Amik Ahmad
Product | Design \\ Systems /// Interop
Amik is a multi-disciplinary product and design leader living in New York City. Attracted to intractable problems within regulated industries, he has spent more than 15 years working with emerging technologies.
He believes that culture drives product and design, not the other way around.
The difference is subtle but important.
He is a zeroith thinker, and augments this mindset with a first principled approach. This practice is foundational to his work. Aiming to reduce complexity to the lowest usable denominator while focusing on the experience of the "whole person"; every single day, 90% of Americans use an experience that he designed.
Through frameworks, strategic prioritization, and a consistent founder mentality, he has brought behavior-changing innovations to the forefront of the Crypto, DeFi, Fintech and Healthtech industries. He continuously evolves his approach to the ever-changing context and unpredictable nature of the world in which we all live.
He studied Human-Computer Interaction at New York University where he completed his master's thesis on interoperability and decentralized healthcare systems. He is an avid boxing fan and skateboarder, but not at the same time.