Thom van der Weerd
Design in Netherlands
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About
Generalist, though with a particular interest in making teams more efficient and effective through process, systems, and tooling. Previously at DuckDuckGo.
Work Experience
Projects
Designed and supported implementation of Maps, which integrates Apple's MapKit and data from sources like Yelp and TripAdvisor to expand DuckDuckGo's private search offerings.
Led the effort to transform DuckDuckGo's legacy mobile app into a true Private Browser, now the most downloaded browser on Android and second most downloaded on iOS.
Led the design effort spanning many projects and teams to modernize and modularize DuckDuckGo's Search Results, optimizing for adaptability and cohesion as well as adoption and retention, now serving >100M private queries per day.