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ABOUT

Teslim is a Product design lead, Entrepreneur and Mentor, currently at Netflix who is passionate about creating delightful and intuitive human-centered experiences at scale through innovation and product strategy.

Prior to Netflix, he worked at Microsoft for almost 5 years, scaling innovative products, building 0 to 1 projects and leading design on several features and tools that help hundreds of millions of people worldwide be more productive. In 2020, He co-founded and co-invented a canvas-based technology for organizing artifacts around projects and goals, leveraging it to explore the next frontier of connected collaboration and time management. With a background in Computer Science and Digital Media, he has explored storytelling and problem solving through various mediums like video games, animation and visual design.

Teslim strongly believes in the value and power of mentorship, and views it as a way for anyone to pay it forward. He founded the Leads by Design Fellowship to inspire more people from underrepresented backgrounds and underserved communities to pursue careers in tech and to thrive.

He loves to travel, enjoys designing watches and exploring mobile photography.
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Some of my work has been noticed

Patents
Spaces
Customizable User Interfaces for Data Management
2020
Spaces
Application environments for Organizing Information around Spaces & Goals
2020
Agenda
Natural language event
2017
Agenda
Efficient schedule item creation
2017
Outlook
Tagging meeting invitees to automatically create tasks
2017
Outlook
Time impact indication system
2017
3 more pending
Press
UX Pin
UX Portfolio – All You Need to Know
2021
CNET
Windows 11 Widgets: A new way to customize your at-a-glance info
2021
CSS Design Awards
Best Innovation, Best UI Design, Best UX Design
2021
Vandelay Design
5 Expert Tips on Building an Amazing Design Portfolio
2016
GQ
The Style File, Novemeber 2019 (TimeKeeper)
2019
Yanko Design
The TimeKeeper Watch has a Dieter Rams like boldness
2019
The Verge
Leaked video reveals Microsoft’s new Outlook ‘Spaces’ feature
2020

Beyond product design, I love to take and edit photos on my phone

I'm passionate about helping underrepresented people thrive through mentorship & coaching

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And here’s what I’m currently reading

User Friendly: How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play

FAVorite Quotes

"You have to know why people behave as they do- and design around their foibles and limitations, rather than some ideal"
"Designers don't analyze, they put together"
"We now expect that the tools we use to diagnose cancer or to identify a problem with an airplane engine will be as easy to use as Angry Birds"