Austin Young Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

• Managed Meta’s entire camera portfolio across Smart Glasses, Augmented Reality Glasses, Mixed Reality devices, and unreleased wearables. • Drove camera feature down-select and SoC ISP requirements for next-gen glasses, evangelizing capture and AI-forward features, and aligning with senior leaders on a 5-year roadmap• Aligned with critical partners of strategy for improving image quality and MMAI value, enabling multi-million unit sales

New York, Ny, Us

• Spearheaded the launch of a Generative AI product for teacher’s lesson preparation, driving early sales booking of $M within 1 month of launch in core product sales through applications of proprietary LLMs and AI safety filters: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/merlyn-for-education_merlynforedu-artificialintelligence-llm-activity-7181370825109876738-pucw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop• Pioneered an AI Assistant for teachers with Multi-Modal Retrieval Augmentation Generation, positioning us as an AI EdTech leader through industry analysis and XFN collaboration via Jobs-to-be-Done framework to meet underserved customer need: https://www.merlyn.org/blog/meet-merlyn-origin-the-all-in-one-ai-assistant-for-educators• Executed 2x AI Alpha product launches in < 3 months, catalyzing investor interest and enhancing LLM output quality, CSAT, and NPS through agile development with MLEs, SWEs, and designers: https://www.merlyn.org/ai-labs

Metaverse Startup Mentor for:1. 3D ProBox2. Phygital+

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• As the first lead PM, orchestrated a multidisciplinary team to develop the 1st-in-class reference outdoor AR devices, champion game developers and end users’ voices to define HW specifications and SW features, culminating in a public unveiling of Niantic's AR reference headset system• Achieved over 85% of target customers expressing purchase intent and product fit in formal UX research studies using data-driven and customer-obsessed design processes to ensure product definition addresses user’s behaviors, needs, and product usability• Accelerated a $1M build by 2 months, unblocking OS and AR SW teams, by spearheading product discovery, ruthlessly prioritizing features in PRD, and managing internal/external stakeholder requests, engineering feasibility, and time-to-market tradeoffs• Devised a long-term AR product roadmap and partnership strategy to navigate the 2022 economy downturn, fortify Niantic’s competitive advantage, and evangelize proven user excitement for Niantic’s AR devices to chief executives

Cupertino, California, Us

• Led end-to-end development and 0-1 invention of an unprecedented product category's MVP as a product manager and system product design engineer, focusing on ergonomics, optics, and sensor integrations, enhancing UX and functionality by design engineering, prototyping with users, and manufacturing overseas• Shaped the product’s vision through tradeoff negotiations using critical thermal and ergonomic insights from launching internal $M+ developer hardware platforms, empowering experience prototypers and software engineers to innovate and exceeding up-time and 8X session duration estimate• Drove inclusive, data-driven product requirements by defining volume and mass constraints and customizable design to prioritize components, minimize scope, and expand market reach via prototypes, ergonomic user studies, and innovative 3D data analysis(At Apple, hardware products are defined jointly by System Product Design Engineers and Industrial Designer; there’s no “classical” product manager function for hardware)

Worldwide, Oo

• (Received Full Time Return Offer)• Prepared client's Global Security Office and protected client from increased cyberthreat by assessing their cyber security risk against ISO/NIST cyber security framework and communicated their products’ GDPR requirements to their customers by staff augmenting as IS analyst and project manager under Deloitte’s Strategy & Governance practice

• Led a team of five consultants to propose 3x use cases and functional requirements for Glint Lighting's lighting product to VP of Product Development and CEO by analyzing target market, identifying key applications, conducting customer interviews, generating value preposition, recommending product development and synthesizing customer profiles and developing partnership portfolio.• Communicated weekly with CEO and VP of Product to update on project progression, gain feedback on strategies, and request additional data.

Cupertino, California, Us

iPhone Display:• Internally developed and launched a widely adopted MATLAB app for automating process capability statistical analysis, by mapping user journey, identifying user pain points through engineer interviews, ultimately saving 96x manual time and streamlining workflow for synthesizing parts data• Reduced iPhone 8/8+ display fallout by conducting investigative DOE and implementing corrective actions for process deviationsApple Watch Display:• Improved Apple Watch Series 4 polarizer yield by 85%, established 1st OLED-to-system display lamination specs, and replaced a $50k press by obtaining cross-functional requirements and conducting optical measurements, JMP data analysis, reliability testing and Instron heat press fixture design• Automated repetitive CAD tasks and manual ID spline identification through NX Journaling, reducing >100x engineering time

Austin, Texas, Us

• Eliminated noise and vibration problems and enhanced UX in Model X by gathering VPs’ feedback and implementing innovative magnetic seatbelt design through iterative designing, parts sourcing, and stress testing with only +$4 cost/vehicle• Streamlined Model 3 restraint assembly by designing and prototyping installation tools, which improved safety and reduced ergonomic risk for the assembly line operators• Redesigned Model X seat bezel to prevent seatbelt twist, increasing 6-11% seatbelt strength and optimizing riders’ safety

San Jose, California, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

• Acquired by Grubhub• Analyzed subsequent customer data to find top performing consumer packaged goods brands sold by merchants in the LevelUp network and created a profile of the typical LevelUp user• Recommended CPG partnership for LevelUp’s order-ahead payment app to CSO by performing extensive industry research, analyzing sales data of 160 brands, conducting competitor analysis, interviewing with marketing directors of targeted CPG brands, and optimizing features for new revenue stream

Hayward, Ca, Us

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Certificate In Entrepreneurship And Technology, Entrepreneurship And Technology

High School Diploma