Summary
Ana Barbosa is a UX Design Director and Digital Experience Lead with 17 years of experience crafting user-centered products and leading multidisciplinary teams from Malmö. She has progressed through hands-on roles—from interaction design and user research to principal design management—at agencies and digital health and consulting firms, currently shaping strategy and delivery at Above.se. Ana blends a technical foundation in computer science with a Master's in Interaction Design, enabling her to bridge product, engineering and research effectively. Known for building teams that believe in their potential, she focuses on creating measurable value for users, businesses and society. A detail that often surprises collaborators: her early work included C++ development for an open-source KDE tool, reflecting a longstanding mix of design and code.
16 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Master's degree, Interaction Design, Master of Science, Master's degree, Interaction Design, Master of Science at Malmö University
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
English, Swedish, Portuguese