Sven is one of the most analytical and principled designers I have ever met. His knowledge on UX research, such as use of the kano model to applied design prototyping, graphic and illustration work make him a rarity in our industry. As Head of UX at Digital Science he was balanced and fair, willing to listen and active in leading design best practice, establishing standards across all of Digital Science portfolio companies. I feel privileged to have worked with him.

During the decade that we have worked together Sven has lived UX. He has led by bringing together UX team members across the Digital Science group of companies. He has played a critical role in surveying clients, UX research, designing and implementing critical changes to existing products ...

Sven was beyond instrumental in our UX success as a Bethnal Green Ventures portfolio company. From the smallest details to the biggest changes, Sven was direct, focused, and ensured that all of his design notes were actionable and appropriate. My co-founder and I are immensely grateful for the success he inspired.

Sven is a passionate and indefatigable advocate of UX design excellence, spreading best practice with a view of making key UX tasks such as user research, prototyping and metrics-driven design a priority. He continuously identifies areas for improvement and ensures successful implementation through effective stakeholder management.

Sven is an exceptional leader in user experience and design. He is not only a very talented designer but someone who uses his wealth of experience to guide and support his colleagues to define and solve the true problems. 

Working at the intersection of business, product and engineering is challenging at the best of times - in a startup even more so - but Sven's diplomatic skills helped him navigate through any friction.

His talent for creating user-centric designs and collaborative approach make him an asset to any project. I've had the pleasure of working with him, and his skills and positive attitude shine.

Sven brought a wealth of knowledge and experience, a lot of professional integrity and he was not afraid to challenge assumptions where it was necessary - which helped the project enormously.

Sven led our entire approach, which included implementing new processes to align development with UX. He also led and importantly included us throughout the whole journey of user research & design. I can't imagine we would have succeeded without him. 

Sven's work on UX aspects of our projects for research funding agencies in the UK and elsewhere in Europe has been invaluable. His advice is always helpful, but I cannot praise highly enough the work he led on a website to make accessible a database of impact case studies. This has been praised by my contacts around the world and raises the bar for others.

In my two years at Digital Science, I learned a lot from Sven and I believe I’m a much better product manager for having worked with him. Sven was continuously trying to improve our processes and the way we integrated UX with agile software development and developed frameworks for not just Digital Science but also it’s various portfolio companies.

Were I starting a company, recruiting Sven would be at the very top of my list. Sven possesses a rare combination of data-driven, analytical thinking and what I can only refer to as an "information aesthetic." His work - which was published in Scientific American under my watch - is drop-dead gorgeous. I could not recommend Sven highly enough. He is an A-player par excellence.