Alexis Collado

Captain
DISC Type : DS

Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer at Swarm

Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

Overview

Alexis Collado is the Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer at Swarm, an AI platform accelerating enterprise AI adoption. A Tatler Gen. T 2025 Honouree, he is a key figure in the design community, having also co-founded Asias largest design conference, UX+, and led design for YC startups. People often describe him as a pioneering, valuable mentor and leader.

He is passionate about empowering the next generation of Filipino designers. He hosts the "Roots" podcast to profile their stories, coaches early-stage designers at Specter, and founded the first student UX organization in the Philippines. Outside of design, he enjoys playing badminton and the video game DoTA 2.

His podcast, "Roots, " profiling world-class Filipino designers, ranked Top 2 in the Design category on Apple Podcasts in the Philippines.

Personality Overview

Decisive But Calm

Output-Driven

Consummate Professional

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time.  They are very professional in their approach and can weigh multiple perspectives together. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Topics They Care About

AI in Product Design
His work at Swarm focuses on AI transformation and Agentic UX. He actively experiments with and discusses the impact of generative AI tools like Gemini and Claude on design.
Design Community Building
He co-founded the UX+ Conference and the Philippines' first student UX club. He also hosts a podcast dedicated to profiling Filipino designers worldwide.
Mentoring Designers
He is a product design coach and frequently writes articles and speaks about career optimization and growth for early-stage designers, a topic he can discuss for hours.

Media Appearances

Alexis has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2021
Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer at Swarm
8-2021
Design Fellow at On Deck
6-2019
Design Coach, Founder at Specter
7-2019
Co-Founder, UX+ Conference at UX+
12-2017
Host and Producer at Roots — A Podcast on Filipino Designers

Education

2014 - 2018
BS Management Information Systems from Ateneo de Manila University
2017 - 2017
Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Summit from Stanford University
2010 - 2014
Valedictorian from Lourdes School Quezon City
2000 - 2009
Valedictorian from New Jerusalem School

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 10 Location : Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer at Swarm

Interested in

Sports

Badminton

Health & Outdoor

Badminton, Silicon Valley and entrepreneurship

Lifestyle

Roots podcast, Medium and blog

Entertainment

DoTA 2, Music Club

URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Alexis

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on the results that your product produces, expect some strategic questions in return
  • Let them know of potential risks but suggest mitigation methods alongside
  • You can spend time on BANT (or other qualification methodology) but keep it to the point

DONT's

  • Don't focus too much on mutual contacts or bother about other stakeholders, focus on them
  • Don't shy away from asking hard questions, but be extra polite
  • Don't take their patience for granted, avoid long-winding sermons

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Alexis is

  • Strong proof of impact and their conviction will matter the most, but they wouldn't want to act unilaterally either
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Alexis

  • They will say no if they are not convinced but you will have to prompt them.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Alexis move?

  • They will want to understand things well but can move fast once they have a clear picture.
  • Can Alexis take some risk or not?

  • They have good risk tolerance but are likely to think it through once or twice.

You And Alexis

Personality Compatibility


More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.