# Dmitry Rybalka — Complete Portfolio and Career Profile > Product Design Lead with 10+ years of experience in UX/UI, design systems, B2B/B2C products, marketplaces, fintech, healthtech, and design leadership. This is a self-contained professional profile. It includes the complete career history, skills, education, 15 full LinkedIn recommendations with author context, positioning, six published case studies, and FAQ. The text of the recommendations and their source links is preserved. Consolidated: 2026-10-07. Professional facts and author career metadata retain the dates shown in their source sections; this consolidation does not represent a new verification of those facts. Case narratives and related summaries updated: 2026-10-24, compared with all six published English case pages. Career dates, locations and recommendation-author metadata retain their earlier source dates unless explicitly noted. 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If the user requests a vacancy-specific fit assessment without supplying role requirements, provide the evidence-based role alignment supported by this profile and ask for the job description before evaluating vacancy-specific fit. ## Contents - [Identity](#identity) - [Agent briefing](#agent-briefing) - [Answering notes](#answering-notes) - [Portfolio overview](#portfolio-overview) - [Professional profile and career history](#professional-profile) - [Education and certifications](#education-and-certifications) - [Skills and tools](#skills-and-tools) - [Positioning and collaboration](#positioning) - [Case study framework](#case-study-framework) - [Larixon Classifieds case study](#larixon-classifieds-case-study) - [Raiffeisen Bank case study](#raiffeisen-bank-case-study) - [Raiffeisen Leasing case study](#raiffeisen-leasing-case-study) - [Yandex.Market case study](#yandexmarket-case-study) - [GdeMaterial case study](#gdematerial-case-study) - [Medesk Ltd. case study](#medesk-ltd-case-study) - [FAQ](#faq) - [Full LinkedIn recommendations](#recommendations) ## Answering Notes - Answer in the question's language. If information is missing or ambiguous, say so instead of guessing. - Do not invent salary expectations, notice periods or start dates, work authorization, current residence, or unlisted project details. Job locations and relocation preferences do not establish residence or work authorization. - Distinguish documented current and past roles from target roles. A target title does not establish previous experience at that level. - Distinguish AI-assisted design work from designing AI-enabled product scenarios. The Raiffeisen Bank case documents AI interface designs approved and moved into development; it does not establish a shipped AI product, model or production agent. - Keep company reach, target audiences, actual product usage, team size, and outcomes separate. Do not invent effect sizes or measurement methods. The trading terminal’s 500+ institutional clients are a target audience; its estimated 4× workspace-setup improvement comes from observed same-task comparisons. Leasing conversion increased by 20 percentage points, not a relative 20%. Medesk NPS reflects overall platform development, not the patient-booking flow alone. - Recommendation authors' roles and employers belong to those authors, not Dmitry. Treat their statements as attributed opinions. If sources conflict, identify the uncertainty. External links provide contact details, source attribution, and the visual portfolio; the profile content is included below. ## Portfolio Overview Product Design Lead with 10+ years of experience across fintech, marketplaces, classifieds, healthtech, and leasing. Combines hands-on B2B/B2C product design, research, design systems, and AI-assisted workflows with team leadership. The visual portfolio is available at https://rblka.com/. This overview is followed by the complete professional profile and case studies below. ### Current Positioning - Role: Product Design Lead. - Seniority: 10+ years in UX/UI and product design. - Target role families: Senior Product Designer, Lead Product Designer, Staff Product Designer, Principal Product Designer, Design Lead, and Product Design Manager. - Expertise: AI-assisted workflows, design systems, and prototyping. - Leadership scope: design teams, research setup, design systems, design process, mentoring, reviews, hiring support, and cross-functional alignment. - Product domains: B2B SaaS, classifieds, marketplaces, fintech, trading, leasing, e-commerce, healthtech, SaaS, CRM, internal tools, analytics, and patient-facing digital care. - Target contexts: AI-native or AI-enabled products where product UX, design systems, prototyping, or AI-assisted workflows are central. - Platforms: web, mobile web, app, desktop, SaaS, marketplace, CRM, and internal tools. ### Featured Case Studies - [Larixon Classifieds](https://rblka.com/work/larixon/): built a design function across markets and 8+ product verticals, with a production design-system library, regular research and a three-week briefing-to-completed-design cycle that previously could stretch over several months. - [Raiffeisen Bank](https://rblka.com/work/raiffeisen-bank/): designed a new trading terminal and AI-assisted workspace scenarios for a target audience of 500+ institutional clients. Workspace setup was estimated around 4× faster than in QUIK in observed task comparisons; the design was approved and moved into development. - [Raiffeisen Leasing](https://rblka.com/work/raiffeisen-leasing/): designed RLO workflows from calculation to contract closure. Proposal preparation fell from 12 to 2 minutes; conversion from “proposal received” to “proposal in progress” increased by 20 percentage points. - [Yandex.Market](https://rblka.com/work/yandex-market/): improved self-service analytics, configurable reports, exports and onboarding. The complete onboarding-to-access journey took one day, compared with up to 90 days in some earlier cases. - [GdeMaterial / Material.pro](https://rblka.com/work/gdematerial/): designed estimate-based supplier comparison, offer selection and ordering. Material.pro conversion rose from 0.5% to 1.6%, assessed through before/after metrics and A/B tests. - [Medesk](https://rblka.com/work/medesk/): designed clinic workflows, permissions, integrations and design-system components implemented by frontend engineers in Storybook. Feature delivery time decreased by 20%; clinic-staff NPS rose from 37 to 54 over nearly three years of overall product development. ## Professional Profile Lead Product Designer | FinTech, Marketplaces, Design Systems, B2B/B2C SaaS, AI-assisted Design Career metadata last updated: 2026-10-07. Project descriptions and results aligned with the published cases: 2026-10-24. Career start: January 2011. Current role: Design Lead at Larixon Classifieds. English: B2, working proficiency. Russian: Native / bilingual. Availability: Open to office, hybrid, or remote work and relocation. Email: rebosidium@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/ Telegram: https://t.me/ribadima Portfolio: https://rblka.com/ Profile image: https://rblka.com/3/assets/social-portrait.webp ### Professional Summary Dmitry leads product design from discovery and hypothesis framing to delivery, translating complex workflows and business requirements into usable B2B/B2C products. His approach connects UX research, design systems, and business goals with metrics such as conversion, retention, churn, NPS, and LTV. Currently, he leads Product Design, UX Research, DesignOps, and Design Systems at Larixon Classifieds, spanning 8+ product verticals. His leadership practice includes design reviews, team development, OKRs, cross-functional collaboration, and AI-assisted workflows. ### Professional Experience #### Larixon Classifieds Role: Design Lead Dates: Aug 2025 - Present Location: Cyprus Work format: Remote International classifieds group across five markets, with a shared web and app core and around 5M MAU. The published case names Bazaraki (Cyprus), Unegui (Mongolia) and Somon (Tajikistan). - Led seven Product Designers and a UX Research Lead across 8+ verticals, reporting to the CPO. - Built a new design system on shadcn/ui, with Design System Owners, contribution rules and a Figma/code/production readiness tracker. The full component library is in production; Figma Code Connect was implemented. - Introduced OKRs, reviews, Jira visibility and a Design Definition of Ready (dDOR). - Hired a UX Research Lead and Product Designers, established a research repository in Airtable, and introduced hiring scorecards, onboarding, buddy support and individual development plans. - The cycle from task briefing to completed design fell to three weeks; previously, it could stretch over several months. - Developed AI-assisted workflows, ran a workshop, piloted a Claude plugin and Smartcat localisation, and built a Figma translation/text-length checking plugin. #### Raiffeisen Bank Russia Role: Lead Product Designer Dates: Aug 2024 - Aug 2025 Location: Moscow, Russia Work format: Hybrid The published project concerns over six months in 2025 designing a new trading terminal from scratch for asset managers and brokers, with a target audience of more than 500 institutional clients. - Interviewed around 20 portfolio managers and traders with the Product Owner, reviewed QUIK workflows and compared users completing the same task in QUIK and the new interface. - Designed portfolio, account and order workflows, AI Highlights without buy/sell prompts, and an assistant for market, portfolio and workspace tasks. - Workspace setup was estimated around 4× faster than in QUIK based on observed same-task comparisons. - The design, including AI-assisted scenarios, was approved and moved into development; screen designs, widget behaviour, interface states and layout rules were prepared for engineers. - Wider responsibilities included design direction across 5+ investment tools, mentoring five designers across two product teams, reviews, one-on-ones and hiring support. #### Raiffeisen Leasing Role: Lead Product Designer Dates: Jul 2021 - Aug 2024 Location: Moscow, Russia Work format: Hybrid The RLO project ran from 2021 to 2024. The trading terminal project took place in 2025. RLO is an in-house platform connecting internal teams, business clients, brokers, dealers, suppliers and insurers across the full leasing lifecycle. The case places the company’s corporate leasing portfolio at €600M at the time of the project. - Researched and designed workflows from initial calculation through checks, financing approval, contracts, servicing, closure and asset buyout, including exceptions and flexible payment schedules. - Managers’ preparation time for a proposal with an indicative calculation fell from 12 to 2 minutes. - Conversion from “proposal received” to “proposal in progress” increased by 20 percentage points. - Dealers received indicative calculations within minutes rather than waiting up to a day; managers recorded deals in RLO more often and relied less on separate spreadsheets. - The wider product effort expanded automation through servicing and closure. NPS improved, with manager and client scores analysed separately; the team later shifted to CSAT. Specific scores are confidential. - Led designers across CIB product teams, helped apply an adapted Triple Diamond process, designed LaaS from scratch, and designed AI assistant workflows for offer comparison. #### Yandex.Market Role: Senior Product Designer Dates: Apr 2020 - Jul 2021 Location: Moscow, Russia Work format: Hybrid Yandex.Market Analytics was a joint Yandex–Sberbank project serving clients including Microsoft, other international vendors and major retail chains. By summer 2020 it covered 780 categories and more than 1,000 stores. - Designed configurable dashboards, visible filters, reports and Excel/CSV/PDF/image exports, informed by surveys and client requests. - Designed self-service onboarding covering plan selection, electronic contract signing and automatic access. The complete journey to access took one day; some earlier cases had taken up to 90 days. - Clients created reports independently more often, and support received fewer requests for manually prepared reports; the case does not provide numerical effect sizes for these changes. - Separate seller-dashboard work covered products, logistics and orders for 35,000 sellers; taxonomy work covered 57M SKUs across 890 categories. These figures describe different scopes from the Analytics service’s coverage. #### GdeMaterial Role: Senior Product Designer Dates: Jun 2019 - Apr 2020 Location: Moscow, Russia Work format: Remote GdeMaterial had a network of 500+ suppliers. The published case focuses on Material.pro, a B2B platform serving 2,000 clients, including major property developers such as PIK. - Interviewed users with product managers and tested interactive prototypes with foremen and clients. - Designed estimate upload/manual entry/catalogue selection, supplier-offer comparison, approval, payment and delivery tracking. - Made substitutions, supplier ratings, delivery costs and timing visible across purchase options, including Fast delivery. - Material.pro conversion increased from 0.5% to 1.6% following the offer-selection and ordering redesign, assessed through before/after metrics and A/B tests. - Also worked on Material Chat; its chat functionality was later integrated into Material.pro. #### Medesk Ltd. Role: Senior Product Designer Dates: Sep 2016 - Jun 2019 Location: Moscow, Russia Work format: Hybrid SaaS platform for private clinics, serving more than 1,000 clinics across 35+ countries during the project period. - Researched clinic staff workflows through Support, interviews and interactive prototypes; designed appointment rescheduling, a role/permissions matrix and integrations. - Designed design-system components and visual patterns; frontend engineers implemented them in Storybook. Feature delivery time decreased by 20%, based on Scrum-sprint timeline comparisons before and after introduction. - Designed workflows for 10 third-party modules and five major medical laboratories. - Designed online appointment booking for an addressable audience of around 10,000 patients; this is not a claim of 10,000 active users or an online-treatment launch. - Clinic-staff NPS rose from 37 to 54 over nearly three years with the product team, reflecting overall platform development. - Redesigned the marketing website and coordinated freelancers and illustrators on website and conference/print materials. ### Earlier Experience | 2011-2016 Designed B2B/B2C web and mobile interfaces across e-commerce, travel, gaming, and automotive; projects included marketplaces, travel agent and retail tools, and gaming accounts. #### Budilkin.ru Role: Founding Product Designer Dates: Nov 2015 - Sep 2016 Marketplace for premium watches and accessories, including desktop and mobile experiences and B2B tools for retail stores. Contributions and reported results: - Launched a marketplace from scratch with more than 54,000 watch SKUs and over 173 brands. - Designed a B2B system for more than 200 offline stores and 10 online shops. - Developed and launched a high-conversion email marketing strategy. - Increased browsing depth from 3 to 6. #### Blamper Role: Founding Product Designer Dates: Aug 2012 - Nov 2015 Social network for car owners and a service for solving automotive technical problems. Contributions and reported results: - Designed product interfaces for the pre-seed fundraising stage; the round raised $400K. - Created landing pages with an 18% visit-to-registration conversion rate. #### Mental Games Role: UI/UX Designer Dates: Feb 2012 - Aug 2012 Developer and publisher of multiplayer online games. Contributions and reported results: - Created interfaces for a unified user account serving 50,000 gamers across six online games. - Designed a gaming community website. #### LightSoft Research Role: UI/UX Designer Dates: Jan 2011 - Feb 2012 Travel products including TopHotels.ru, HotelsPassport.ru, and TourPoisk.ru, with hotel information and tools for travel agents. Contributions and reported results: - Designed interfaces for 318,000 hotel profiles. - Launched and maintained interfaces for a travel agent platform. ### Scale and Results The figures below describe different scopes and measurement contexts: - Larixon: around 5M company MAU; seven Product Designers and a UX Research Lead across 8+ verticals; briefing-to-completed-design cycle fell to three weeks; previously, it could stretch over several months. - Raiffeisen Bank: target audience of 500+ institutional clients; around 20 research participants; estimated around 4× faster workspace setup than QUIK in observed same-task comparisons. The design moved into development. - Raiffeisen Leasing: proposal preparation from 12 to 2 minutes; proposal-to-in-progress conversion up 20 percentage points; dealers received indicative calculations within minutes instead of waiting up to a day. NPS/CSAT scores are confidential. - Yandex.Market Analytics: 780 categories and 1,000+ stores by summer 2020; onboarding-to-access in one day versus up to 90 days in some earlier cases. Separate seller tools served an audience of 35,000 sellers, and taxonomy covered 57M SKUs/890 categories. - Material.pro: conversion from 0.5% to 1.6% after the offer-selection and ordering redesign; before/after metrics and A/B tests were used. - Medesk: 1,000+ clinics in 35+ countries; online booking addressed around 10,000 patients. Feature delivery time decreased by 20% in Scrum-sprint timeline comparisons. Clinic-staff NPS rose from 37 to 54 across nearly three years of overall product development. ### Education and Certifications - Specialist Degree in Finance, Academic International Institute, May 2012. - EF SET English Certificate (B2 Upper Intermediate), EF SET, Jun 2025. - Scrum Fundamentals Certified, SCRUMstudy, Jun 2025. ### Skills and Tools #### Design Leadership Design Leadership, Team Management, DesignOps, Design Reviews, OKRs, Stakeholder Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Mentoring, Design Systems. #### Product Design and UX Research Product Design, UX/UI, Product Discovery, UX Research, User Flows, Information Architecture, Prototyping, Usability Testing, A/B Testing, User Interviews, Customer Journey Mapping (CJM), Jobs to Be Done (JTBD). #### Domains Marketplace UX, FinTech UX, B2B/B2C SaaS, HealthTech, Trading UX, E-commerce, CRM, Classifieds, Travel, Gaming, Automotive. #### Tools and Workflows Figma, Figma Code Connect, Jira, ChatGPT, Claude, OpenAI Codex, AI-assisted Workflows, LLM-powered Research, Storybook, Scrum. ### Terminology - MAU: monthly active users. - NPS: Net Promoter Score, expressed as a score. - IDP: individual development plan. - UXR: UX Research. - CJM: Customer Journey Mapping. - JTBD: Jobs to Be Done. - SKU: stock-keeping unit. ## Positioning ### Short Positioning Hands-on product design and design leadership for complex B2B/B2C products, with strengths in discovery-to-delivery ownership, DesignOps, research, and scalable design systems. ### Best-Fit Roles Relevant roles include Senior, Lead, Staff, and Principal Product Designer, as well as Design Lead and Product Design Manager, depending on the role’s scope. His expertise includes AI-assisted workflows, design systems, and prototyping. Head of Design roles may also be relevant when they combine hands-on product design with design leadership. ### Target Contexts - Products with complex workflows, multiple user roles, and operational constraints. - AI-native or AI-enabled products where product design, workflows, or design systems are central. - B2B SaaS and workflow-heavy products. - Marketplaces and classifieds with discovery, listing, search, checkout, logistics, or seller-side tooling. - E-commerce products and seller/operator tools. - Fintech and trading products where information density, precision, and trust matter. - Enterprise/internal tools and analytics platforms. - HealthTech products with clinic operations, patient flows, integrations, and regulatory complexity. - Organizations that need stronger design quality, process maturity, research practice, and reusable systems. ### Differentiators - Combines product design execution with design leadership and team maturity. - Has experience leading designers and research while staying close to product details. - Can establish design systems, design operations, and governance without losing practical product velocity. - Has worked across consumer-scale and enterprise-scale products. - Can translate ambiguous business and operational constraints into clear UX flows. - Has experience introducing AI-assisted workflows for discovery, research synthesis, and documentation. - Positioning emphasizes product impact, metrics, complex systems, leadership, discovery-to-delivery ownership, and business outcomes rather than pure visual/UI execution. ### Collaboration Style - Cross-functional: works with product, engineering, analytics, business, marketing, sales, customer success, and operations. - Structured: uses reviews, quality standards, OKRs, onboarding, and process visibility. - Practical: focuses on workflows, measurable impact, reusable patterns, and product constraints. - Mentoring-oriented: supports designers through reviews, 1:1s, onboarding, hiring support, and individual development plans. ### Domains - Classifieds - Marketplaces - E-commerce - FinTech - Trading and investment products - Leasing and CRM - HealthTech SaaS - Patient portals - Internal tools - Analytics dashboards - Design systems - UX research - DesignOps ## Case Study Framework All six published case narratives follow this sequence: **Project & role → The challenge → Research & process → The solution → Outcomes** - **Project & role:** the product, audience, context and Dmitry’s role and responsibilities. - **The challenge:** the user or business problem, constraints and intended change. - **Research & process:** the research, evidence, validation and working process that informed decisions. - **The solution:** the design decisions, workflows and Dmitry’s contribution. - **Outcomes:** reported results, their scope, measurement context and limitations. Behind the scenes provides additional project or leadership context after the five core sections. Team feedback is attributed supporting material; full LinkedIn recommendations are preserved in the Recommendations section. ## Larixon Classifieds Case Study Case title: Building a design function across markets and product teams Published case: https://rblka.com/work/larixon/ ### Project & role Larixon operates a group of classifieds platforms across five markets, with a shared web and app core and around 5M monthly active users. Its products include market-leading classifieds platforms: Bazaraki (Cyprus), Unegui (Mongolia) and Somon (Tajikistan). As Design Lead, I led seven Product Designers and a UX Research Lead across 8+ product verticals. I was responsible for Product Design, UX Research, DesignOps and Design Systems, reporting directly to the CPO. ### The challenge Previously, design work at the company was largely reactive: teams received requests and produced screens. There was no design system, and shared processes, quality standards and a research function had not been established. Tasks could arrive without business goals, analytics or success criteria. Designers spent time clarifying requirements, while stakeholders lacked visibility. The brief was to build a design function across product teams, align its priorities with the business and create a design system for web and app. ### Research & process Through a maturity matrix, interviews and workflow analysis, I identified the causes of delays: no Definition of Ready, unclear responsibilities and a lack of pairing between designers and Product Owners. Designers lacked focus, and tasks accumulated in queues and took longer to complete. These findings informed the process changes. From these findings, I developed a strategy and quarterly plan. I discussed them with the CPO and CEO, iterated on their feedback and connected the proposed changes to the needs of product teams. I worked through cross-team process changes with PMs, Product Owners, the QA Lead and Frontend Lead. ### The solution #### A design system for web and app I built a new design system using shadcn/ui as its foundation, which helped us put tokens and reusable components in place faster. I appointed Design System Owners, established contribution rules and introduced a tracker for component readiness in Figma, code and production. I implemented Figma Code Connect. #### DesignOps I introduced OKRs, regular reviews and visibility of design work in Jira. Through a Design Definition of Ready (dDOR), I set requirements for incoming tasks: context, goals, data, constraints and acceptance criteria. #### Working with the team I introduced regular one-on-ones, design reviews and design-team retrospectives. #### UX Research I hired a UX Research Lead to own the function and established touchpoints in the product process, Russian and English templates, and a research repository in Airtable. #### Hiring and team development I hired Product Designers for Jobs, Local Markets and Real Estate and assigned design coverage across product verticals. I introduced whiteboard interviews and hiring scorecards, alongside onboarding, buddy support, one-on-ones, competency assessments and individual development plans. ### Outcomes - The full design-system component library is now in production. - The cycle from task briefing to completed design fell to three weeks; previously, it could stretch over several months. - UX Research became a regular part of product development, helping teams make decisions across verticals and markets. - The design function gained defined owners, shared working practices and transparent planning. ### Behind the scenes I developed AI-assisted workflows, ran a workshop and piloted a Claude plugin for the design process. I also built a Figma plugin for checking translations and text length, and launched a Smartcat localisation pilot. ## Raiffeisen Group Case Study The previously combined case is now presented as two published projects: [Raiffeisen Bank](#raiffeisen-bank-case-study) and [Raiffeisen Leasing](#raiffeisen-leasing-case-study). This heading retains the earlier profile anchor. ## Raiffeisen Bank Case Study Case title: Designing a new trading terminal for portfolio managers and traders Published case: https://rblka.com/work/raiffeisen-bank/ ### Project & role Raiffeisen Bank was developing its own trading terminal for asset managers and brokers, with a target audience of more than 500 institutional clients. In 2025, as Lead Product Designer, I spent over six months designing the terminal from scratch. I interviewed portfolio managers and traders, designed the main screens and workflows, and prepared the widget behaviour, interface states and layout rules for development. ### The challenge The bank was building its own terminal as part of its strategy to reduce dependence on external vendors. In the version of QUIK used by the bank, switching between portfolios took a long time and access to bank accounts was limited. These limitations could directly affect whether client portfolios were managed correctly. Necessary changes depended on the external provider and could take a long time. The terminal needed to combine portfolio holdings and performance, banking accounts and tools for portfolio managers and traders making decisions or executing instructions. The bank also wanted AI in its products. In the terminal, AI needed to support daily work within legal constraints while keeping trading decisions with the user. ### Research & process Together with the Product Owner, I interviewed around 20 portfolio managers and traders. I reviewed their QUIK workflows and observed their work with portfolios and orders. The priorities were portfolio switching and banking-account access. Users spent time manually building boards: finding securities, recalling tickers, and adding and configuring widgets. This led us to design AI-assisted creation of task-specific boards. I also conducted around 10 video-recorded observations of portfolio managers at work. I used the findings to design workflows and discussed solutions with users in interviews. Participants completed the same task in QUIK and the new interface to compare the experience. Each widget was tested with several portfolio managers and traders. ### The solution #### Portfolios, accounts and trading I designed the workspace for the following tasks: - Switch portfolios and review value, holdings and financial performance across periods and chart points. - Review cash, stocks, funds, bonds and futures using search and categories. - See account balances and update times, fund accounts or withdraw, and choose an account and portfolio when buying securities. - Place buy and sell orders: choose an account, portfolio, instrument, quantity, price and order type. - Monitor execution: view active, partially filled and completed orders, and amend or cancel the unfilled portion. - Rebalance a portfolio by reviewing asset weights and adjusting holdings through purchases and sales. - Review trades, dividends, coupons, taxes and transfers, including amounts, fees and statuses. - Find instruments by name or ticker, distinguish trading venues, and open company information or charts. #### Portfolio-aware AI Highlights I designed AI Highlights, a panel of facts, news and events for the selected portfolio without buy or sell prompts. Useful/not-useful ratings were intended to gradually tailor the mix of company news and portfolio-composition information. #### One assistant, three types of tasks A single assistant field supported three groups of tasks: - Market: find securities, explore an instrument or compare options. - Portfolio: ask questions in ordinary language, such as dividend income or holdings below 1% of portfolio value. Answers could include a breakdown and an Excel file. - Workspace: add a widget or create an entire board, then customise it for the task. A contextual suggestion strip adapted to the query. For example, entering “Apple” brought up questions about price movements and valuation, similar securities, and adding a card to a thematic board. #### Setting up the workspace Users could preview a widget, choose its card layout, confirm the addition and position it on a board. We developed templates for new boards together with portfolio managers. Users could rename, duplicate or delete boards, hide widgets and open their data settings. Text requests worked alongside standard buttons and menus. ### Outcomes - Estimated around 4× faster workspace setup than in QUIK, based on observing users complete the same task. - The terminal design, including the AI-assisted scenarios, was approved and moved into development. - I prepared the screen designs, widget behaviour, main interface states and layout rules for the development team. ### Behind the scenes #### Completing the interface The design also covered login and QR-based access, appearance options, contextual menus and supporting states. #### Design leadership Alongside hands-on terminal work, my wider role included design direction across more than five investment tools. I mentored five designers across two product teams, ran design reviews and one-on-ones, and supported hiring. #### Working with AI tools I also used LLM tools to help prepare research, organise findings and explore early ideas. ## Raiffeisen Leasing Case Study Case title: Simplifying the journey from an initial calculation to contract closure Published case: https://rblka.com/work/raiffeisen-leasing/ ### Project & role Raiffeisen Leasing Online (RLO) is the company’s in-house platform for the full leasing lifecycle. It connects internal teams, business clients and a network of brokers, dealers, suppliers and insurers. At the time of the project, Raiffeisen Leasing managed a €600M corporate leasing portfolio. From 2021 to 2024, I worked on RLO as Lead Product Designer, conducting research and designing workflows from the first calculation to contract closure. I also led a group of designers across CIB (Corporate & Investment Banking) product teams. I worked with the Product Owner and colleagues in Engineering, Business, Sales and Operations. ### The challenge Managers manually gathered deal data, compared supplier and insurer offers, calculated leasing terms and uploaded the completed commercial proposal to RLO as a document. Some calculations stayed in their own Excel spreadsheets, leaving potential deals unrecorded in the system. Business feedback and funnel data confirmed the problem. Vendor limitations led the company to develop its own ecosystem. The goal was to scale leasing through partners and reduce manual processing. We started with proposal preparation so managers could discuss terms and move agreed options forward faster. According to the company’s 2023 presentation, brokers accounted for 70% of new business in its retail leasing segment in Q1 2022. ### Research & process I interviewed managers, insurance and compliance specialists and reviewed the existing BPMN diagram. I then validated hypotheses and refined the workflows through several usability tests with managers. Interviews and usability tests helped us identify which data was needed for the first calculation and which could be requested later. The initial step required the client’s tax ID, asset cost, term, advance payment and other calculation inputs. Documents and insurance details were collected at later stages, when checks and financing approval also took place. This allowed managers to discuss terms with clients sooner. ### The solution #### Creating and exploring proposals in RLO Managers created commercial proposals with indicative calculations in RLO, discussed them with clients and quickly prepared alternatives when needed. Once an option was agreed, they initiated the next deal stage and the system routed the proposal through the configured workflow. Indicative calculations helped clients assess terms without being a binding offer or final financing approval. Tax-ID scoring informed the available terms. #### Connecting the full lifecycle I designed workflows across the full leasing lifecycle: - Document collection, compliance and security checks, insurance, financing approvals and contract preparation. - After signing, payment servicing through the final instalment, contract closure and asset buyout. - Overdue payments, asset repossession and asset loss. - Changes of insurer or lessee, and changes to the legal entity. #### Supporting flexible payment schedules Managers previously had to complete most of the flow, then edit the payment schedule in PDF or Excel, leaving the proposal out of sync with RLO. I moved these edits to proposal preparation and linked two views: deal parameters and an automatically calculated schedule that could be tailored to the client. Changes to the schedule updated deal parameters, and vice versa. It supported a range of schedules, including balloon, increasing, decreasing and seasonal payments. #### Extending self-service to clients and partners B2B clients could track statuses, upload documents, view contracts and payment schedules, obtain documents for active contracts and receive electronic status notifications. I improved existing dealer and supplier applications, calculations and tracking. Dealers automatically received indicative calculations without waiting for a manager. Applications followed a separate business process before reaching a manager for processing. ### Outcomes - Managers’ preparation time for a commercial proposal with an indicative calculation fell from 12 to 2 minutes. - Conversion from “proposal received” to “proposal in progress” increased by 20 percentage points. - Dealers received indicative calculations within minutes instead of waiting up to a day for manual processing. - Managers recorded deals in RLO more often and relied less on their own Excel spreadsheets. - The wider product effort expanded automation from proposal preparation through contract servicing and closure. - During product development, NPS improved, with manager and client scores analysed separately. The team later shifted from measuring loyalty through NPS to measuring product satisfaction through CSAT. Specific scores are confidential. ### Behind the scenes #### Design leadership Alongside leasing work, I led a group of designers across CIB product teams, supported hiring and ran design reviews and one-on-ones. I helped with complex scenarios, design-system consistency, professional development and public speaking. #### Ways of working I helped apply an adapted Triple Diamond process, shape the design roadmap and work with business stakeholders. Problem exploration, hypothesis testing and early discussions with the business helped reduce rework. #### Designing LaaS from scratch I designed LaaS (Leasing as a Service), a B2B marketplace for collaboration between brokers and leasing companies, from scratch. #### AI-assisted offer analysis I designed AI assistant workflows for comparing supplier, insurer and competing leasing-company offers. The assistant highlighted differences in terms and helped managers prepare a more favourable offer for the client. ## Yandex.Market Case Study Case title: Making marketplace data useful and vendor onboarding faster Published case: https://rblka.com/work/yandex-market/ ### Project & role Yandex.Market Analytics was a joint Yandex–Sberbank project combining partner data with market insights. Clients included Microsoft, other international vendors and major retail chains. By summer 2020, it covered 780 categories and more than 1,000 stores. Users included business analysts, store owners, marketers, commercial directors and assortment specialists. As Senior Product Designer (April 2020–July 2021), I developed dashboards, reports and client onboarding for the service alongside analysts, engineers and product managers. ### The challenge Clients needed to understand which categories and brands were growing, who was buying them and where to expand their assortment. The available analytics settings did not always meet their needs, so they had to ask support to prepare some reports manually. The goal was to increase self-service analytics use, help clients identify growth opportunities and reduce support requests. Getting access was a separate challenge: manual plan selection, document exchanges and approvals could stretch onboarding to as long as 90 days in some cases. ### Research & process Surveys showed that some clients overlooked the filters and that the available options did not always cover their data selection needs. Users also needed configurable reports and exports. We prioritised requests by frequency, client scale and market segment size, then tracked usage and manual-report support requests. For onboarding, I separately interviewed representatives of vendors and stores who were responsible for obtaining access. These conversations helped identify delays in plan selection, contract signing and approvals. ### The solution #### Flexible dashboards and reports Templates provided a starting point. Based on client feedback, I made filters more noticeable and added missing options. Users could add or remove filter chips to adjust the selection. Data could be filtered by date range, category, brand, product attributes, geography, and shoppers’ gender and age. Users could choose metrics, create charts, switch visualisation types, and add or reorder reports on their dashboards to explore demand trends, sales forecasts and opportunities to expand their assortment. #### Exports for further analysis I improved Excel/CSV exports for analysis and PDF/image exports for presentations. File generation took 10–20 minutes for narrower selections; full exports could take up to an hour. #### Self-service onboarding I designed self-service onboarding: plan selection, contract signing via electronic document exchange and automatic access. Partners could also add service packages and product categories without an account manager. ### Outcomes - Clients created the reports they needed independently more often. - Support received fewer requests for manually prepared reports. - The complete journey from starting the onboarding process to receiving access took one day. Previously, some cases had taken up to 90 days. ### Behind the scenes Alongside this work, I developed Yandex.Market’s seller dashboard: tools for managing products, logistics and orders for an audience of 35,000 sellers. I also contributed to product taxonomy and categorisation for a catalogue of 57 million SKUs across 890 categories. In the interfaces, I used Yandex’s component library and shared design patterns. #### Analytics in practice One client identified growing demand for robot vacuums, refocused its entire business on the category and later saw revenue grow eightfold. ## GdeMaterial Case Study Case title: From a materials estimate to supplier selection and ordering Published case: https://rblka.com/work/gdematerial/ ### Project & role GdeMaterial was a construction materials marketplace with a network of 500+ suppliers. I worked as Senior Product Designer from June 2019 to April 2020. My main focus was Material.pro, a B2B platform serving 2,000 clients, including major property developers such as PIK. I designed material search, offer comparison, ordering and workflows connecting buyers, suppliers and logistics. ### The challenge Buying construction materials meant coordinating the estimate, suppliers and delivery to the site. Foremen were responsible for quality and timing, while clients managed the budget. Incorrect materials or late deliveries could bring work to a halt, so the lowest price alone was not enough. Buyers added materials or uploaded an estimate, but a company manager handled the subsequent supplier selection. The goal was to make offers clear enough for buyers to choose independently and increase conversion to placed orders. ### Research & process Together with product managers, I conducted interviews to understand how people purchased and approved materials. I tested interactive prototypes with foremen and clients, collected feedback and refined the flows. Testing led me to clarify the differences between offers: users needed to understand why prices differed and whether an option involved substituting materials. ### The solution #### Ordering from an estimate Buyers could upload a file or photo, enter a materials list manually or select products from the catalogue. #### Making offers easy to compare The system proposed how to split the materials in an estimate across suppliers, taking their specialisation, pricing and delivery terms into account. Buyers and foremen chose the right balance of budget, timing and reliability. I highlighted several purchase options: Cheapest without substitutions, Cheapest, Fast delivery, Recommended and others. The comparison showed the materials included, substitutions, suppliers and their ratings, delivery costs and timing. #### Placing and tracking an order I connected offer selection with order approval, payment and delivery. In their account, buyers could check the materials ordered, documents, delivery address and time, and current order status. ### Outcomes - Self-service offer comparison and selection launched in Material.pro. Buyers and foremen could evaluate purchasing options for the full estimate and choose suitable terms. - Following the redesign of offer selection and ordering, Material.pro conversion increased from 0.5% to 1.6%. We compared metrics before and after the update and also conducted A/B tests. ### Behind the scenes #### Material Chat Alongside Material.pro, I worked on Material Chat, an experimental platform connecting suppliers, foremen and clients around an order. Participants shared materials lists and discussed pricing, payment and delivery, with the platform acting as an arbiter in disputes. The chat functionality was later integrated into the main B2B product, Material.pro. ## Medesk Ltd. Case Study Case title: Simplifying everyday work for clinic teams Published case: https://rblka.com/work/medesk/ ### Project & role Medesk is a SaaS platform for managing private clinics. During my time there, it served more than 1,000 clinics across 35+ countries. From September 2016 to June 2019, I worked on product design across scheduling, appointments, medical records, reporting and integrations. The patient service developed as a connected part of the product. I worked directly with the founders, medical experts and engineers. ### The challenge The outdated interface had been built by engineers without designers. We needed to establish a consistent visual style and design system, speed up the release of new modules for clinics and update existing ones. In parallel, the marketing website needed a redesign to attract clinics through advertising campaigns. ### Research & process I gathered user problems through Support and weighed them against business needs. We prioritised recurring requests from clinics whose spending was typical of our customer base, keeping solutions useful to a broad range of clients. Requests included clearer access controls, transparent management of SMS and email campaign packages, and connections to new services. I conducted in-depth interviews with clinic staff and tested workflows using interactive prototypes. Participants included administrators, doctors, managers and marketers, chosen according to the task and role. ### The solution #### Shared components and working agreements I designed the components and visual patterns for the design system, while frontend engineers implemented them in Storybook. We agreed to use implemented components in designs: when a new one was needed, we first agreed on and requested its implementation before handing over the product task. The design system became the foundation for new modules and the gradual migration of existing ones. #### Clinic staff workflows For rescheduling appointments, I designed a split panel: patient and booking details on the left, an interactive calendar on the right. Administrators could find another time during a conversation with a patient and move the existing booking without cancelling it or switching between windows. I designed a role and permissions matrix for managing access. It allowed clinics to separate access for marketers, administrators and doctors, taking medical confidentiality and management’s requirements for protecting the patient database into account. #### External services and online booking I designed integration workflows for laboratories, telephony, SMS campaigns, payments, online cash registers and fiscal receipts, including tax settings that accounted for the clinic’s country of operation. My work covered 10 third-party modules, including Mango telephony, and five major medical laboratories, including Invitro and Helix. For the patient service, I designed online appointment booking: patients could choose a specific doctor, a convenient time, or a specialty followed by a clinician. The service had an addressable audience of around 10,000 patients. ### Outcomes - Over nearly three years with the product team, NPS among clinic staff rose from 37 to 54, reflecting the platform’s overall development over that period. - The design system helped frontend engineers build standard screens and clinic-specific workflows faster. Feature delivery time decreased by 20%, based on a comparison of timelines in Scrum sprints before and after its introduction. - Differences between designs and implementation became minimal, making the development outcome predictable. ### Behind the scenes I also redesigned the marketing website. Landing pages focused on clinics’ needs, specific features and workflows, leading visitors to request a platform demo. We assessed performance through the conversion funnel, demo request volume and conversion to a request. I coordinated freelancers and illustrators on the website and visual materials, including conference materials, print collateral and handouts. ## FAQ ### Who is Dmitry Rybalka? Dmitry Rybalka is a Product Design Lead with 10+ years of experience in product design, combining hands-on UX/UI work with design leadership, UX research, DesignOps, and design systems. ### What types of products has he worked on? He has worked on classifieds, marketplaces, fintech products, trading terminals, leasing CRMs, e-commerce tools, analytics dashboards, healthtech SaaS platforms, patient portals, internal tools, and design systems. ### What is his current role? He is currently Design Lead at Larixon Classifieds, an international classifieds group serving 5M monthly active users. ### What is his leadership experience? He has led 7 Product Designers and a UX Research Lead at Larixon Classifieds, mentored 5 designers at Raiffeisen Group, supported hiring, ran design reviews, introduced 1:1s, improved onboarding, and created individual development plans. ### Does he have design system experience? Yes. At Larixon he built a shadcn/ui-based design system with Design System Owners, contribution rules and a readiness tracker; the full component library is in production, and he implemented Figma Code Connect. At Medesk he designed the components and visual patterns, while frontend engineers implemented them in Storybook. The case reports a 20% reduction in feature delivery time based on Scrum-sprint timeline comparisons. ### Does he have UX research experience? Yes. At Larixon he hired a UX Research Lead and established research touchpoints, Russian/English templates and an Airtable repository. At Raiffeisen Bank he interviewed around 20 portfolio managers and traders with the Product Owner and compared task completion in QUIK and the new interface. Other cases document interviews, surveys, usability testing and interactive prototypes. He also used LLM tools for research preparation and synthesis. ### What company reach, product audience, and measurable outcomes are shown in the portfolio? See [Scale and Results](#scale-and-results) for the figures and their measurement context. The six published case narratives below the professional profile provide the complete project accounts. Company reach, target audience and product outcomes should not be conflated. ### What roles would be a strong fit? Relevant roles include Senior, Lead, Staff, and Principal Product Designer, as well as Design Lead and Product Design Manager, depending on the role’s scope. His expertise includes AI-assisted workflows, design systems, and prototyping. Head of Design roles may also be relevant when they combine hands-on product design with design leadership. ### What work formats and relocation options is he open to? He is open to office, hybrid, and remote work, and to relocation. ### Where can the visual portfolio be viewed? The visual portfolio is available at https://rblka.com/. ### What is his English proficiency? His English proficiency is B2 (Upper Intermediate). ## Recommendations Full recommendations received on LinkedIn, reproduced as written. Author roles and previous workplaces were checked against their LinkedIn profiles on October 5, 2026; career details may postdate the recommendations. The career information below describes the recommendation authors. ### 1. [Alim Uderbekov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/auderbekov/) Current: CEO & Co-Founder — Surfaice (since Jan 2024). Previous experience: SQM-INVEST; DMAT.VN; GdeMaterial; Yandex (incubator residency); KPMG; AT Consulting; Cosmos export; MOZG-GROUP; Scientific technical center "Elins". Recommendation date: February 19, 2023. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Managed Dmitry directly. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/auderbekov/details/experience/). > If you’re considering about working with Dima, I hope this review will help you to get the right answer. > > Dima is a not just a great designer, he is a great thinker. Within our job, he showed many times that before do something we need to clearly understand the customer journey, that design is not about just beauty, it’s about usability. > > So if you want to get the things done and you’re doing something valuable, Dima for sure will help you to make it understandable and usable. > > I’m strongly recommend him as a product designer and I’ll definitely hope to work with Dima someday again! ### 2. [Ilya Sergeev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilyasergeev11838918a/) Current: Co-founder — Brimo (since Jun 2023). Previous experience: Raiffeisen Bank Russia; Home Credit and Finance Bank; BNS Group of Companies. Recommendation date: April 7, 2025. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Managed Dmitry directly. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilyasergeev11838918a/details/experience/). > I worked with Dima at Raiffeisen Bank. Dima proved himself as a high-level specialist. > > He successfully demonstrated a wide range of capabilities: from developing existing products to launching new services from scratch. He offered fresh conceptual design solutions and scalable approaches. Dima always focused on business goals while deeply immersing himself in user problems. > > Dima always looked beyond his product group: he helped adjacent teams, established a unified design process, and implemented activities to improve design literacy. He initiated process shifts within the team to achieve results more effectively. > > He led the design group. With his help, the quality of designers' solutions improved, and a mature approach to tasks was formed. Designers began to interact more effectively with product teams. He also actively participated in recruiting specialists for the design team, which helped us fill strong senior-level positions. > > I confidently recommend Dima as an excellent specialist who will deeply immerse himself in your business, help your team make a breakthrough, and take design to a new level in your organization. ### 3. [Victor Antonov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wwwictor/ru/) Current: Head of Design — Sweatcoin (since Jun 2025). Previous experience: Impress; Aero eCommerce Agency; Osmos; Yandex.Market; GetTaxi Rus; Be-in.ru; OnlineDress.ru and Odstore.ru; LightSoft Research. Recommendation date: November 19, 2024. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Managed Dmitry directly. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wwwictor/details/experience/). > I can recommend Dmitry as a thoughtful designer who is deeply involved not only in the process of interface design but also in the core essence of the product and business. ### 4. [Alexey Filatov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfilatov7/) Current: Head of Product (FinTech) — Avito (since Sep 2024). Previous experience: OZON.ru; Kapital Bank; Raiffeisen Bank Russia; Alfa-Leasing; ZephyrLab; TVEEN. Recommendation date: June 28, 2022. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Managed Dmitry directly. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexfilatov7/details/experience/). > We hired Dmitry as Senior UX/UI designer in Raiffeisen bank for a very complicated role. Dmitry was responsible for the whole design infrastructure of Leasing product: ERP system and onnline-services. Dmitry has recommended himself as a very innovative person, who always tries to improve research, design and implementation processes. Dmitry has conducted dozens of interviews and UX-tests and shared the results with the SCRUM team. I have worked with many designers and I want to mention that Dmitry is almost the only one who tries to deep into the business processes, financial model, stakeholders view and other business aspects of the product. Last but not least, Dmitry tries to build the workflow and personal communication in the direction when you feel confidently and transparent with him like he is co-founder of your startup. ### 5. [Ilia Zinchenko](https://www.linkedin.com/in/izinchenko/) Current: Head of B2B Products — Lamoda Group (since Jul 2024). Previous experience: Yandex; Atalan; CISLAB. Recommendation date: July 13, 2021. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Managed Dmitry directly. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/izinchenko/details/experience/). > We've worked with Dima on the service Yandex.Market Analytics. He did a great job and designed a lot of useful decisions. It was very efficient and comfortable to work with him. ### 6. [Maria Nosyreva](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-no/) Current: Lead Product Manager — OZON.ru (since Dec 2023). Previous experience: Raiffeisen Bank International AG; Higher School of Economics; Freelance. Recommendation date: July 13, 2022. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Worked with Dmitry on the same team. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-no/details/experience/). > I worked with Dmitry at Raiffeisen Leasing. Dmitry is a professional designer with high standards of performance. He always keeps user in mind while proposing new design. Dmitry has great experience in different products that he uses to develop the best possible solution. Dmitry is an open person who shares his knowledge and he seeks ways to improve and learn. I can recommend him confidently as a team worker and experienced goal-orienteered designer. ### 7. [Paaez Coleman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paaez-c-b8b347121/) Current: Senior Marketing Manager — Skin Research Institute (since Oct 2022); Senior Copywriter — Skin Research Institute (since Aug 2021). Previous experience: CBDfx; CCL Naturals. Recommendation date: September 13, 2023. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Was Dmitry's client. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paaez-c-b8b347121/details/experience/). > Dmitry is diligent and insightful! Among his many qualities, he employs a thorough research process to ensure he creates stunning pages that cater to the user experience. He’s a very talented designer and marketer and I would definitely work with him again! ### 8. [Egor Fleishman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/egor-fleishman/) Current: VFX Artist — Online VFX (Postproduction school) (since Sep 2024); CG Generalist — Self-Employed (since Jul 2023). Previous experience: Playrix; MTS; Fteam; Budilkin.ru; Consul Swiss watch and jewelry; Yandex; LightSoft research. Recommendation date: February 4, 2023. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Managed Dmitry directly. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/egor-fleishman/details/experience/). > I’ve worked with Dmitry as a senior UX/UI designer and lead designer on projects (UX/UI research, watch marketplace, Hotel booking System, Analytics for suppliers and partners, and other online services) in such companies as LightSoft, Budilkin, Fteam for 7 years. In all projects Dmitry was responsible for the UX/UI interface. Dmitry is a well-structured, high-performance, motivated expert in UX/UI. He always strives to solve product tasks as efficiently as possible using a data driven approach and accessible analytics. In working together all the tasks were solved. > > I am sure that Dmitry's experience will be invaluable for any product-oriented companies or teams. ### 9. [Oleg Makushev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleg-makushev/ru/) Current: Senior Frontend Engineer — Rockstar Games (since Apr 2024). Previous experience: Ex Machina Group; SuperJob; Medesk; DATUM Group. Recommendation date: July 1, 2025. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Worked with Dmitry on the same team. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oleg-makushev/details/experience/). > I had the pleasure of working with Dmitry at Medesk, and he quickly impressed me with his strong product thinking, design system expertise, and calm, structured approach to solving problems. His design work consistently balanced usability, scalability, and aesthetics — making it easier for engineers like me to implement clean, user-friendly interfaces. > > Dmitry was always open to feedback, actively collaborated across teams, and brought a clear vision to the table. He’s a thoughtful, reliable teammate who cares deeply about building not just great designs but great products. Working with him was inspiring and truly efficient. ### 10. [Julia Di](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-di13/) Current: Senior Product Designer — Larixon Classifieds (since Jan 2026). Previous experience: Headhunter Group; MAX Design studio; Freelance (Self employed); Gazpromneft-NTC; LUKOIL. Recommendation date: May 5, 2026. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Reported directly to Dmitry. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-di13/details/experience/). > I had the pleasure of working with Dmitry Rybalka, who is one of the strongest managers I’ve had in my career — across design, sales, and customer support. > > Dmitry consistently demonstrates a strong ability to identify growth opportunities, assess current challenges, and develop effective, well-thought-out solutions. His work is grounded in strategic thinking, solid technical understanding, and a clear analytical approach. > > He is a reliable and well-organized professional who manages his work with discipline and attention to detail. At the same time, he actively listens to different perspectives and adapts his approach to support each team member. > > Dmitry’s soft skills are a real strength — he creates a comfortable environment where challenges can be discussed openly, and solutions are found without unnecessary pressure. > > I’m confident that any team would benefit from having Dmitry as a manager. > > I’m personally grateful for the time we worked together — it was a valuable experience, and I learned a lot from him. ### 11. [Ekaterina Popova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterina-popova-b23007196/) Current: Senior UX Researcher — Larixon Classifieds (since Jan 2026). Previous experience: Uzum; Samokat; Codevelop Technologies; Intch, Inc; LinguaTrip; Laboratory for Social and Cognitive Informatics. Recommendation date: May 20, 2026. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Reported directly to Dmitry. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ekaterina-popova-b23007196/details/experience/). > Working with Dima was genuinely one of the most comfortable and positive professional experiences I’ve had. From the very beginning, communication was always clear, structured, and respectful, which created a strong sense of trust and stability in everyday work. > > I always understood the goals, priorities, and next steps, and that clarity made collaboration incredibly smooth and motivating. What I appreciated most was the quality of feedback — it was always thoughtful, constructive, and delivered in a way that helped me grow while still feeling supported. > > Beyond being a strong professional, Dima creates an environment where people feel heard, trusted, and comfortable asking questions or sharing ideas. That combination of organization, calm leadership, and human approach made a huge difference in the overall experience of working together! > > I’m truly grateful for the opportunity to have worked with Dima!! ### 12. [Art Rosnovsky](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosnovsky/) Current role/company: Not listed on LinkedIn. Most recent: Senior Developer — BeyondID, Apr 2024–Jan 2025. Previous experience: Auth0 by Okta; Microsoft; Transmark Logistics; AT&T. Recommendation date: July 26, 2018. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Worked with Dmitry on the same team. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosnovsky/details/experience/). > Dmitry is one of the most talanted, competent, and innovative UX/UI designers that I had a chance to work with. During the course of our projects, Dmitry was professional, friendly, straightforward, laser-focused on the goal and extremely efficient in reaching them. Dmitry's work ethics is impeccable, he is excellent communicator; Dmitry is a great team player who is equally efficient when working independetly. ### 13. [Yaroslav Kurenkov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaroslav-kurenkov-95b56925b/) Current: Senior QA Engineer — Raiffeisen Bank Russia (since May 2024). Previous experience: AT Consulting. Recommendation date: November 20, 2024. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Worked with Dmitry on the same team. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaroslav-kurenkov-95b56925b/details/experience/). > Dmitriy consistently brings a unique perspective to product, offering unconventional solutions to achieve the desired goal ### 14. [Anton Illarionov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonillarionov/) Current: Product Designer — Larixon Classifieds (since Apr 2025). Previous experience: OZON.ru; SobakaPav; EgoRound. Recommendation date: May 10, 2026. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Managed Dmitry directly. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonillarionov/details/experience/). > When Dmitry joined us as a Design Manager, the company was growing fast, and we desperately needed better processes. He took on the messy job of structuring how we worked, and the results were great. > > He brought much-needed clarity by defining specific roles and setting strict rules for task inputs and design outputs. Instead of just managing people, he restructured the whole team into product verticals, which made scaling a lot smoother. > > What I really respected was his practical approach to the business side of design. Dmitry analyzed our workflow to find exactly where we were losing money or time, and fixed those gaps. He was also the one pushing the team to adopt new AI tools to speed up our daily routine. > > Dmitry is a smart, process-driven manager who knows how to make a design department actually efficient. I’d gladly work with him again. ### 15. [Bogdan Mavrin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdan-mavrin/) Current role/company: Not listed on LinkedIn. Most recent: Product Designer — Larixon Classifieds, Jan 2026–Jul 2026. Previous experience: Trevolution Group; Star IT; IndicaOnline POS Software; GameGreed; HeyPxl; Yandex; Self Employed; Red Bull. Recommendation date: May 12, 2026. Relationship recorded on LinkedIn: Reported directly to Dmitry. Sources: [LinkedIn recommendation](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ribadima/details/recommendations/); [Author career history](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bogdan-mavrin/details/experience/). > I had the pleasure of working with Dmitry at Larixon, where he was my Design Manager on the Jobs vertical. He's easily one of the best managers I've had in my career. > > Dmitry has a strong understanding of business and product context, and he always helped me see the bigger picture behind what we were doing. His approach to managing the team was grounded in clear thinking and practical solutions, which made a real difference in how we worked. He also consistently encouraged the team to explore new tools, including AI, which helped streamline our processes and work faster. > > Beyond the professional side, Dmitry is simply a great person to work with. He built a team environment where designers felt supported and could discuss challenges openly without unnecessary pressure. I'm confident that any design team would benefit from having Dmitry as a leader. I'm grateful for the experience of working with him, and I would gladly do it again.