People first, the rest comes in due time, I believe in the power of tech and all the ways it can change the way we lead our lives, my mentor once told me "Tech is just an enabler, What value can you add in people's lives regardless of the software that they would gladly pay you to fix it for them". That was a light bulb moment, that changed how I viewed products and services forever. You see as a computer graduate I thought that just building the thing meant they would come flocking in, and when that didn't happen I figured marketing the thing aggressively would do the trick... boy was I wrong on that one.I've had the privilege of working with many talented teams in my career and each has been able to show me all the possibilities in tech, marketing, and design. I've had products die in my arms long before they say their day in the sun, ideas that I frowned upon that went on to succeed most remarkably, and with each failure, each iteration I was able to learn what makes some ideas stick and others don't. What I have learned now is that building a great product is not just about the tech or the operations or the monetization... it's about all of them coming in together in service of what the user wants. After all, we are building it for them, right?I'm no guru, I'm still on the drawing board learning and iterating, playing with "What Ifs" and "How about". It's what gets me excited and optimistic even about the idea of building a product that people love so much that they tell their friends about it.Join me on this journey of discovery, I'm always excited to hear new perspectives. Reach out if you want to talk to me about the endless possibilities in UI & UX, creating software products, or cinema (I'm a self-proclaimed cinephile).