# Sami Surakka

Lead product designer and Product Manager for complex and high-stakes systems, from safety-critical products to AI platforms. Discovery through shipped product, with executives as readily as with engineering, product, and go-to-market. Currently AI Product Manager and Designer at [Kaiku](https://kaikucrew.com/) via Bumblebee Design.

**Tampere Metropolitan Area, Finland** · [sami@bumblebee.fi](mailto:sami@bumblebee.fi) · [linkedin.com/in/samisurakka](https://linkedin.com/in/samisurakka) · [samisurakka.com](https://samisurakka.com)

## Experience

**Bumblebee Design:** Co-Founder, Product Design Consultant · 08/2020 — 04/2025, 08/2026 — Present  
Consultancy for B2B and high-stakes products; over €100k ARR (2021–2024). Current: Kaiku. Selected: Zeabuz (autonomous vessel UI), RISE (won vs 226 entries; launched), Investment & KYC sprints (app launched 2026), infrastructure public tool (Nordics & Baltics).

**Cambri:** Lead Product Designer / Product Manager · 11/2024 — 08/2026  
Shipped reporting (53% of active orgs; AI one-pagers/summaries) and survey programming (document-like editor with CTO); coded Storybook library with developers; introduced roadmap and prioritisation across value and feasibility.

**Tietoevry:** Principal Product Designer, Freelance · 11/2022 — 06/2024  
Remote patient monitoring redesign: design system for two teams (later migration in days), 5+ clinical workflows, AI-harmonised clinician Insights.

**Groke Technologies:** Product Designer, Freelance · 09/2021 — 11/2022  
Premium maritime navigation/fleet UI (AI, sensor fusion); 2× faster design at ~half agency cost; Groke Fleet Red Dot nomination; Unity implementation.

**Insta Digital:** Design Lead, Senior Designer · 07/2019 — 09/2021  
Led six designers; design in early sales; sprints across industrial and enterprise clients.

**Valmet:** Design Consultant · 08/2019 — 08/2021  
Industrial logistics and process platform: Figma transition, design system foundations, denser workflow simplification.

**Insta Response:** UX Designer, UX Lead, Mentor · 03/2015 — 06/2019  
Finland’s 112 product family (~3M calls/year). Grew UX 1→3; calls answered in 30s from 92–94% to 97–99%; design ambassadors in engineering.

## Education

**D.Sc. (Tech.), Tampere University:** Present (ROI of UX) · **M.Sc. (Tech.)** 2017 · **B.Sc. (Tech.)** 2016, Tampere University of Technology (human-centered design / software engineering)

## Skills

Complex & mission-critical UX · Enterprise & B2B product design · Product management · AI & data-driven systems · Design strategy & facilitation · Cross-functional leadership · Design systems & coded component libraries · Product discovery · Business alignment

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Full CV: [cv-sami-surakka.md](./cv-sami-surakka.md) · PDF: [cv-sami-surakka.pdf](./cv-sami-surakka.pdf)

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