Terry Ahlander
Experience Designer, Strategist and Product Leader - Auto, Subscriptions, Complex Systems
- Role
- Ux Product Lead - Ai, Data & Intelligence (Contract) at Ford Motor Company
- Location
- Detroit, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Terry Ahlander
Portfolio: TerryAhlander.comI lead cross-functional teams that turn complex customer problems into tangible results. Over the past decade, my work with Ford, BMW, Toyota, and Mazda has improved EV adoption, increased digital engagement, and driven multimillion-dollar pipeline growth. I specialize in connecting customer experience strategy with business outcomes to create new concepts and improve existing ones - scaling design practices, aligning executives, and delivering products that create loyalty and competitive advantage.
Experience
Ux Product Lead - Ai, Data & Intelligence (Contract)
Feb 2026 — Present · Detroit, MI, US
Strategic product design for internal data products and services that support Ford’s vehicle design and cost analysis ecosystem at scale- Lead service design efforts across B2B and internal platforms, defining end-to-end journeys and aligning teams around shared customer and business outcomes- Identify integrations for AI-assisted decision making based on experience gaps, insights across data-lakes, digital and service ecosystems- Establish and evolve design principles and system-level guidelines that drive consistency, accessibility and quality across data products, services and ai agents.
Education
Kent State University
Master's Degree, User Experience Design
2014 — 2016
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Graduate Certificate, AI Strategies for Business Transformation: Generative and Agentic Intelligence
Saginaw Valley State University
BBA, Marketing,Graphic Design
2006 — 2011
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Customer Service
- Marketing
- User Experience Design
- Digital Asset Management
- Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
- Axure
- Html
- Project Management
- Creative Direction
- Graphic Design
- Branding & Identity
- Advertising
- Integrated Marketing
- Logo Design
- Social Media Marketing
- Css
- Leadership
- Copywriting
- Web Design
- User Experience
- Content Strategy
- Photography
- Adobe Cq Digital Advertising Software
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