Thomas Fröhlich

Thomas Fröhlich has a diverse work experience in the field of product design and strategy. Thomas has worked as a Director of Product and Design at VR Smart Guide since January 2023. Prior to this, they were a Lecturer in the Master degree programme for product discovery at FH Joanneum since December 2015.

From November 2020 to November 2022, Thomas served as the Director of Product Design for cognitive industrial products at relayr. Thomas also held the position of Head of Product Design for cognitive industrial products at relayr from October 2019 to November 2020.

In 2019, Thomas worked as a Product Strategy Consultant in insurtech at Jonas Piela Digital Consultants for a brief period of time.

Thomas served as the Chief Product Officer in insurtech at Prosperity Services GmbH from October 2018 to August 2019.

Thomas also gained experience working at IBM as a Managing Consultant in the IBM Watson IoT Industry Lab from February 2017 to September 2018. During the same period, they also worked as a Coach and Lecturer for product discovery at Digital Product School by UnternehmerTUM.

In the past, Thomas held positions at Captivation Labs as the Chief Product Officer and Advisory Board Member from August 2016 to May 2018, and at HERE Technologies as the Sr Design Manager and Producer at HERE Design Studio from February 2015 to January 2017.

Prior to that, Thomas worked at Nokia in various roles, including Sr Systems Designer, Sr Product UX Manager, Lead Product UX Designer and Product Owner, and Product UX Designer and Product Owner, focusing on Nokia Maps and Ovi Maps on different platforms from 2009 to 2015.

Thomas Fröhlich obtained their Bachelor's Degree in Informationdesign, majoring in User Interface Design (UID), from FH Joanneum. Thomas completed their degree from 2005 to 2008. In addition to their degree, Thomas has also obtained several certifications. These include an OKR Master Certification from Betterworks in January 2022, a Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification from Scrum Alliance in February 2019, an IBM Design Thinking Coach certification from IBM in May 2017, a Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification from HERE University in July 2015, and a License to Lead Certification from Bath Consultancy Group in June 2012.