My story
I grew up fascinated by systems that outlive their creators — cities, companies, communities. That drew me to study Urban Planning and Operations Research at Cornell University. Although I didn't know Product Management at that time, the studies accidentally taught me many PM skills. I moved to Silicon Valley after graduation, following my role model Steve Jobs.
My first job was with VIP.com as a data scientist while pursuing a Master's in Data Science at UC Berkeley. The work was fine, but I quickly realized I cared more about bridging business and technology than optimizing Machine Learning models. My manager, a senior product leader from eBay, took a bet on me. Over the next four years I transitioned into PM, was promoted three times, and led the launch of several high-impact computer vision and NLP products.
Pinterest was where I learned to operate at a real scale — 400 million users, products that had to work across countries. I led zero-to-one launches like Shop the Look (company's top engaging products) and Virtual Try-On (featured by TechCrunch). I also drove Shopping Internationalization across 11 countries and led Content Recommendation work that helped merchants break through cold-start problems. The recurring lesson from AI product launches: sometimes you have to slow down to move fast.
Lately I'm with Amazon's Generative Intelligence (AGI) data org. I led the zero-to-one launch of Workflow Builder — an internal platform enabling AI scientists to define data requirements and rapidly generate custom tooling. My latest adventure is in the Reinforcement Learning space.
Across everything, I am drawn to the intersection of AI and great user experience. I am passionate about building products that meaningfully change people's lives and systems that last long. Outside of work, I read, travel and invest. This site is a place to document what I've learned — hopefully also useful to someone else building something that lasts.