Vetted Product Professionals in the Greater Boston

Emily Wood

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Product Management leader specializing in digital media, edtech, and e-commerce

Boston, MA15y exp

“Product leader with experience as the first product manager at Harvard Business Review, where they grew into Director of Product and built out the PM team. More recently, they shipped an AI-enabled learning pathway curation tool using RAG and have been driving platform centralization and human-centered AI strategy in enterprise learning.”

Andrew Bender

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in EdTech and SaaS

Cambridge, MA20y exp

“Product leader with deep edtech and AI experience who helped scale instaGrok from a disappointing launch to 330,000 monthly users in one school year without paid acquisition. Has operated as the sole product decision-maker in a tiny startup, consulted through founder-strategy conflict, and brings a human-centered view of AI as a tool for exploration and learning rather than replacement.”

“Analytics-to-product leader who has repeatedly turned messy, high-stakes data problems into scalable business outcomes—from modernizing American Express merchant risk scoring to helping build Meesho's influencer commerce channel into a meaningful revenue driver. Currently prototyping an enterprise GenAI platform for Sikich, where they shaped the architecture, privacy controls, and deployment standards for AI on sensitive client documents.”

“Product leader with experience rebuilding large-scale search and AI-enabled workflow products at Amadeus and SignalWire. Stands out for combining AI strategy, UX simplification, and organizational alignment—driving measurable outcomes like 45% adoption growth, 42% revenue increase, and mentoring teams to stronger cross-functional execution.”

Emily Hottal

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Product Leader specializing in AI, data, and customer engagement SaaS

Stow, MA17y exp

“Senior product leader at Airship driving both major platform modernization and the company's AI transformation. They led a contact-centric rebuild touching nearly the entire customer engagement platform, then built an AI recommendations product on Vertex/Gemini with a design-partner rollout model. They also bring rare depth across analytics, experimentation, personalization, and email marketing, plus experience rebuilding PM teams and shaping product strategy with executive leadership.”

“Product leader with experience driving a major international digital platform overhaul at ESPN, unifying fragmented sports properties and delivering a 30% retention lift. More recently, they have been building a human-centered AI mental health product focused on provider-guided follow-up, and they bring a personal, long-standing commitment to educational equity through tutoring and community math programs.”

“Longtime Aptima product leader who turned a nominal DoD measurement 'suite' into a configurable cross-branch performance assessment platform deployed to Army, Navy, and Air Force users. Brings a rare mix of defense training, human performance science, AI/cybersecurity product work, and deeply user-centered UX thinking, including innovations like video tagging for live evaluation workflows.”

Adam Gautille

Screened

Executive product leader specializing in AI, EdTech, and multi-platform digital products

Boston, MA12y exp

“Product leader with hands-on experience shipping AI features for small business marketing and redesigning education workflows to materially improve engagement. Has managed cross-functional teams of up to 30 and combines strong UX instincts, analytics-driven iteration, and a clear human-centered perspective on AI in learning.”