Summary
Steve Berry is a product-focused design leader and founder with 8+ years formal experience and a track record of helping emerging and high-growth companies scale product, teams, and processes without burning out the people who build them. As Principal at Thought Merchants and co-founder of Vellum, he blends hands-on design, making, and shipping with coaching and team advocacy to turn messy growth challenges into repeatable product practices. He’s consulted across consumer and developer-facing businesses—from Harry’s and Casper to Twilio and Chainlink Labs—bringing a pragmatic mix of artistry, strategy, and systems thinking. Known for privileging people over process, he builds intimacy and trust as deliberately as interfaces, and often acts as the “face that changes your company” rather than a faceless consultancy.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BFA Graphic Design, BFA Graphic Design at Savannah College of Art and Design