About Me

I'm an American with over a decade of experience building digital products and AI systems across China and global markets. After 12 years in Shanghai, I'm now based in the greater Philadelphia area.

I recently founded spktr, an AI consulting and implementation firm that helps growing businesses find where they're losing time and fix it. I embed with teams, map how their operations actually work, and build the AI systems that make things run better, from strategy through to production.

Previously I was a Senior Product Manager at Klarna, where I shipped AI-powered image search and scan-based shopping to millions of users globally. Before that I ran Le Wagon China as General Manager, building coding bootcamp operations across three cities.

Apart from work, I'm a dog owner and competitive Hyrox athlete, currently training toward a sub-1:05 finish. Always up for good conversations about AI, product, or what's next. Reach out.

Core Skills
AI ImplementationProduct StrategyUX/UI DesignModern Frontend (React / Next.js / Tailwind / CMS)
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