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About Me

Introduction

I am a DesignOps Enabler with over 14 years of experience across B2B and B2C sectors, including SMBs and Fortune 500 companies in finance, e-commerce, legal, healthcare, insurance, and gaming. My passion lies in ProductOps & DesignOps, building communities, and developing scalable systems.

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At EPAM Continuum, I've had the opportunity to work at both program and overall department levels for multibillion-dollar companies with hundreds of designers. I've taken on the responsibility of standardizing design collaboration in organizations with over a thousand employees, accelerating design processes through creating plugins with over 16k installs worldwide, and establishing new practices such as scalable design systems supporting multiple products. My practical experience spans various organizational cultures, team compositions, and domains within the last five years at EPAM.

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Expertise

I am skilled in leading change management, aligning goals, fostering cross-functional partnerships, and communicating impact at scale through design metrics. I strengthen design culture through internal communities, coordinate initiatives across multiple teams, and adopt scalable knowledge management platforms focusing on research databases and design systems. My deep practical experience in design and product management enables me to lead, plan, communicate, and execute initiatives from conception to launch.

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Exploring New Horizons

I am currently open for opportunities in the following roles:

Design Systems Director

Lead DesignOps Manager

Senior ProductOps Manager

AI Ops Manager

External and Internal Recognition

My work is recognized at executive levels (CEO and SVPs) across various business domains in multibillion-dollar companies and by public industry subject matter experts, including authors of DesignOps book, founder of leading publication, and worldwide subject matter experts from top tech companies.

Farid, thank you for all your efforts in DesignOps. We appreciate your readiness to always go above and beyond in developing DesignOps materials, sharing these resources with the EPAM community through internal events, and participating in pre-sales to socialize these capabilities with clients and win new work. Keep up the great work!

Arkadiy Dobkin

CEO & President, EPAM (NYSE: EPAM, $20b)

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Membership in a Professional Associations

I am an active curator, leader, and member of multiple professional associations. As a key figure in the DesignOps community, I've made significant contributions to the industry, notably to the

DesignOps Assembly community⁠

, educating advanced-level professionals alongside top DesignOps experts. I served as a

Rosenfeld Media DesignOps Program Curator⁠

for an industry-leading DesignOps summit featuring speakers from top companies like Meta, Atlassian, Google, Netflix, LinkedIn, and more.

I'm also a

Friends of Figma Community Advocate Leading DesignOps Chapter⁠

, a

Coda Community Champion⁠

(one of ~20 worldwide, Coda’s net worth is $1.4b with 25,000+ teams using the tool from companies like Uber and New York Times), and a former Webflow chapter leader (Webflow’s net worth is over $4b).

DesignOps Assembly

Emerging Leaders Instructor

Educated 12 professionals to advanced DesignOps levels, collaborating with top DesignOps experts

https://www.designopsassembly.com/learning-lab

Friends of Figma

Community Advocate & Chapter Leader

Figma’s net worth over $10b. 2000+ participants all over the world, 8000+ of views on Youtube

https://friends.figma.com/designops/

Coda

Community Champion

Only ~20 Coda Champions worldwide, Coda’s net worth is $1.4b with 25,000+ teams using the tool from companies like Uber and New York Times

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/coda-community-events-55074873203

Rosenfeld Media

Program Curator

DesignOps industry-leading worldwide summit that happens every year with speakers from top tech companies like Meta, Atlassian, Google, Netflix, LinkedIn, etc.

https://rosenfeldmedia.com/designopssummit2022/

Webflow

Belarus Chapter Leader

Webflow’s net worth is over $4b. Farid is a chapter leader in the past

https://webflow.com/

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Industry Contributions

In terms of contributions to the DesignOps industry, I've created several impactful products and solutions that have advanced the industry and raised awareness around Design Automations.