Recent work
Operator and advisory roles.
Work as an embedded product and technology leader for multiple organizations on digital transformation, product strategy, and commercialization. The problems are industrial in nature: AI deployment at scale, unit economics, and build-versus-buy under real constraints.
Built
Responsible GenAI for smallholder agriculture
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Leading responsible GenAI benchmarking, AI advisory, and cross-industry collaboration for smallholder farming ecosystems across South Asia and Africa.
Set the benchmarking methodology for use across partner organizations.
Shipped
Automated lettuce harvesting program
Western Growers Association
Built an automated lettuce harvesting program end to end — PRD, vendor RFI/RFP, and technology selection — targeting a system that beats human labor on productivity, unit economics, and quality.
Owned the technical selection decision on behalf of the membership.
Operated
Interim product leadership through a pivot
B2B produce marketplace (confidential)
Six months embedded as the product leader through a company pivot: pricing, packaging, roadmap, and customer positioning, working directly with the founders and the engineering team.
Functioned as the fractional head of product.
Diligence
AI in herbicide discovery — diligence
Large institutional investor (confidential)
Landscape scan and technical due diligence on AI-driven herbicide discovery to support an investment decision.
Recommendation carried into the investment committee.
