Craig Gomes
CEO & Founder, Pixelvise & Lit Hood
I’m Craig Gomes — a systems design engineer, entrepreneur, and author focused on building coherent digital and operational systems that scale with intent.
My work began with design, but it never stayed there. Early on, I was drawn not just to how things looked, but to how they worked together — interfaces, architecture, performance, workflows, and the underlying logic that allows products and businesses to grow without breaking. Over time, this curiosity evolved into a career centered on designing, engineering, launching, and scaling systems, rather than shipping isolated deliverables.
I’ve built across a wide spectrum: websites, web applications, software platforms, digital products, written work, and startups. What ties all of it together is a systems-first approach — understanding constraints, defining structure, and designing for longevity rather than short-term wins.
Today, I’m the Founder & CEO of Pixelvise, where I work with companies that need more than templates or surface-level design. At Pixelvise, we design and engineer digital platforms with a strong emphasis on architecture, performance, maintainability, and clarity. Our work spans complex WordPress ecosystems, custom web platforms, and system-driven digital foundations built to evolve over time.
Since its inception, Pixelvise has worked with over 500 brands globally — from early-stage startups to large organizations — including ITC, Dropbox, Amazon, Google, and Marriott. Through this work, I’ve had the opportunity to influence how millions of users interact with web platforms every day — particularly within the WordPress ecosystem — by prioritizing robustness over convenience and systems over shortcuts.
Alongside digital systems, I also operate in a very different, highly regulated domain. I’m the founder of Axentra International LLP, a pharmaceutical API export company operating at the intersection of compliance, documentation, logistics, and international trade. Here, the challenges are operational rather than visual — but the thinking remains the same. Clear systems, defined processes, and accountability are what enable reliability at scale, especially in environments where precision is non-negotiable.
Across ventures, my role is not limited to design or execution alone. I work deeply across strategy, architecture, operations, and ownership, ensuring that what gets built can survive real-world complexity. I’m particularly interested in the long-term implications of decisions — technical, organizational, and structural — and how early clarity prevents downstream failure.
As an author and writer, I document ideas around systems, design, technology, and business — not as trends, but as disciplines that reward patience and rigor. I believe good systems are quiet. They don’t demand attention; they earn trust over time.
At the core of everything I do is a simple principle:
build things that last — structurally, technically, and ethically.