Alvaro Lourenço

“During most of my career at Sidia, Alvaro was the coordinator of my UX team. The most remarkable thing for me about Álvaro as a professional is his ability to understand the big picture. He has a broad, assertive and strategic view of design, UX and the people he manages, encouraging multidisciplinarity as a tool for emancipation and I, as a designer on the team he managed, did not feel insecure or afraid of making mistakes and learning. I can say that Álvaro is one of the wisest people I've met and he has a great openness and empathy to bring out the best in people. He's a simple, authentic guy and an exceptional professional.”

“I co-worked with Alvoro for a long time, and we made so many progress and outputs for the innovative UX of the VR and AR product. If I have a chance to work with his team again, I will definitly wish to work with him together. Followings were his role and things what I really appriciate to him. - Work cross disciplinary teams to articulate and build useful insight for HQ - Build technical strategies/alternatives for Brazilian R&D in XR, PC and Emoji themes - Coordinate the other product managers to rally teams in the Solutions&UX group - Facilitate constant and constructive dialog between HQ and technical crew - Keep agile teams engaged in a constant pulse and sense of opportunities”

“Alvaro Lourenço was one of the most dedicated professionals through his work at Samsung. Wise, smart, brilliant and well educated ux & design management who can be trusted. His performance at Samsung was golden. Energetic and broad-minded ux & design management - that's him! Detail oriented team player. Ambitious and independent expert. He denotes a lot of analytical capability and willingness for both his personal & professional development. He is an asset to any organization.”

“I had the opportunity to work with Alvaro at two different times. In the first we were both Product Designers, but with different seniorities where I was an intern and he was a Specialist. We worked on discovering new technologies and I was able to learn A LOT from him. Respectful and human, he doesn't make any distinction and treats everyone with the same relevance on the UX team. The second time he became UX manager and we continued to exchange a lot of knowledge, Alvaro is a very humble leader and has a lot of technical knowledge of both the market, people, culture, technologies and application of UX methods. For this reason I strongly nominate Alvaro as UX Design Leader.”

“I first met Alvaro in a prospection meeting at Samsung R&D center in Amazonia - SIDIA Brazil. His ideas and motivation to make valuable and impactful products impressed me. Later I had a chance to work with him on multiple products ranging from computer vision, image processing, and machine learning for desktops, tablets, mobile phones, and augmented reality. Apart from his team building and promoting technical team vision, he could defend objectives with stakeholders. Moreover, he is skilled at finding the right balance in working with stakeholders on product objectives and helping technical teams to translate strategies through agile methods. He also successfully led the product design team and worked on the company's high-level agenda, making him a valuable candidate for product leadership. His communication skills are top-notch, together with the technical knowledge he possesses. During my association with Alvaro, he has been diligent, professional, organized, and a fantastic product team leader. He has my highest recommendation for the roles in product design and leadership.”

“As the product manager at SIDIA/Samsung, Alvaro brought a strong innovation force to the company. While working closely with the company's internal and external stakeholders, he shaped the strategic vision for the products he worked on with his team. Alvaro is talented product designer/manager, and I'd be glad to work him again in the future.”

“Alvaro is one of the best professionals that ever worked with, his working quality is off the charts, as a team player he is able to engage in a variety of challenges with an involvement that is rare and exciting.”

“Alvaro Lourenço was a milestone in my professional life, an amazing leader and manager, who can see the different potentials in each team member. So, inin this way, under his leadership, the UX design team has been growing organically and autonomously, becoming each more and more relevant within the department. By having a unique business vision, he directs the talents he leads towards the company's goals. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with him, beccause I know I have become a better professional.”

“Alvaro is among the great professionals I've met throughout my career. He is extremely committed to his work, a restless and proactive guy, always bringing something new and good to the projects he works on. I highly recommend this professional!”

“Alvaro Lourenço is an outstanding designer but a better product creative guy. He can create things that people do not expect, and those will be mindblowing for sure. His proactiveness is amazing in a way he can deliver things we are not expecting. It was amazing to develop a patent together with him.”

“Multidisciplinary hardworker is the better way to start talking about this great guy. I've had the pleasure to work seven long and collaborative years beside Alvaro, watching him think not only on interactions (wireframes, roadmaps, personas, etc) as we should expect, but also establishing his matured and balanced approach to address both users needs and business goals. With him nearby, I frequently got myself asking "c'mon, how come couldn't I realize it before!?" As he also spent lots of time coding and designing, Alvaro understands how his work can impact on tech and design teams. Being the kind of guy that will seat at your side, encouraging you to stay strong, creative and resilient in front of a challenge. I see him as an example of how a professional should be, and how far can someone go through rational and collaborative thinking.”

“Alvaro is a self-taught, creative professional that strongly collaborates with designers and developers alike. He has a keen for information research and refinement, being capable to bring fresh perspectives and inspire new digital experiences in many distinct business. Working with him like a dozen times, I can state he is a relentless simplifier. One that turns prescriptive approaches into new and relevant solutions.”