Takehome Studio: Building a Product-Judgment Workspace, Not an Answer Generator
AI can expand the work surface dramatically, but accepted product behavior still needs explicit judgment.
View workWorking at the intersection of product, systems, and strategy.
Senior product leader across fintech, platforms, and complex systems.
I turn ambiguity into product direction and working systems, especially where technology, operations, regulation, and business constraints have to work together.
Open to selected senior product leadership opportunities.
Where my experience runs deepest.
- Financial Infrastructure & Regulated ComplexityPayments, money movement, FX, banking integrations, and the operational constraints behind regulated financial products.
- Platforms, APIs & Technical LeadershipPlatforms, APIs, and integrations where reliability, data, and architecture shape the product.
- Cross-Functional LeadershipLeading people directly and aligning teams I don't manage around difficult product decisions.
- Product Judgment from Strategy to DeliveryTurning competing customer, technical, operational, and business constraints into decisions teams can carry through to production.
Featured writing & work
Using AI Without Outsourcing Product Judgment
AI can make an answer look finished before the thinking is finished. Product judgment is the work of knowing when to keep questioning it.
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When “Verified” Isn’t One Thing
How a one-off requirement became a bank-verification capability that had to work across markets, methods, and different definitions of “verified.”
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When a Specification Had Two Owners
What I learned when Systems Analysis and UX started sharing the same document.
Read ideaMy active toolkit
ChatGPTResearch, structured critique, synthesis, and iterative product work — with review and judgment kept explicit.
LovableExploring interface direction and prototyping product shape before production decisions are made.
GammaDrafting narrative structure and presentation flows, followed by evidence and editorial review.
PostHogProduct analytics and behavioral evidence — understanding how users move through a product and where assumptions need validation.
A career shaped by products where the difficult part is rarely just the interface.
I started in software development and systems analysis before moving through enterprise delivery, team leadership, SaaS platforms, fintech, and financial infrastructure. That path still shapes how I work today.
Read about my experience