Samson Larsson
Advisory Board Member at Larsson Foundation
Uppsala, Uppsala County, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSamson Larsson is a Senior Innovation Lead and product research/design specialist with a decade of experience blending social innovation, UX/service design, and product development. He has founded and led multiple ventures and initiatives—from founding Ayazona and the Larsson Foundation to shaping research-led product strategy at Viamo and Gretol Research—demonstrating an uncommon mix of hands-on engineering roots and human-centered design. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, Samson advises startups like Instagrocer while leading innovation at YLabs, frequently translating qualitative research into scalable digital services for impact-driven contexts. He pairs a BE in engineering with practical leadership across product, research, and UX, and is notable for moving fluidly between founding roles and senior advisory positions.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Technology at Centria University of Applied Sciences
Swahili, Swedish, Finnish, English
Github Skills (39)
javascript10
web-application10
ghost10
nodejs10
firepad10
editor9
electron9
microsoft9
cms9
audience9
visual-studio-code9
typescript9
pair-programming9
ember9
react9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
samsonlarsson/pair-programming
Nov 2016 - Feb 2017
Realtime Coding Collaboration for Programmers. It features instant messaging that takes advantage of Slack Api, so developers can integrate with their community channels.
Contributions:44 commits, 3 PRs, 51 pushes in 2 months
slack-apifirepadpair-programmingslack
Code4SierraLeone/KnowYourCity
Jan 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:154 commits, 123 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 4 months
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