and process design. Alex also consults independently from Stockholm, balancing large-scale product work with targeted UX engagements that turn “impossible” problems into practical solutions. His background in applied mathematics and early career as a UI developer give him a rare fluency across design, interaction engineering, and technical constraints.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master Computer Science Applied Math, Master Computer Science Applied Math at Dagestan State University
English, Russian, Swedish