Patrick Wide
@patrickwide
Senior Product Designer and technical leader building user-centered B2B platforms.
What I'm looking for
I am a technical product designer with 5+ years designing complex B2B and SaaS platforms, combining a strong engineering foundation with human-centered design to deliver scalable solutions across web, mobile, and API documentation.
I founded and led CTRL Ltd, driving end-to-end design for QuickSalesPOS and other products—generating $120K+ ARR, achieving 85% user satisfaction, reducing onboarding time by 75%, and cutting development time by 40% through design systems and tighter design-to-code collaboration.
I focus on design systems, developer experience (DX), dual-audience interfaces, and workflow automation, and I enjoy leading cross-functional teams to translate complex technical constraints into intuitive, production-ready user experiences.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Founder & Product Design Lead
CTRL Ltd
Apr 2023 - Present (2 years 4 months)
Led end-to-end product design for QuickSalesPOS serving 50+ businesses, achieving 85% user satisfaction and reducing onboarding time by 75% while building a design system that cut development time by 40%.
Full-Stack Developer & UX Designer
Deja Vu Technology Solutions Ltd
Aug 2022 - Mar 2023 (7 months)
Redesigned a legacy platform interface to improve user task completion rate by 200% and reduced reporting time from 45s to 15s; implemented a responsive design system supporting 1,000+ daily active users.
Frontend Developer & UI Designer
Nuri Technologies Limited
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022 (6 months)
Designed Ma3 Revenue Management dashboard for 200+ matatu operators and built Muranga Smart County portal serving 50,000+ citizens, improving mobile engagement by 85% through mobile-first responsive design.
Product Designer & Developer
Elewa / Italanta
Jun 2021 - Dec 2021 (6 months)
Designed educational platform interfaces for 2,000+ students across 15 schools with role-based workflows and optimized low-bandwidth UX that improved task completion in rural connectivity scenarios.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of the People
Bachelor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction
2024 -
Activities and societies: Balancing technical depth with user experience principles; coursework and projects focused on UI and usability.
Pursuing a Bachelor of Computer Science with focus on Human-Computer Interaction, emphasizing interface design, system usability, and design-development integration.
ALX Africa
Software Engineering Program, System Design & User Experience
2024 -
Activities and societies: Program focus on scalable system architecture, cross-functional development, and design-to-code collaboration.
Enrolled in an advanced Software Engineering program covering scalable system architecture, design systems, and collaborative development practices.
Founder Factory Africa / 54 Collective
Human-Centered Design Program, Product Design & User Research
2023 -
Activities and societies: Graduated with honors; developed design thinking frameworks and conducted 50+ user interviews to validate product decisions.
Completed an intensive Human-Centered Design program with honors, focusing on user research, rapid prototyping, and product design for diverse user groups.
Moringa School
Full-Stack Engineering Certificate, Full-Stack Engineering
2022 -
Activities and societies: Built developer-facing handoff specifications and obtained verification for technical foundations enabling efficient design-to-development workflows.
Completed a Full-Stack Engineering certificate emphasizing cross-platform consistency and design-to-development collaboration.
Availability
Location
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Website
github.com/patrickwidePortfolio
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