Product manager · Kansas City

I turn messy, high-stakes systems into products people can actually use.

I’m Zade. I work where enterprise platforms, data, and responsible AI meet—and I’m happiest when the problem is complicated enough to need a whiteboard.

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7+ years across product, analytics & engineering 1,000+ enterprise users

Hi, I’m Zade 👋

AI-curious
human-first Ask me
“why?” twice

3enterprise products owned

1K+employees supported

$T+loan portfolio governed

0→1AI product thinking

Selected product stories

Decisions over decoration.

Click a card for the thinking behind the work. Details are intentionally generalized to protect confidential information.

01Modernization

When “buy” wasn’t good enough

Turning a vendor search into a clearer product strategy for a mission-critical governance platform.

The puzzle

Leadership needed a modern path forward while the existing platform still had to support daily operations.

My role

Built the business case and RFP requirements, evaluated SaaS options, translated operating and control needs, and shaped the target-state roadmap.

The product call

External tools left important gaps. I helped clarify what an internal solution would need to solve from day one.

02Responsible AI

Putting humans inside the AI loop

Designing a GenAI-assisted loan-review strategy around trust, control, and measurable value.

The puzzle

Find the right work for AI without treating automation as the goal by itself.

My role

Defined priority use cases, model requirements, human-in-the-loop controls, and success measures around review time and decision quality.

The principle

Responsible AI is a product decision. Adoption depends on building confidence into the experience.

03Scale & delivery

Making complexity feel boring

Owning three enterprise applications that support 1,000+ users in a highly regulated environment.

The puzzle

Multiple stakeholder groups, sensitive workflows, technical dependencies, and competing priorities.

My role

Lead discovery, write PRDs and user stories, own the roadmap and backlog, define acceptance criteria, and coordinate UAT and releases.

The result

Clearer decisions, better alignment, and a single accountable product voice across business and technology.

My product playbook

Pick a principle.

I don’t worship frameworks. I use the smallest amount of process that helps a team make a better decision.

CURRENT MOVE

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Listen for the real problem

Stakeholders bring requests. Users reveal friction. I interview both, trace the workflow, and define the problem before the backlog starts filling itself.

OUTPUTA problem statement people recognize

The short version

A career built sideways.

Engineering taught me systems. Analytics taught me evidence. Product taught me how to bring people with me.

2017

Engineer

Started with physical systems and practical constraints.

2019

Enterprise + data

Moved into regulated workflows, SQL, BI, and risk platforms.

Today

Product leader

Own strategy and delivery for enterprise products used by 1,000+ people.

AI that earns trust

Building responsible, adoption-ready products at enterprise scale.

A useful side quest

I was doing product work before I called it product work.

During an engineering internship, I studied energy-efficiency opportunities and translated technical findings into a business case—including projects with substantial potential cost and energy savings. Different domain, same instinct: understand the system, find the leverage point, make the decision clear.

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The human behind the backlog

Serious about the work.
Not serious all the time.

I’m curious by default, direct without being cold, and energized by helping a team get unstuck. I like ambitious problems, honest conversations, and product plans that fit on one page.

📍 Kansas City🌍 English + Arabic🤖 Responsible AI🧩 Systems thinker☕ Coffee-fueled😄 Low-ego teams

Have a complicated product problem?

Good. Those are my favorite.

I’m exploring product leadership opportunities in enterprise platforms, AI, data, fintech, and other places where thoughtful products make hard work easier.

Let’s talk ↗ Download resume ↓ LinkedIn ↗

I turn messy, high-stakes systems into products people can actually use.

Decisions over decoration.

When “buy” wasn’t good enough

Putting humans inside the AI loop

Making complexity feel boring

Pick a principle.

Listen for the real problem

A career built sideways.

Engineer

Enterprise + data

Product leader

AI that earns trust

I was doing product work before I called it product work.

Serious about the work.Not serious all the time.

Good. Those are my favorite.

Serious about the work.
Not serious all the time.