Projects Led


Web3 Startup

Play for the Planet!

Earn Rewards with NextGen VR & Web3 Sustainability Games

Nanichi Atabey originates from the native Taino (Arawakan) language of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and means "my dear/my heart/my beloved" and "mother goddess & creator/Mother Earth". These words inspire the purpose of this startup to support organizations & individuals in loving Mother Earth by protecting endemic species in vulnerable ecosystems around the world & offsetting CO2 emissions, by leveraging VR games & Web3 customer loyalty programs.


A Selection of Products & projects ordered by industry


1. Banking

o   Global multi-channel bank insurer (metaverse & ESG opportunities)

o   Leading multinational investment bank and financial services company (wealth managers DX opportunities)


2. Pharma & healthcare

o   Employee experience/self-service, operational improvement & process automation, KPIs for internal employee service

o   Implementing industry best practices for executing usability tests, field visits, user interviews, analyzing qualitative data, and using the lean UX canvas for strategic UX research tasks definition

VR wellness app experience review, digital health


3. Retail/e-commerce

o IoT supermarket experience, human-centered AI

o Customer loyalty, food & beverage

o AR try-on strategies across various companies in consumer goods 

o Responsible website for e-shopping with AI, using drones for package delivery

o Mobile app for food delivery

o Smartwatch usability heuristics

o Conversational AI, FAQ chatbot

o Drive digital sales with a loyalty program, mobile app enhancing CX

o Phygital experience reviews

o Design operations for a leading airline company

o NFT business concepts in retail

o Mobility-as-a-Service platforms, transportation


4. Business Consulting

o UX research for website redesign of industry & academia partnership, strategic roadmap & assets: personas, user journey, information architecture

o Generative AI use cases workshop, product discovery/business cases

o Emerging sustainability products & services, futures design/strategic foresight


5. Telecom/ICT

Improvement of online sales, SEO strategy & CX experience

Client in ICT & energy provision sector: Product management - vision, roadmap, and customer experience workshop, ICT & energy management sector


6. Biotech

Enhancing farmers' relationships with brands & adopting digital tools


7. SaaS

o   Miro innovation workshops in multi-disciplinary & distributed teams: designing for behavior change, ethical AI IFTF toolkit, designing Google human-centered AI, MR workshop, lean UX canvas, futures design in BFSI


8. Agriculture

o   Biogas industry: expert interviews

o   Norwegian seafood company (self-service automation/EX, voice of employee)

Technology feasibility
assessment, VOC, air quality control 

Nutrient recovery from biogas residues

o   Air pollutants distribution, database management


9. Training & Research

o   Mobile app for upskilling adults using AI

o  Mixed reality event in horizon workrooms

Environmental contest with 100 primary school children in Costa Rica

o   Biogas industry: expert interviews

o   (User) research: planning to execution

o   Drafting proposals & pitching to client

o   Stakeholder communication & management: project partners

o   Presenting results in conferences: experts

o   (Hybrid) project management

o   Thought leadership: workshops & authoring articles, presenting at conferences


10. NGOs

Work across different countries, including Costa Rica, USA, Germany, and Switzerland (e.g., SwissMBAs, digitalswitzerland, Challenge:Future)

o   Networking, partnerships, stakeholder communication management

o   Sponsoring/fundraising management

o   Pitching to senior leadership/C-suite