“During my time as Paulo’s manager, I’ve watched him dive into his professional growth with enthusiasm. There is no question he’s a fantastic visual designer, his detailed thought process shows through in his high-quality output, but what sets him apart is his passion for learning. He’s jumped into challenging and new work with a learn-by-doing style that allowed us to work with speed. He handles complex topic in-person user research with high-value clients and can distill them into testable visual concepts. He can iterate over time, never losing focus on the value proposition to the user. And lastly, though perhaps most importantly, he can work with a diverse set of stakeholders, from educating customer teams with hi-fidelity prototypes for specialized products to understanding how to give constructive feedback to help get the best out of others, I’ve been impressed by his communication skills.”

— Arielle Kilroy, VP of Product @ Small Improvements

“As an engineer and CTO, I especially appreciate how Paulo is not only delivering first-class artifacts to engineering teams, but also how he's making people around him better, by sharing his knowledge and insights, attuning developers to the needs of customers in respect to design and user experience, and teaching us about the power of a strong and consistent brand. With a philosopher's mind and a painter's eye, Paulo's diligently crafted solutions always help to energize and enable the team to deliver the best possible product to our customers. I can wholeheartedly recommend Paulo to every employer - he will improve the productivity, quality, and culture of every team he joins in a heartbeat.”

— Gernot Höflechner, CTO @ Small Improvements