Summary
Alexander Kohlhofer is a Principal Product Designer with 17 years of experience shaping AI-powered, collaborative platforms and turning complex systems into intuitive experiences. He has led design and product at Observable, reimagining data visualization as a spatial, AI-assisted canvas, and drove Tray.ai’s transformation from iPaaS into an agentic automation platform that connects people, data, and AI. Comfortable at the intersection of design, product, and engineering, he builds design systems and cross-functional teams that scale clarity across product, brand, and go-to-market. A founder and early remote-work practitioner (Spreedly, Weewar), he brings entrepreneurial rigor and a history of shipping developer-focused and enterprise-grade products. Based in Cary, NC, he balances deep technical fluency with a knack for making sophisticated workflows feel effortless and collaborative.
17 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur, Abitur at Städt. St.-Anna-Gymnasium
Design and Visual Communications General, Design and Visual Communications General at Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences
English, German