Design Leadership
Product Strategy
Experience Architecture

Leading Product Design at the Intersection of Strategy and Scale

Trusted by global brands to elevate designs and drive product excellence.
I scale teams, systems, and strategy across enterprise platforms.

Leading Product Design at the Intersection of Strategy and Scale

Trusted by global brands to elevate designs and drive product excellence.
I scale teams, systems, and strategy across enterprise platforms.

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18M+
# Products Users

Crafting experiences that align user needs with business outcomes

UX & UI Design

From project goals to audience needs, I shape solutions that deliver tailored, user-centered experiences with purpose and clarity. Every decision is rooted in context and intent.

Fintech, SaaS & CMS Design

My work transforms products into captivating user experiences, ranging from single-page apps to robust platforms, through a meticulous blend of design and functionality.

Design Systems

I build design systems that scale, bringing cohesion, clarity, and consistency across teams and product surfaces. They help teams move faster without compromising quality.

Leadership Philosophy

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Great design starts with understanding and grows through alignment and collaboration. In leadership, I focus on connecting vision to execution, empowering teams, influencing strategy, and staying grounded in user value.

Design-Led Decision Making

Empowering product teams with research-backed, user-centered insights.

Scalable Systems Thinking

Creating modular design systems that drive efficiency and consistency.

Cross-Functional Execution

Driving alignment across product, design, and engineering from strategy to ship.

Career Highlights

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Browzwear - 2024

Vice President of User Experience

Redesigned and scaled the UX across Browzwear’s full product ecosystem, implementing AI-driven workflows and systemized design to drive differentiation and team velocity.

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Billtrust - 2021

Senior Director of Design Management

Elevated the user experience of core financial products through visual and functional refinement, strengthening product positioning and customer engagement in the B2B payments space.

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Fleetcor(Corpay) - 2019

Director of UX/UI

Led UX transformation across global digital products, introducing Agile practices that reduced time-to-market by 40% and improved customer satisfaction by 25%.

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Themezly - 2015

Founder - Head of Design - Chief Architect

Founded Themezly.com, a digital agency focused on premium WordPress theme and plugin development. Designed and launched Creatus, an open-source multipurpose theme framework adopted by 1,200+ developers.

Youjoomla

Youjoomla - 2006

Founder - Head of Design - Chief Architect

Built and scaled YouJoomla.com into a leading Joomla template provider with 110,000+ members. Created YJSimpleGrid, the open-source framework powering 150+ Joomla templates.

Dragan made a significant impact in developing a framework and implementing large scale change in user experience in a diverse portfolio of products. Dragan is a pro. I would not hesitate to try and get him onto my team again.

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Greg Hanson
CEO, Browzwear

Dragan is an extreme talent when it comes to leading design and front-end engineering teams. I’d highly recommend Dragan for any SaaS organization seeking leadership in design and front-end development.

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Nick Babinsky
CPO, Solutions by Text
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