I’ve spent my career solving ambiguous problems with smart products.

With a Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction and a track record leading 0-to-1 initiatives at Amazon, Apple, and early-stage startups—including founding my own—I bring corporate structure and startup speeds to my product leadership.

Hi, I'm Dr.Ax

Hi, I'm Dr.Ax

Hi, I'm Dr.Ax

Product Leader

Product Leader

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EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

CO-FOUNDER & PRODUCT LEADER

3rd Brain, Inc.

2023-2025

New York, NY

AI-powered organization tool for couples’ calendars, tasks & notes.

CO-FOUNDER & PRODUCT LEADER

3rd Brain, Inc.

2023-2025

New York, NY

AI-powered organization tool for couples’ calendars, tasks & notes.

CO-FOUNDER & PRODUCT LEADER

3rd Brain, Inc.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER

BILT REWARDS

2022 – 2023

New York, NY

Led the portfolio of loyalty products.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER

BILT REWARDS

2022 – 2023

New York, NY

Led the portfolio of loyalty products.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER

BILT REWARDS

TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER

AMAZON

2022

New York, NY

Led the global sub $10 consumables product suite.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER

AMAZON

2022

New York, NY

Led the global sub $10 consumables product suite.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER

AMAZON

PRODUCT INNOVATION CONSULTANT

AWS

2020-2022

New York, NY

Led 0-1 product innovation for multiple international corporations.

PRODUCT INNOVATION CONSULTANT

AWS

2020-2022

New York, NY

Led 0-1 product innovation for multiple international corporations.

PRODUCT INNOVATION CONSULTANT

AWS

VISITING PRODUCT INTERACTION DESIGNER

Apple

2019

Cupertino, CA

Led the development of multi-modal interactions for next-gen hardware

VISITING PRODUCT INTERACTION DESIGNER

Apple

2019

Cupertino, CA

Led the development of multi-modal interactions for next-gen hardware

VISITING PRODUCT INTERACTION DESIGNER

Apple

Product leader and Innovation Scientist

Microsoft, University of Washington & Carnegie Mellon

2014-2020

USA

Product leader and Innovation Scientist

Microsoft, University of Washington & Carnegie Mellon

2014-2020

USA

Product leader and Innovation Scientist

Microsoft, University of Washington & Carnegie Mellon

TECH STACK

CREATIVITY

  • Adobe Firefly for AI image and video generation

  • Adobe Express for on-brand social media content

  • Adobe Illustrator for generating vectors

  • Adobe Photoshop for image manipulation

  • Adobe Lightroom for photography

  • Adobe Premier Pro for video editing

  • Figma for prototyping UI

  • Miro| Freeform "current fav." | Figjam for ideating and generating user flow and service blueprints

  • 3DShapr for 3D design


PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION

  • Notion for documentation, AI-powered knowledge management, and lo-fi webpages

  • Google Suite for collaborative work

  • Linear for project management

  • Slack for communication

USER RESEARCH

  • Survey Monkey | Google Forms | Typeform | Qualtrics for surveys

  • UseBerry | UserTesting for sourcing research participants for interviews and usability

  • FullStory | HotJar for quantitative user behavior

AI ASSISTANTS

  • Perplexity for knowledge research

  • ChatGPT for general gen-AI assistance

  • Claude for coding help

DEVELOPMENT

  • Framer for web development

  • Cursor for writing code

  • Vercel & Supabase "current fav." | AWS | Google cloud for cloud computing.

  • Looker Studio | PG-Admin | Mixpanel | R Studio for SQL queries and data analysis


    PERSONAL TECH

  • Snipd for AI summaries and notes for Podcasts

  • 3rd Brain AI assistant for home organization

  •  Fitness to track workouts

  • ClassPass for workout classes

  • 8 Sleep for sleep recovery

  • Breville Barista Touch for coffee

  • AirPods Pro and Max

  •  Vision Pro for immersive entertainment

  • Sony A7IV for photography and cinematography