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Karim Naguib is a design executive and Head of Product Design & Research at A Place for Mom. Across 15+ years, he has built products and teams spanning consumer, B2B, enterprise, marketplaces, global travel, hiring, education, and AI-powered experiences.

Karim Naguib is a design executive who builds products, teams, and systems from zero to one to global scale. He currently leads Product Design and Research at A Place for Mom. Previously, he led multidisciplinary design organizations and product areas at Indeed, designed traveler and partner experiences at Booking.com, and co-founded the education platform SkillAcademy.

His work spans consumer, B2B, enterprise, SaaS, marketplace, and AI-powered products. As a native Arabic speaker with experience in MENA research and RTL/LTR products, he brings a cross-cultural perspective to internationalization, personalization, and product strategy.

• Leading design and research from 0→1 to scale
• How AI changes product teams and design leadership
• Designing across consumer, B2B, and enterprise contexts
• Global product assumptions, Arabic, and RTL interfaces
• Marketplaces, partner ecosystems, and developer experience
• Research, experimentation, and product judgment