AI product executive with 15+ years leading cross-functional engineering, data science, and design teams at Director/VP levels.

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AI product executive with 15+ years leading cross-functional engineering, data science, and design teams at Director/VP levels. Specializes in scaling LLM infrastructure, deploying AI cost-governance frameworks to minimize token waste and improve throughput, and ensuring regulatory/data compliance.

Leads AI model optimization, prompt engineering, and platform reliability improvements across enterprise and growth-stage clients—driving measurable results across latency, session stability, governance, and API/compute cost reductions from design through production scale.

  • 14 years' experience
  • Joined July 2026

Industry experience

  • Software & Internet
  • Healthcare
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 7 roles

Product Director · AIgrounded.comJun 2025 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Managed enterprise AI initiatives with a focus on AI model optimization and prompt engineering engagements to improve margins, reliability, and delivery speed. Refactored AI workflows and implemented persistent semantic caching using vector databases. Drove reusable AI product frameworks for AI governance and consistency, including prompt compliance improvements and routing hooks. Delivered quantified savings through token waste reduction and API cost optimization; also reduced latency and improved session stability.

Executive AI Product Director · AIgrounded.comJun 2025 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos

Lead enterprise AI product leadership across delivery, model optimization, prompt engineering, and cost optimization for mid-market, enterprise, and growth-stage clients. Refactor customer-facing AI workflows to improve reliability, reduce compute costs, and prevent context loss at enterprise scale. Deploy persistent local semantic caching layers (vector databases) to reduce latency and unblock real-time workflows. Build reusable AI product frameworks to improve governance, consistency, and developer productivity, including prompt governance/refactoring and routing hooks. Implement AI cost-governance practices to reduce token waste, address context degradation, and maintain regulatory/data compliance. Achieve measurable improvements across session dropout reduction, latency reduction, and API/compute cost reductions.

Product Director · First AmericanDec 2023 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

Document workflow product management and applied GenAI. Owned opportunity stack-ranking across document generation and template workflows and internal productivity tooling. Prioritized high-impact workflows for SMEs and downstream end users. Drove roadmap prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and measurable efficiency gains. Introduced applied GenAI via Microsoft AI workshop partnerships and internal governance processes. Evaluated Microsoft/AWS as AI partners and translated learnings into internal workflow automation and RAG-based SOP applications. Coordinated cross-functionally to secure approvals from Legal, Security, and Compliance for responsible AI adoption in a regulated enterprise.

Vice President, Product Management · ImagineAsium.com (Acquired)Oct 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos
Vice President, Product Management · Carparts.comApr 2018 – Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 7 mos
Senior Director, Product Management · The Beachbody CompanyOct 2012 – Apr 2018 · 5 yrs 7 mos
Vice President, Product Management · PEAR Health LabsOct 2012 – Apr 2018 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Education

MBA · UCLA Anderson School of Management2030 – 2026
Applied Generative AI · Johns Hopkins University, School of Engineering2030 – 2026
Professional Certificate (Chartered Institute of Professional Certifications) · Chartered Institute of Professional Certifications2030 – 2026

Certifications and awards

HIPAA-related compliance (insurance-sector integrations)2030 – 2026

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