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Seattle, Washington, Us

Building the next generation of immersive and AI-enabled home shopping experiences for consumers.

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Product Lead for Human-AI Loop (HALO), Meta's data platform for Machine Learning training and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF). Built a 0→1 product team with a mission to simplify, accelerate, and reduce the cost of training and fine-tuning artificial intelligence models for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, AR/VR, and Generative AI.Collaborate with over 90 teams to prioritize and develop AI/ML data labeling and fine-tuning capabilities by understanding their roadmaps, objectives, user journeys, and pain points.Lead Meta's Generative AI reinforcement learning roadmap, delivering conversational and evaluative Human-in-the-loop capabilities for upcoming Generative AI products. Reduced text-to-media model fine-tuning and evaluation cycle time by over 80%.Devised Meta's AI Data Flywheel vision and strategy to improve model precision, reduce costs, and accelerate time-to-market by capitalizing on data feedback loops. Created a roadmap that includes utilizing foundational models to train new models, scaling Active Learning to target high ROI data, and merging model training and management platforms. Q1 2023 achievements include a 1500% increase in annotated objects per training dataset, 6X faster image masking, and 99% text classification accuracy with 20% less budget. On pace to reduce Meta’s AI/ML training costs ~82% by Q3 2024.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Co-founded and operationalized the highly regarded Digital Product Innovation practice at Publicis Sapient, a global offering that unites cross-functional product teams with businesses to explore new products or transform existing ones through a lean startup-inspired Digital Product Innovation process. Framework for determining which products to fund and scale through Agile design and development sprints, resulting in successful product launches across diverse industries.Launched innovative customer-centric products across a diverse range of industries, including technology, media, consumer goods, financial services, retail, automotive, energy, sports, travel and hospitality, and pharmaceuticals, for prominent brands, including Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, Wells Fargo, Barclays, Verizon, Dupont, Coach, Ralph Lauren, David Yurman, JCPenney, Marriott, Exxon, Samsung, Sanofi, and Corteva.

Edgewater, Nj, Us

Designed software architecture and developed full stack applications for prominent companies including Siemens, Tiffany & Co., National Football League(NFL), Pioneer Electronics, and Sealed Air.

Founded a seed-funded Search Engine that empowered people to make a difference by donating a portion of advertising revenue to their preferred charitable organizations.Led User Experience(UX) research and strategy to optimize search and e-commerce experiences. Prioritized highest-value features and accelerated time-to-market by investing in a flexible and scalable infrastructure. Built strategic partnerships with prominent brands such as Target and Ask.com, enhancing the company's visibility and growth. Appeared on Viacom TV network programs and CBS’s early morning show. Successfully exited in 2008.

Proud Alum of the prestigious Bell Labs Leadership Rotational Program, where I gained invaluable experience and exposure to cutting-edge technologies and management practices.Designed and developed enterprise product management software, leveraging my software engineering, project management, and product strategy skills.Led a cross-functional team during a critical time, helping restore telecommunications to Wall Street after the tragic events of 9/11.Managed the development of a state-of-the-art, multi-state fiber optic network, demonstrating my ability to drive large-scale engineering projects to completion on time and within budget.

Bachelor Of Science, Systems Engineering Major

Master Of Business Administration & Master Of Science

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