I’m a Forward Deployed Product Manager at Gradial helping enterprise teams turn ambiguity, customer friction, and complex workflows into AI-era systems that actually work.
My work sits between product, implementation, customer success, engineering, and the operating reality of enterprise teams adopting new technology.
A few examples of how I approach messy, high-stakes work where the real problem usually isn’t what it first appears to be.
I stepped into a large internal initiative where everything looked busy, but very little of substance was getting delivered.
On a complex Adobe Commerce deployment, the issue wasn’t purely technical. It was coordination.
Most delivery problems are system problems in disguise.
“Built the plane while flying it.”
“Makes complicated things feel workable.”
“Human-first without losing operational rigor.”
Short essays on AI, identity, product work, MarTech transformation, and the systems that make execution either easier or unnecessarily painful.
Every technology transformation plan accounts for data, systems, and timelines. Almost none account for the people who have to reconcile who they were with what the new tool asks them to become.
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Read →I’m a Forward Deployed Product Manager at Gradial, based near Detroit, with a background in enterprise transformation, MarTech, and cross-functional execution.
I’m especially energized by ambiguous environments: places where the work matters, the constraints are real, and success depends on more than following a template. That usually means aligning teams, untangling incentives, building trust, and creating a path forward people can actually believe in.
At my best, I bring calm, clarity, and momentum to messy situations. I like building systems that make good work more likely without sanding off the human part in the process.