Brian Lamka

Sean’s the guy you need to turn your product ideas into beautiful and intuitive consumer products. First, he’s deeply knowledgable. He’s a student of both the history of design and current trends and brings this knowledge into all his projects. Second, he’s a strong collaborator and is very effective at leading brainstorming, customer research, and design review meetings. One truism about design is that everyone has an opinion. Sean recognizes this, and is able to elegantly manage conflicting inputs so that all parties are included in the process but the end result doesn’t turn out to be a designed-by-committee disaster. Third, he’s very effective working with all roles within an organization. He can communicate design rationale to executives and achieve sign off as effectively as he can pair with a developer and communicate design specifications while the dev codes them up. Most importantly, in my opinion, he’s a standup person. He’s a positive force in the office, actively encourages morale, and is someone you both like and respect. I’ve worked with Sean twice now, and I wouldn’t hesitate to team up with him again.