Summary
David Goligorsky is a Senior Staff Product Designer based in London with nine years of focused product design experience and a broader career rooted in engineering. He has led design at major tech and creative organizations including Shopify and Spotify, and founded a studio that worked with clients such as IKEA, IDEO, and Artsy to launch new ventures. Trained as an aerospace engineer and with an MS in Product Design from Stanford, he blends rigorous engineering discipline with human-centered design across digital, physical, and emerging technologies like AR/VR. At IDEO he scaled digital product teams and shipped experimental work spanning interactive environments and physical computing, while at startups he translated research and prototyping into market-ready products. He also mentors and teaches design and entrepreneurship at institutions like Harvard and NEW INC, demonstrating a commitment to developing creative talent and intrapreneurship. Known for a playful personal touch (ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ) and a track record of bridging strategy, code, and craft, he thrives on turning ambitious ideas into tangible, user-centered experiences.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MS Engineering, Product Design (Joint Program in Design), MS Engineering, Product Design (Joint Program in Design) at Stanford University
BS, Aerospace Engineering, BS, Aerospace Engineering at Boston University
Swedish, English, Russian