Hi, my name is Chris Kuhrt
Designer, Product Strategist, DesignOps and UX Educator.
With over 10 years of experience across finance, marketplaces and digital platforms, my focus has evolved from crafting interfaces to building the systems behind them. I care about user-centered design, but even more about the structures that allow teams to deliver great design consistently.
My work focuses on building the structures that enable teams to deliver great product experiences. I work on improving collaboration between design, development, and management to ensure better outcomes, not just better outputs. I build design infrastructure that helps teams scale sustainably by aligning product, design and engineering through shared standards, clearer workflows and scalable systems. In my experience, great design is rarely a craft problem. It is usually a systems problem.
I’m driven by problem-solving, knowledge sharing and process optimization. Most of all, I care about improving how teams work together, creating clarity in complex environments and enabling UX to become a shared capability, not just a role.

Experience
Design
Etops
Patronas
Chrono24
Reservix
Startups & advisory
Betterahead
Hammertime
Biorenewables
Geospin
Operational
DFB
SC Freiburg
Disney
Swisscom
hr
Die Rheinpfalz
You can check out my timline in detail here.
From design systems to organizational design. I aligning teams, tools, and strategy to ship better products.
Areas of expertise
B2B, B2C, SaaS, etc.
Human-centered (HCD) and customer-focused (CX) solutions
Product design
Design system
User-centered organizational transformation and design maturity
Strategic planning
Agile methodologies focused on outcomes, Lean UX, and design thinking
Efficient stakeholder management, both internal and external
User research incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods
Identifying and prioritizing opportunities and framing problems
Information architecture and interaction design
Compliance with standards for usability and accessibility
Methods for meaningful innovation
Industries
Finance
E-Commerce
Big Data