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Director of Product Management, Zillow · Seattle


I invented BuyAbility, now with over 5 million enrolled users.

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Zillow searchiPhone screenshot · Zillow app · 1179×2556 · pending
2016Financial AnalystAmazon · Ads and Finance Rotation Program
2020Senior Product ManagerAmazon · Alexa
2021Senior Product ManagerAmazon · Fire TV Content and Video Advertising
2023Fire TV ChannelsAmazon · launch
2023Principal Product ManagerZillow · Zillow Home Loans
2024BuyAbilityZillow · launch
2025Senior ManagerZillow · Product Management
2025BuyAbility for ChatGPTZillow · launch
2026Plan TabZillow · launch
2026Director of Product ManagementZillow · Search and Shopping AI

I lead search, consumer communications and Shopping AI at Zillow.

  • 220M+ monthly users
  • Large language models
  • Retrieval and ranking
  • Agentic shopping assistant
  • Evaluations
Zillow searchdesktop crop · zillow.com · 2880×1800 · pending
Zillow searchiPhone screenshot · Zillow app · 1179×2556 · pending

Work

Projects

Chief of Staff OSsanitized terminal capture · 1600×1000 · pending
Chief of Staff OSin daily use · Python, launchd, MCP
Cockpitsanitized window capture · 1600×1000 · pending
Cockpitin daily use · Tauri, Rust, React
Meal App plan screen
Meal Apppublic repo · Next.js, tRPC, Postgres
Claude Session Monitormenu bar capture · 1600×1000 · pending
Claude Session Monitorshared internally · Swift, AppKit, Rust
The weekly briefing email on a phone: the week in bullets
Weekly briefinglive · Python, launchd, Gmail
Family Finance OS home screen: the goal, today, what's coming, and what needs a decision, on a demo household
Family Finance OSlive · Next.js, Supabase, SimpleFIN
All projects

About

I read a lot and listen to podcasts. Skiing is my favorite sport.

  • Seattle
  • Political economy, UW
  • Hiking
  • Biking
  • Dog walks
  • Yard work
Skiingphoto · cut out on alpha · 1200×1600 · pending
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With my wife and my dadphoto · cut out on alpha · 1600×1200 · pending