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Reluctant internet user, bike-lane crusader, smart-home tinkerer, occasional marathon runner, Young Link main. Carries strong opinions about city development & the folly of sushi-centric burritos.
Currently engaged as Director & Head of Product at Wisdom Panel, a pet genomics company that helps people understand what makes their animals so wonderfully, uniquely them. This is an awesome role that grants him +200 in both technology and dog-specific relations.
Last-known locationLong Beach, CA — sun reliably good, street tacos abundant.
Ongoing side questNightly boss fight against two large, hairy adversaries for the right to a non-zero share of the bed. Progress: limited.
Head of Product · GSD Commander · Crossword Puzzle Solver Extraordinaire
Opinionated product person. Crunchy taco devotee. On the internet since the dial-up era and still not sold on this whole social engagement online thing.
Two GSDs — one is a shy princess, the other is everyone's best friend. Both of them would love some more cheese. And both will be following you around no matter what.
Veteran of countless couch standoffs and unsolicited performance reviews. Maintains an impeccable deadpan.
Boundless. Enthusiastic. Forgets she already ate breakfast. Frequently distracted by birds, squirrels, and her own reflection.
Earlier dispatches from forward observers documenting these party members in their natural habitats. Threat level assessed as stinkers.
Here are the powers & abilities with the most skill coins invested during this current playthrough. Feel free to invest more coins or re-spec— but unfortunately these can't be fully reset outside of re-starting the play file.
Two wheels > four when the route allows. Most errands handled by bike.
Daily. Non-negotiable. NYT Thursday is the sweet spot — hard enough to hurt, solvable enough to feel like a genius.
Read the white papers. Lived through three bubbles. Owns zero JPEGs. Net negative on the species.
Unceasing & relentless; present in every group chat and each moment of mild contemplation. 🤔
The best dog breed, and not up for debate. Lana and Potato are living proof of that.
Slowly becoming the kind of person who has opinions about light levels and watering schedules.
Strokes, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, LCD. The era when guitars came back and skinny jeans took over.
YEM. Slave. Divided Sky. Tweezer. Buds. Hell yes.
Building official sets and MOCs for over four decades. System brick love forever.
Tried it. Discovered I'm an appreciator, not a practitioner. The easel sits patiently.
Plays when invited. Doesn't pretend to enjoy it. Will not be wearing the visor.
Subways, buses, trams, ferries — all of it. The faster, the more frequent, the better. Cars should be the backup plan.
Jigsaw or nothing. Will start one, lose interest at 60% complete.
Marathoner. Not just "occasional" anymore — logs the miles, rain or shine.
Goes when the powder lines up. Knees haven't quit, but they file complaints.
Infrastructure & urban development nerd. Believes cities should be less car-centric and not shy about saying so.
Toast trend got out of hand. Will eat in guac form.
Smells better than it tastes after the first bite. Sausage outranks it.
Drip. Black. No theatrics. Two cups before noon, then we're done.
Freelance maven. Currently surveying the Long Beach scene after years of rigorous Bay Area fieldwork.
Critic. Enthusiast. Evangelist. The crunch matters. Softshell fans are welcome to be wrong quietly.
Vacation umbrella drinks only. Sweet, sticky, and over in three sips.
Double-fried deliciousness recharges the sense. Sets a bar that American fried chicken rarely clears.
Texture-forward. Earthy fans only. Portobello on a burger, please.
Weekend brunch only. Eggs over easy would win every other day.
NY thin-fold. Detroit corners. Chicago tavern-cut. All shapes welcome at the table.
Not interested in the seasonal psy-op. The squash is fine. The latte is suspicious.
Omakase counter > printed menu. Spicy tuna on principle. Nigiri over rolls.
Aware that they exist. Will eat them if hidden inside something more delicious.
Will drink it politely. Tasting notes max out at "red" and "grape." That's all I've got.
Three stripes for life. Sambas, Gazelles, Superstars — the rotation never quits.
All in. Mac, iPhone, iPad, Watch, AirPods. The walled garden is comfortable and I'm not leaving.
Has opinions about lighting automation and voice assistant integrations. Strong, specific, unprompted opinions.
Fries on a road trip. Otherwise the menu lives off-limits.
Young Link main. Korok fanatic. Kirby worshipper. Switch exclusively in handheld mode.
Built ChatGPT. The room got bigger. I switched teams.
Negative loyalty, maximum magnitude. The cars, the man, the panel gaps — all of it. Hard pass.
Account exists. Algorithm has correctly profiled me as "tired."
Boring and indestructible — exactly what a car should be. Brand loyalty earned the hard way.
The only streaming service that actually matters.
Statistically a habitat. Functionally a hairdryer.
Crossed the border twice. Both times for a flight transfer.
New home base. Sunsets over the Pacific, palm trees, and a craft beer scene that keeps surprising me.
Great for a long weekend. Brutal for a Tuesday.
City of sea lions, foggy hills, and tech dorks; my home for over 16 years and always in my heart.
Strip malls, stroads, and silence. The opposite of a city, by design.
Brisket and BBQ buy a lot of forgiveness. The summers do not.
Wahoowa. Grounds, The Lawn, The Rotunda, The University.
Read the 10-Ks. Forgot most of it by lunch. Defers to the people who didn't.
Can tell a resistor from a capacitor. That's the ceiling. Software pays the bills.
Two decades of shipping product. Roadmaps, strategy, hard tradeoffs. Still my favorite kind of problem to solve.
Will do it. Will overprepare. Will then complain about it for a week.
Can do the demo. Cannot do the close. Built teams of people who can instead.
Index funds and prayer. Occasionally rage-checks the portfolio. Mostly tries not to look.
Wireframes to high-fidelity. Strong opinions on type, spacing, and CTAs. Design is product.
Recent convert turned daily driver. Agents handle the keys, I steer the strategy. Leveling up fast.
Note: due to the limited status of current energy stocks as well as updated game of life requirements, only one [1] primary quest is allowed to be activated at any given time.
Wisdom Panel · Kinship
Navigating the frontier of pet genomics. Building products that help pet parents, breeders & vets understand their animals at a genetic level, because knowing is half the battle (the other half is getting them to leave some room on the couch).
Dealpath
Joined as an early team member. Owned roadmap, strategy, execution, and team. Part of the core exec team that built the leading deal management platform for commercial real estate from the ground up.
Completed on Dec 2021 · 6+ years to complete
Klout
Led the product roadmap and execution that drove more than 10x user and revenue growth. Oversaw strategy and launch of mobile and business platforms back when social influence scores were a whole thing.
Completed on Dec 2012 · 2 years to complete
Zynga
Grew Zynga Poker more than 10x, making it the industry standard in social gaming and defining its sustainable growth mechanics. Also created Poker Blitz, "the best poker game you'll never get to play."
Completed on Feb 2011 · 2+ years to completeA live transmission from orbit — the things currently pulling my attention. Catch a shooting star or the passing UFO while you're up here.
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Shigeru Miyamoto
The team at Nintendo
Every Mario level, every Zelda dungeon,
every star that ever exploded into confetti.
Family, friends, and the good dogs who let
us pet them on long walks.
THANKS FOR VISITING!
ENTER WORLD 07Arrows / WASD to move · Space or click to slash · Find the secret in the north wall · Esc to exit
