Seasoned Product Leader with over 15 years of experience (including 7 at Amazon), specializing in growing product portfolios through innovation. I lead teams to navigate the "why," "what," and "how" of strategic product development: understanding customer needs, crafting strategic visions, and delivering successful solutions through experimentation and iterative development.My unique approach blends multiple disciplines (Engineering, MBA, MS in Entrepreneurship, AI/ML Executive Education) and different innovation methodologies (agile, lean startup, structured enterprise), maximizing innovation success by: + Aligning and leading effective cross-functional teams, connecting decisions to customer and business impacts + Focusing on the customer and selecting the most appropriate technologies to build solutions + Breaking down risk and ambiguity with experimentation and iterative developmentExperience Highlights: FiscalNote: Led product innovation, creating new growth engines as the company went public. Pioneered Copilot for journalism using generative AI (RAG - LLM) and led two other disruptive AI products. Set innovation culture and designed leadership and company-wide innovation processes. Amazon: Delivered new multi-modal Alexa Shopping NLP experiences, launched multi-modal Alexa Prime Video, smart home, multi-room music, and multi-assistant experiences on major OEM devices. Created an innovative new international Prime strategy, built a successful multi-marketplace Seller (Amazon subsidiary) from concept to $3M ARR, and led AI feedback extraction from reviews. Prior Experience: Played key roles in creating one of the world's most successful mobile money platforms, managing innovation and product life cycles, and leading messaging product portfolios. Engineering Background: Led the development of unmanned autonomous vehicles, tank battlefield management systems, laser speed measurement technology, and renewable energy solutions.