Find the gap. Architect the fix. Scale the impact.

This is not a collection of designs. It is a portfolio of ideas — a series of strategic deep dives into companies that shape how we shop, sell, and connect. Each one is an answer to a single question: how can this be better?

PRODUCT STRATEGIST product builder OPERATIONS LEADER systems thinker brand strategist STORYTELLER pattern finder problem solver PRODUCT STRATEGIST product builder OPERATIONS LEADER systems thinker brand strategist STORYTELLER pattern finder problem solver

Selected Case Studies — 03 / 03

Three companies. Three problems. Three blueprints.

01 Marketplace Strategy

Care+ by Instacart

A life-stage subscription that transforms Instacart from a luxury into an essential utility, breaking the fee-fatigue death spiral hurting consumers and shoppers alike.

Subscription / Marketplace / Retention
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Care+ by Instacart
02 Retention & Pricing

Square 2.0

Turning Square from a transaction tool into a lifelong business partner. A growth rewards framework that makes staying more valuable than leaving for mid-market merchants.

Pricing / Retention / Merchant Strategy
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Square 2.0
03 Platform Teardown

Reviving Facebook

A CPR protocol for a social giant. Killing the feed and rebuilding the platform around its single most underutilized asset: communities.

Platform Strategy / Community / Vision
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Reviving Facebook

Get to know me

Five riddles. One answer each.

A different way to introduce myself. Pick the answer you think fits — only one is right.

01

I have experience but no traditional path. I have products but no company. I have the skill but not yet the title. What am I?

Try again — there's a right answer here.

A PM in the making. Six years across operations, e-commerce, and product. Two B2B platforms shipped end-to-end. The title is the only thing missing — and that's a paperwork problem, not a capability one.

02

I speak without a script. I build without a team. I see without being shown. What am I?

Try again — there's a right answer here.

Her process. I think out loud, ship in public, and trust what I see before someone validates it. The work moves faster when you stop waiting for permission.

03

The more broken it is, the more I want it. The more unclear it is, the more I see it. The messier it is, the more at home I feel. What am I?

Try again — there's a right answer here.

Her ideal problem. Clean briefs are for people who need to be told what to build. I do my best work where the structure is missing — that's where the real strategy lives.

04

I shipped without permission. I built without a budget. I decided without a committee. What did I do?

Try again — there's a right answer here.

Launch two real products. Both are live. Both were built end-to-end with Claude Code. No team, no funding, no approval cycle. Just the work.

05

I managed millions without the title. I led without the authority. I delivered without the playbook. What does that make me?

Try again — there's a right answer here.

Overqualified and underestimated. A $5M capital improvement project. D2C ops at scale. Procurement, vendor strategy, compliance — all delivered without the senior title attached. That's not luck. That's a pattern.

The Person

Product builder.
Strategist.

Six years across operations, e-commerce, and product. I've managed a $5M capital improvement project, run D2C ops for a beauty brand, and now I'm shipping two B2B platforms end-to-end with Claude Code.

I think in systems. I find gaps before I'm asked to. And I build what's missing.

This portfolio is how I think — three companies, three strategic teardowns, all self-initiated. Read them in any order. Each one is an answer to a single question: how can this be better?