Vetted Product Managers in the Chicago Metro

Karen Yan

Screened

Staff Product Manager specializing in platform and AI-driven consumer products

Chicago, IL13y exp

“Product leader with experience at Apple and Earnin, focused on redesigning core user journeys with strong UX judgment, experimentation, and applied ML. Notable wins include leading Apple Support's search-first triage experience that increased search usage from 3% to 40% and improved solution reach from 54% to 62%, plus a web onboarding redesign that lifted activation by 12%. Thoughtful about human-centered AI, especially using automation to guide users and support people rather than replace human relationships.”

Jared Glaser

Screened

Director-level Product Leader specializing in FinTech customer experience

Chicago, IL15y exp

“Senior product leader with major transformation experience at Adyen, where they unified fragmented customer-facing product lines, led seven cross-functional teams, and launched the company's first production AI experience. They pair strong UX and organizational judgment with measurable outcomes, including 25% support-ticket deflection and a components strategy that grew into a 50+ product portfolio. Earlier, they also led the first mobile app build at Fifth Third Bank, reinforcing a consistent philosophy of using technology to amplify human impact rather than replace it.”

Adam Jones

Screened

Executive Technology Leader specializing in omnichannel digital platforms and product strategy

Chicago, IL16y exp

“Founder of Token Events and former Executive Director of Technology in digital advertising who leveraged large datasets to identify a market gap in first-party/affinity data and digital rewards. Has multiple patents, raised $2.2M, built a beta product, and secured a signed LOI/MSA while launching into the Austin, TX market.”

“Cofounded a travel app and built a production place recommendation + review system end-to-end using Next.js App Router and TypeScript, including Postgres-backed APIs and post-launch monitoring. Uses structured logging with Sentry and Vercel Analytics to diagnose issues and validate performance improvements, and has some exposure to Temporal-based workflow orchestration with retries/idempotency.”

“Product leader with experience modernizing and merging complex B2B platforms in industrial, facilities, and logistics contexts. Notably led the integration of Smartbin and WasteForce into a single Contelligent platform with no customer attrition, and has shipped AI-informed IoT products that made building optimization more accessible to non-analytical users.”