About

Neil has extensive experience building products at startups, big tech and government.

Neil taught Product Management as a college lecturer with Google Tech Exchange. He founded 2 startups and was an early employee at Turn (acquired by SingTel). He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and Michigan Law School.

Projects

Amply: raised over $60M for nonprofits via fundraising applications

Masala Health: ancestry aware health coach

Homeland Security: DHSChat: Built by Feds for Feds

U.S. Digital Response: Scaling Government with AI: Project AIDA and GALA

Google Assistant: Media and Home Experiences with Gemini AI

Lyft: Family Accounts & Vaccine Access, Rides for Others, Face Mask Health Safety, Identity Verification with Biometrics

Twitter: Election Identity, Misinformation Reporting, User Appeals, Location Measurement w/ Foursquare, Privacy Settings Overhaul, Silhouette Identity Attack Prevention

Inspiration

The inverse of 'never do a bad job well' is 'do what you love' which will help you find long term happiness.

Psychology of Money - Everyone should read this to help their relationship with money

Start With Why - Emotions as powerful storytelling

When Coffee and Kale Compete - One of the best Consumer JTBD books written

Don Quixote - through Cervantes we learn the meaning of life, and laugh the whole way reading it