Solving. Designing.
Inspiring.

Hi, I’m Thom. I head up innovation and product design for a fintech in Silicon Valley.

I establish product vision for new digital products and empower talented teams to drive the direction forward.

I come from a lineage of inventors, teachers, philosophers, photographers, and writers – integrating brand and story into product experiences is deeply ingrained in my DNA.

For the past few decades, I’ve helped organizations create product strategies through scalable UX, prototyping, wireframing, testing, research, and patentable UI/interaction design. I combine my background in motion, Web/mobile app development, branding, graphic design, photography, and filmmaking to enhance the product experience.

I’ve worked with SAP, CNN, UPS, HP, Citrix, Samsung, Concur, Holiday Inn, Transitions Lenses, Geocaching, Crystal Dynamics, Healthline, LendingClub, and various startups.

Sometimes, I’m invited to speak to audiences about future trends.

When I’m not designing, I photograph interesting people and places, experiment with generative AI, contribute to my community, and dedicate time to being a husband, son, father, and, recently, grandfather.

What colleagues say…

“Thom Milkovic is a generational talent. I probably cannot speak higher of anyone else I have worked with in my professional career than Thom. His profile will show an experienced design leader, but he much more than that. He has the innate ability to articulate a vision using many different methods – prototypes, schematics, videos, photography and openly mentors on his approach. The rarest quality I have seen in Thom is him being a true visionary, thinking ahead 5-10 years into the future and further being able to eloquently visualize and tell the story.”

– Steve Lemanski, Product Leader at Silicon Valley Bank

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“Thom does do it all – and very well… If you work with Thom, you’ll find him to be a careful listener, an amazing translator, and an expert creative with an eye to closing the sale. He’ll expand the thinking about your own ideas and add value to them.”

– Mike Wittenstein, Global Speaker, Designer, Consultant, Facilitator

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“He is a profound visual thinker and business minded creator. His experience and insight regarding how to succinctly and effectively communicate to achieve targeted business/marketing goals make Thom uniquely qualified to design and communicate a business vision, plan, approach or strategy. He is stellar in his field, and a very fun person with whom to interact!”

– H. Christian Hölljes, Professor of Innovation + Design at NCSU