👋 Hi, I'm Chris
Make it.
Product Design, Data & AI, UX Research, & Scalable Systems. Product & Strategy.
Years of Experience
Master of Arts, Economics
University of Waterloo
Data & AI/ML
Energy
Cybersecurity
Healthcare
Finance & Investment
Real Estate & Public Infrastructure
HQ Toronto, CA
I turn messy problem spaces into user-centric products people actually use. AI-powered, data-driven, and shipped end-to-end across fintech, healthcare, real estate, procurement, and infrastructure.
Product Designer
Oct 2022 – Present
Savings Experience Redesign
Drove 100% YoY increase in kid contributions and $1M+ in new deposits within 5 months; boosted Goal adoption by 50%.
Money Movement UX
Simplified Autoload and transfer flows, driving a 165% YoY increase in fiscal loads to $33M.
Ignite Acquisition Initiative
Led design delivering 10x ROI, converting a $30K investment into $300K in new money loads.
Apple Pay & Debit Integration
Launched card and wallet features, unlocking $200K/week in new transaction volume.
Product Manager, Data & AI
May 2021 – Oct 2022
Data & AI Academy
Launched and scaled org-wide learning platform via Coursera, Microsoft, and Vector Institute partnerships; drove 20% adoption and saved $200K in year one.
Pension Liability Model
Led ML-powered redesign, improving forecast accuracy and reducing risk exposure by $2M.
AI Tools
Defined strategy and UX for NLP news aggregation and entity resolution systems.
Lead Data Scientist
2017 – 2021
Funding Optimization Model
Built ILP model across 4,000+ buildings, improving allocation of $200M+ in public capital.
NLP Legal Query Tool
Reduced legal research workload by 20%.
Smart Contract Platform
Launched blockchain-based milestone disbursement system with projected savings of $2.5M.
Co-founder, Product Lead
Sep 2024 – Present
MVP Launch
Led a team of 3 developers to ship core product including auth, onboarding, dashboard, marketplace, and admin.
RAG & AI Models
Led 3 AI engineers to build business proposal analysis and term sheet analysis models.
Pilot
Onboarded 5 startups through WeRise Investments partnership.
University of Waterloo
University of Waterloo