Tomiwa Ogunmodede
Senior product designer with eight years of experience building across fintech, education, and complex operational systems. I work best in environments where product, technology, trust, and real-world constraints collide — and where good design means understanding the full system, not just the screen.
My work has spanned digital agriculture investment, school payment infrastructure, crypto-to-fiat flows, offline-first education platforms, and now hospitality operating systems. I have founded two ventures, led design for open-source global platforms, and shipped products used across 200+ countries.
Based in Lagos. Available for focused collaboration on complex product problems.
- Head of Product & TechnologyLion Hospitality Group
Leading product direction, experience design, and delivery coordination across a custom hospitality operating stack — POS, KDS, CRM, WIMS, and venue management. Owning the full product lifecycle from discovery through delivery across a multi-venue operation.
- Co-founder & Product DesignerEarlybean
Co-founded a youth financial literacy platform for Africa and the GCC. Designed end-to-end product experience across four user types: schools, parents, children, and merchants. Techstars Atlanta 2023.
- Co-founder & Product DesignerMular
Co-founded a crypto-to-Naira and stablecoin payment platform. Designed the full transaction UX — conversion flows, onboarding, trust design, and merchant tooling. ₦450M+ processed in early months.
- Senior Product DesignerLearning Equality
Designed for Kolibri — an open-source, offline-first learning platform deployed across 220+ countries. Led design systems work, coach dashboard, content import redesign, and brand identity.
- Founding Product Designer → Head of Design & GrowthFarmcrowdy
Joined as first design hire and designed V1 through V3 of Nigeria's leading digital agriculture investment platform. Grew from solo designer to leading an 11-person team. Platform reached 182K farmers and $20M revenue under my design leadership.
- Co-founder & Lead DesignerNeustack Studio
Co-founded a design studio delivering brand, digital, and product design for clients including Lufthansa, Waitrose, Venture Garden Group, and Lagos State Government.
- Product & Visual Design ConsultantVenture Garden Group
Consulted on the National Crypto Monitoring Platform for CBN and SEC — govtech data visualisation, regulatory dashboard design, and policy communication collateral.
- Currently readingThe Art of Systems Thinking — O'Connor & McDermott
- Listening toAfrobeats, ambient, and anything with a good groove
- Interested inOperational design, AI-assisted workflows, African tech infrastructure
- Ask me aboutDesigning for trust, building in Lagos, offline-first UX