The Professional

As the professional, I am a seasoned product manager with experience launching products and services and executing pricing and packaging strategies. Experienced with developing value for SMB, public sector, and data management clients through market research, competitive research, and A/B testing. Owned product adoption 0-to-1, change management as an on-site consultant, and contributed to revenue growth of $8M to $80M in services.


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Product Management blog posts from the Professional.

  • First Hook is a swipe-based story discovery platform that helps indie authors, small publishers, and contest hosts get their stories noticed—one first line at a time. Readers swipe through powerful opening lines, and after six swipes (with at least one “Hooked”), they unlock a full story to read. I built First Hook to make story discovery…

  • Sure, Bolt was my first experience with vibe coding. But I didn’t choose it just because it was first—I chose it because it let me build like me. I tested the same idea (a puzzle-making app) on both Bolt and Lovable, because both were running a hackathon this month. I wanted to compare the tools.…

  • Last week I called Bolt magic. This week? Stripe earned a standing ovation. When you know what you want—tiers, add-ons, discounts—Stripe just works. It took less than two hours to implement my first pricing page. Monthly vs. annual toggle? Done. Growth tier logic? Seamless. Branded UI? Right there. And it integrated cleanly with everything I…