Product Strategy · Boston, MA

Building products
people reach for.

Nine years leading global product portfolios at New Balance, Altra Running, and REEF — plus a stint founding my own AI venture. I bridge consumer insight, cross-functional execution, and commercial strategy to bring products from brief to shelf and from idea to live AI deployment.

"The best products don't just solve problems — they understand the person having them. I build for the feeling, not just the function."
$500M+
Portfolio managed
9 yrs
Product leadership
28%
YoY growth, Altra
0→1
Founder, Euforia AI
Formerly
New BalanceAltra / VF CorpREEF
Products featured in
The CutRefinery29WhoWhatWearForbes "Best of"
AI Agent Product Trust & Safety LLM System Design Customer Advisory 0→1 Founder Forward-deployed Execution Policy & Compliance UX Cross-functional Leadership Real-world Deployment Angel-backed    AI Agent Product Trust & Safety LLM System Design Customer Advisory 0→1 Founder Forward-deployed Execution Policy & Compliance UX Cross-functional Leadership Real-world Deployment Angel-backed    
Trust & Safety alignment
I've already built a ToS compliance product from scratch
Euforia AI scans social content for platform policy violations before publishing — the safeguarding problem that matters most to platforms operating at scale. I understand this problem space as a builder, not just an analyst.
Forward-deployed mindset
I embed with customers and build around their real workflows
My vision price calculator was deployed directly into a private practice after I identified the daily friction myself. My consulting work at Euforia Design followed the same pattern: find the real problem, build the real solution, deploy it where it matters.
AI systems in production
I know what it takes to make LLM-powered products reliable
I validated Euforia's compliance logic through 40+ creator interviews, iterated prompt architecture on top of leading LLMs against real policy edge cases, and shipped a live product. I understand how these systems behave — and fail — in practice.
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Experience

Euforia Design LLC
Founder & AI Product Lead
Nov 2024 – Present · Boston, MA

Led 0→1 development and deployment of three live digital products. Consulted wellness and lifestyle brands on AI product strategy and go-to-market positioning, acting as a trusted advisor on how digital products should be built and iterated.

Euforia AI — LLM-powered social media compliance tool that scans posts for platform ToS violations before publishing. Built on top of leading foundation models, with the product value in the prompt architecture, policy rulesets, and creator-specific compliance logic. Validated through 40+ creator interviews, covering Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Secured angel investment.

Release — A mindfulness product built on the opposite insight from most apps: nothing is saved, nothing remains. Designed for emotional release rather than retention. Solo-built and live.

Vision Price Calculator — Custom insurance cost tool built for and deployed directly at a private optometry practice. Eliminated ~1 hour of daily manual estimation, improved billing accuracy, and gave patients clearer cost conversations at point of care.

LLM productToS / policy0→1Angel-backed3 products shippedCustomer advisory
3
products launched
40+
interviews
Angel
backed
REEF
Product Line Manager
Feb 2024 – Nov 2024 · Remote

Managed a global product line with full cross-functional accountability across design, development, and merchandising. Translated qualitative trend and consumer insights into quantitative assortment and pricing decisions — the same structured ambiguity resolution required in AI-driven enterprise deployments.

Cross-functionalGlobal roadmapInsight → decision
Global
product line
Altra Running · VF Corp
Associate Product Manager, Global Footwear & Apparel
2020 – 2023 · Denver, CO

Led full lifecycle execution for a $60M performance portfolio, driving 28% YoY growth by identifying consumer whitespace and making the commercial case for investment. Achieved cross-functional alignment across a matrixed VF Corp structure — partnering with design, sales, material specialists, and senior leadership to move fast without losing stakeholder trust.

$60M portfolioCross-functional alignment28% YoY growthForbes "Best of"
$60M
portfolio
28%
YoY growth
New Balance
Assistant Product Manager, Global Lifestyle Footwear
2017 – 2020 · Boston, MA

Owned a $500M+ global portfolio, driving 10% YoY growth by identifying whitespace and aligning stakeholders around a clear consumer thesis. Developed the instincts for prioritization, roadmap discipline, and cross-functional communication that carry directly into complex enterprise product roles.

$500M P&LGlobal marketsRoadmap discipline
$500M+
portfolio
10%
YoY growth
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Case study: Euforia AI

0→launch · LLM-powered · Trust & safety · Angel-backed · Built on foundation models

How I identified a ToS compliance gap and shipped an AI product to close it

01 — The insight
Creators were guessing at policy compliance

Platform ToS violations cost creators real money — demonetization, shadowbans, account strikes. But policies are long, inconsistently enforced, and change without notice. Through 40+ creator interviews, I found a consistent pattern: people were posting and hoping, not checking and knowing.

02 — The system design
Prompt architecture on top of leading LLMs that handles real-world policy edge cases

Euforia is built on top of existing LLMs — the differentiation is in the product layer: the prompt architecture, the policy rulesets, and the judgment calls about what actually matters to creators. I designed the compliance logic to handle the messy middle — affiliate disclosures, supplement claims, political content, music licensing — not just the obvious violations. This required iterating the system against real creator content, not synthetic test cases, to build something reliable under actual usage conditions.

03 — The deployment
Shipping a live LLM product with real users

Took Euforia from validated insight to live product as a solo founder, handling product, design, prompt engineering, and go-to-market. Secured angel investment based on the initial traction and the quality of the user research behind the brief.

04 — The outcome
A live product that proves the concept

Euforia is live, angel-backed, and operating in the exact space where AI, policy, and real user behavior intersect. The experience of building it — validating the problem, designing the logic, shipping and iterating — is directly transferable to any team working on trust, safety, or compliance-adjacent AI products.

40+
User interviews
4+
Platforms covered
Live
LLM in production
Angel
Funded
Product brief · Euforia AI (illustrative)
Brief snapshot
ProductAI ToS Compliance Scanner
Target userCreator / brand posting to social
Core problemPolicy risk is invisible before you post
System designFoundation LLM + prompt layer + policy ruleset per platform
Key riskFalse negatives erode trust fast
Validation40+ creator interviews pre-build
Go-to-marketCreator community + direct
StatusLive at euforiaai.app
"The hardest part of building a trust & safety product isn't the AI — it's understanding exactly where the risk lives in real human behavior."

This orientation — deep empathy for the actual risk users are managing, and the product instincts to build AI systems that handle it reliably — is what I bring to every role.

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Products I've built

AI · Trust & Safety · ToS Compliance · Live · Angel-backed

Euforia AI — know before you post

"Platform ToS violations cost creators their livelihoods. I built the tool that checks first — and made trust & safety accessible before it becomes a problem."

Euforia is built on top of leading foundation models — the product value lives in the prompt architecture, platform-specific policy rulesets, and the judgment calls about what actually matters to creators. It scans social media posts for Terms of Service violations — sponsored content rules, health claims, political content restrictions, and more — before a creator publishes. Validated through 40+ interviews, shipped as a solo founder, and secured angel investment.

40+
Interviews
Angel
Funded
Live
In production
LLM / AITrust & SafetyPolicy compliance0→1 founder
View live product
euforiaai.app
Euforia AI
ToS Compliance Scanner
Your post
Just tried the new pre-workout — feeling unstoppable! Use code SARAH20 for 20% off 🔥 #ad #sponsored
✓ Compliant — 2 notes
Disclosure looks good. Ensure supplement claims don't imply medical benefits per platform health content policies.

Digital Wellness · UX Design · Mindfulness · 2024–present

Release — a space to let go, not capture

"Most apps are designed to retain everything. Release is built on the opposite insight — and it demonstrates I can design for emotional UX, not just functional utility."

A mindfulness tool where you write your thoughts and release them into the universe. Nothing is saved. Nothing remains. Alongside Euforia, Release shows I can hold two very different product philosophies — one analytical, one emotional — and execute both with craft.

Live
Product
0→1
Solo-built
Digital wellness0→1Emotional UX
Try Release
releaseyourmind.lovable.app
Release ✧
Let go of your thoughts

I've been carrying this worry for weeks. It's okay to feel uncertain. I release this into the universe…

Nothing is saved · Nothing remains

Forward-deployed · Live tool · Healthcare ops · 2025

Vision Price Calculator — friction removed, deployed at source

"The forward-deployed PM doesn't just gather requirements — they find the daily friction, build the solution, and put it exactly where it's needed."

Identified a recurring pain point at a private optometry practice: staff were manually estimating vision insurance costs, creating billing errors and consuming roughly an hour of work daily. Built a custom calculator covering VSP, EyeMed, and Davis Vision — and deployed it directly at the practice.

This is the forward-deployed PM motion in practice: embed with the customer, understand the real workflow, build and iterate until it solves the actual problem.

~1 hr
Saved per day
Live
Deployed
3
Insurers covered
Forward-deployedCustomer embeddedLive ops tool
Live site
vision-price-calculator
Daily impact at practice
Manual estimate time
~60 min/day
With calculator
~5 min/day
Outcome
Billing accuracy improved, staff time freed, patients get clearer cost estimates.
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Skills & toolkit

AI product & systems

  • LLM product design & prompt architecture
  • AI agent workflow design
  • Trust & safety / policy compliance
  • Real-world deployment & iteration
  • 0→1 AI product development
  • Consumer validation (40+ interviews)

Customer & enterprise

  • Forward-deployed product execution
  • Customer advisory & trusted advisor model
  • Workflow analysis & friction mapping
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Go-to-market & pilot launches
  • Angel investment fundraising

Product fundamentals

  • Full lifecycle product management
  • Roadmap prioritization & tradeoffs
  • Competitive & whitespace analysis
  • Pricing architecture
  • Insight → product brief translation
  • Adobe Suite · Microsoft Office · FLEX PLM
Education
B.A. Arts Management — College of Charleston, 2016
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Let's talk

Open to senior product and product marketing roles in health, wellness, performance, or consumer tech. Based in Boston — open to hybrid. I respond within 24 hours.