Employment

If You're Here About a Role…

Start here if you're evaluating me for a full-time, contractual, or fractional leadership role:

• Employment - how I think about full-time roles, what I've done, and where I can help most
• Consulting - options for advisory, project-based, or interim product leadership
• Contact - how to reach me

Hands-On Work with AI, Cloud, and Data

I don't just talk about AI and cloud - I build with them. Recent projects and learning include:

• Deploying LLM-powered apps on AWS using Bedrock, Flask, and Streamlit, with logging, observability, and security constraints baked in.
• Designing GenAI and agentic workflows using RAG pipelines, evaluation harnesses, and prompt engineering patterns.
• Completing advanced programs like Stanford's XCS221 (AI Principles & Techniques), IBM's Generative AI Engineering, and NVIDIA's CUDA Python training.
• Exploring AI risk and governance, including how to align powerful systems with human values instead of just "sprinkling ML dust" on existing products.

You can see some of the concrete outputs at apps.databloom.net.

Roles I'm Best Suited For

• Director of Product Management (AI, Cloud, Security, Platforms)
• Product leader for AI/ML or GenAI platforms and applications
• Product Strategy roles focused on AI transformation, cloud-native platforms, or data/ML ecosystems
• Technical Product Management leadership in complex, multi-product environments

I’m based in San Jose, California, and open to Bay Area roles, hybrid roles, and travel roles. I'm also a US citizen.

How I Create Value

What I enjoy most - and where I’m most effective - is turning complex technology into products that actually move the needle. Over the years I’ve:

• Led AI-driven automation and analytics strategy for data center platforms at major networking companies, aligning product, GTM, and ecosystem efforts across hardware and software.
• Built and scaled developer and data platforms that contributed to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and pull-through.
• Defined and launched integrations (Terraform, SDKs, APIs, analytics workflows) that changed how customers automated and observed their infrastructures.
• Drove AI and GenAI initiatives from “buzzword” to concrete outcomes - focusing on data accessibility, realistic expectations, and failure mitigation strategies.
• Built LLM apps, RAG pipelines, and evaluation harnesses in Python using OpenAI, Claude, Bedrock, LangChain, and related tools, so I can collaborate deeply with engineering and research teams.

My Edge: Business + Nerd Hybrid

I’m not just “technical for a PM” or “business-savvy for an engineer.” I’ve deliberately built a career that spans both:

• Technical depth - AI/ML and GenAI engineering coursework; hands-on coding; cloud architecture on AWS; security mindset informed by CISSP.
• Business and product strength - MBA, decades of PM and product leadership, GTM and pricing work, customer discovery, and sales enablement.
• Bridge-builder - I enjoy getting “Vivek with the MBA” and “Amy with the network engineering masters” aligned on a plan that none of us could build alone.

That combination lets me take on interdisciplinary problems where technical complexity and business risk are both high - and where you need someone who can talk fluently with executives, engineers, customers, and partners.

Recent Focus Areas

• LLM orchestration, retrieval workflows, and evaluation for production-ish prototypes
• AI safety and risk framing (e.g., Constitutional AI, NIST AI RMF, OWASP LLM Top 10)
• Cloud-native deployment and observability for AI-powered applications on AWS
• Data platforms, metadata strategy, and integrations with existing enterprise systems

I’ve been especially drawn to organizations that care deeply about aligning powerful AI systems with human values and real-world constraints, not just maximizing demo wow-factor.

What It’s Like to Work With Me

• Autonomous, but aligned: I can operate with light touch management while staying tightly tied to strategy.
• Execution over theater: I’m very good at being genuinely busy; I’m terrible at pretending to be busy. I find ways to add value.
• Collaborative: I work well with engineering, design, sales, marketing, support, and legal - and I respect each discipline.
• Curious and multidisciplinary: I’ll learn whatever is necessary, from CUDA kernels to contract terms, if it helps us ship the right thing.
• Calm in ambiguity: I like early, messy phases where we’re still figuring out what to build and why.

Want to Talk?

If you’re hiring for a role that needs product leadership at the intersection of AI, cloud, data, and security, I’d be happy to connect.

You can reach me at firstname @ bloomfamily.com or via LinkedIn. For a more detailed view, see my resume and apps.databloom.net.