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• Fitmeal — Food tracker via SMS
  Food tracker via SMS
• Crono — Programmatic time-based job scheduler
  Programmatic time-based job scheduler
• Screen (MIT License) — CSS for desktops, tablets, and phones
  CSS for desktops, tablets, and phones
• Unique Baby Names — U.S. baby names popularity over time
  U.S. baby names popularity over time
• Celsius — Product analytics tool
  Product analytics tool
• Control-F — Find and replace API
  Find and replace API
• PlainChart (MIT License) — Text-based charting utility
  Text-based charting utility

1. Aug 2020 — How Well your Product is Really Doing
2. Jul 2020 — Email Your Memory
3. May 2020 — The 3 D's Ruining your Team
4. Feb 2020 — How to Manage Product
5. Feb 2020 — Elevate and Delegate
6. Jan 2020 — 5 Startup Ideas
7. Oct 2019 — What is Product Management?
8. Apr 2019 — DIY Business Emails
9. Nov 2018 — Baby Names for Analytical Parents
10. Aug 2018 — The Secret API of Banks (#3 on Hacker News)
11. Dec 2016 — Comptes de Campagne (in French)
12. Jan 2016 — 5 Million Calories Later
13. Sep 2015 — No More Calorie Counting
14. Jul 2015 — Nutrition, Quantified Self, and Machine Learning
15. Jul 2012 — Ask “Do You Like X?”, Not “What Do You Like?”
16. Jul 2012 — The Strange Case of Ellis v. City of Grand Rapids
17. Jun 2012 — 3 Things I Believe

• The 2 most valuable aspects of software engineering are interfaces (UX, API, doc…) and testing (unit, A/B, usability…). Nothing else is as critical to the technical success of a product.
• QA (Quality Assurance) should be about providing tools to help engineers validate their work, not about testing software.

1. 2004–2007
   Master of Science in Engineering
   École polytechnique de l'université Grenoble-Alpes
   • Completed a 1-year exchange program at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada
   • Interned at a Human-Computer Interaction research laboratory

1. Sep 2018–Present  — Draftbit
2. Feb 2018–Mar 2020 — Nautilus Labs
3. Jan 2017–Dec 2017 — Phosphorus
4. Aug 2015–Dec 2016 — Fitmeal (founder)
5. Dec 2011–Jun 2015 — eBay
6. Jun 2010–Nov 2011 — Hunch (acquired by eBay)
7. Sep 2009–Jun 2010 — Syntenic
8. May 2007–Jul 2009 — Akoha

I was a software engineer for 10 years before moving to product management in 2015. I worked at 5 technology startups and 1 multinational corporation. I have designed, built, and managed data-driven products and open-source projects at various scales, from side projects to products at a Fortune 500 company. I have worked as a solo founder, collaborated with many Agile teams, and navigated large organizations. I write online about my product management process and philosophy.

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