Summary
Oli Studholme is a product leader blending UX, information architecture, and front-end craftsmanship with a design and development background. He has 15 years of experience across Tokyo-based roles at Nikkei and PayPay Card, leading product management, design direction, and user research. He led a Nikkei mobile site replacement that delivered 2x better Speed Index and 49% growth in DAU, a project used by Google as a case study for Progressive Web Apps and showcased at Google I/O 2018 by Addy Osmani. Oli authored Beginning HTML5 and CSS3: The Web Evolved and contributed to HTML5 Doctor and the Pastry Box Project, highlighting his passion for accessible UI and technical storytelling. He previously founded Web Heavies Ltd., bridging entrepreneurship with hands-on development. Currently, he is a Product Manager at PayPay Card in Tokyo, known for turning complex requirements into practical, auditable solutions.
16 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., B.Sc., Design, Biochemistry, B.A., B.Sc., Design, Biochemistry at University of Otago
English, Japanese