AI for Product Development

My qualifications as a coach are built on deep, practitioner-level experience in AI product management. I spent 9 years at Amazon as a Principal Technical Product Manager, where I led the strategy and development of complex AI and Generative AI products. This specialization is the culmination of a career spanning 25+ years that began in engineering, giving me a firsthand understanding of how to translate technical skills into strategic product competencies—a critical skill for any aspiring AI product leader.   As a former hiring manager at Amazon who conducted over 150 interviews for these roles, I offer a rare, 360-degree perspective on what it takes to build an impactful career in the most competitive sector of technology. My coaching combines this insider's view with my practitioner's expertise to help you navigate your own path to success in AI product management.  

Welcome to my profile! With over a decade of experience in AI and machine learning, I have led transformative projects at top tech companies like Google, Meta, and Zendesk and now work on one of the world's leading AI developer platforms. I am uniquely experienced as an AI PM. My strategic leadership at Google accelerated global AI launches, while at Zendesk, I pioneered AI/ML features that drove substantial user adoption and market share growth. I am passionate about mentoring and have guided numerous product managers to success. If you're looking to break into AI/ML or advance your career in this dynamic field, let's connect!

I teach how to build and use AI agents to launch and scale your business. I also offer coaching for vibe coding and evaluating AI agent models in product management.

Product Manager with experience leading 0-to-1 AI/ML platform initiatives across various high-pressure, fast-paced AI Security/Auth and MDM environments at Microsoft. Proven track record of taking technical products from conception to launch, specializing in AI-driven automation, trust and safety frameworks, and B2B2C ecosystem growth. Expert at scaling complex systems for millions of users by aligning cross-functional engineering, UX, and business stakeholders to drive adoption. Helped 15+ students and new grads land roles in top tech companies via conducting 100+ hours of consulting, mock interviews and resume reviews, etc.

If AI feels like a chaotic side quest, I can help you turn it into a repeatable growth system. I’m a business coach with 26 years in software engineering, including 12 years managing engineering teams and 7 years managing managers, and I lead a massive developer-platform organization at Amazon serving 42 product teams and 800+ engineers. That’s not just theory, I’ve spent years making complex systems faster, safer, and cheaper at scale. I specialize in helping leaders adopt AI for productivity, product development, and growth without adding operational noise. For productivity, I redesign workflows around AI automation, reporting, and knowledge capture so teams spend less time on repetitive work and more on execution. In product development, I apply AI to accelerate discovery, planning, and execution while keeping strong quality gates in place—so you get speed without “AI-gone-wrong” surprises. In growth, I connect AI directly to commercial outcomes: lead quality, campaign experimentation, retention signals, and planning cadence—always tied to owners, KPIs, and business impact. The numbers back the approach: I’ve led large infrastructure transformations that cut build times by up to 48% (P90), and compressed migration efforts from years into months without sacrificing reliability (defect rates held at .001%). In short, I coach with the unusual combo of technical depth and business pragmatism: I understand both the model and the machinery behind it. If you want AI that earns trust, saves time, and drives real growth, I can help you get there—without the hype and with measurable results.

I help people understand, build, and use AI in practical ways. Whether you’re building an AI product, improving your workflow, exploring automation, preparing for AI/data roles, or figuring out how AI applies to your business, I can help you turn broad ideas into clear next steps. I’ve worked on technology across very different environments: the Olympic Games, startups, and AI implementations for real businesses. I’ve scoped projects, built tools, designed workflows, evaluated business cases, worked with technical infrastructure, and used AI hands-on across products, data, automation, LLMs, prompts, agents, and operations. My goal is to make AI feel less overwhelming and more useful. I’ll meet you where you are and help you move forward with more clarity, confidence, and practical judgment.

Your career is moving fast — and AI is making it move even faster. I'm here to help you keep up, level up, and stand out. With 20+ years across product management, operations, and AI transformation — including time leading product at LinkedIn and now as VP of AI Transformation at ActiveCampaign — I bring real, current experience to every coaching conversation. I've helped people land their first PM role, earn promotions, pivot into AI & full stack builder roles, along with building the confidence to lead in an industry that keeps changing. I don't do generic advice. I do your situation, your goals, and your next move. Ready to figure out what that looks like? Let's connect!

Have an AI idea but are unsure what to build first? Bring a use case or an early prototype. I can help you choose between prompting, RAG, and an agentic workflow, understand the architecture, and design practical checks before adding complexity. We can work on a document assistant, a small tool-using workflow, or an evaluation plan. You build and learn with guidance, using public or synthetic examples and code you are allowed to share. I bring 10 years across AI research and education, a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and experience as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science teaching machine learning and generative AI. I am an NVIDIA DLI Certified Instructor for Building Agentic AI Applications with LLMs and a University Ambassador. Expect clear explanations, feedback on your reasoning, and a focused next step. Start with a free intro call so we can choose an appropriate scope. This is coaching, not done-for-you development or a production guarantee.

-Matriculated into big tech Product Management at the time of org- and infra-level transition to AI workflows -Built AI products 0->1 at enterprise and private market levels

I built my company using AI for everything from automations to product development to marketing and growth. This let me stay at the forefront of new technologies, companies, and use cases. Now I'm excited to help on your AI journey!