# Amanda Ai > GenAI Product Manager @ ADUPilot | Automating ADU & Housing Feasibility + Permit Intelligence for California Builders, architects and homeowners Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/amandaai Hello! I’m Amanda 🙌🏼 🚀 My focus now: GenAI Product Manager with 0 to 1 experience building AI products across product strategy, UX, and GTM. I’m currently building ADUPilot (Architecture x AI) to help California architects and builders automate early-stage ADU feasibility/permitting work. So teams can qualify leads faster and communicate constraints clearly. 🏝️Outside of work: Skiing/snowboarding at Tahoe, surfing at Linda Mar, and part-time wedding/family photography. 🤝Let’s connect! If you’re in AI, AEC, housing, or workflow automation 🤝 Or have a glimpse of my previous architectural design work here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jjwP-i3L0TIBXtrXNwOwInHYKPtn0L-_/view?usp=drive_link ## Work Experience ### Product Manager + GTM @ Impact Bridge AI (ADUPilot.com) Jan 2026 – Present | San Francisco, CA We help architects and builders get instant regulatory analysis, cost estimates, and more. ### Founding Product Manager @ AMA Career AI Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area Joined as our first employee and led product and UI/UX design efforts target real-life applications. Collaborating closely with the founder and the cross-functional teams to ship products 0-1. Participating in PMF and GTM strategies, both locally and overseas. Achievements: -Led product development from 0-1 for the Startup. AMA prepares users for professional communication through character-based AI personas and interview simulations. Grew team size from 2 to 14 people. -Monetized & Repositioned AMA Interview: Launched in 4 global markets, scaled to 3,000+ users and $5.1K MRR in 4 months, converting 150+ paid users. -Drove Growth: Increased WAU from 5% to 40% and 10× user base in 6 months through onboarding funnels and content loops; tracked KPIs via Supabase SQL. -Improved Retention: Boosted user retention by 15% via prompt engineering, A/B tested notifications, and personalized AI Persona dialogues. -Led 0-to-1 Launch: Shipped MVP with 1 AI Persona, iterated 16+ versions via TestFlight, scaled to 6 Personas using LLM fine-tuning, reaching 3,000+ users. -Built Real-Time SOS Coaching: Led cross-functional team to ship voice-based AI coaching; improved repeat sessions by 30%, converted 2% to paid. -Built AI Infra: Integrated OpenAI Whisper (ASR), WellSaid (TTS), and SQL backend to support real-time voice chat with content guardrails and partial RAG. ### Technical Designer (Architecture) | Program Manager @ Gensler Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | Oakland, California, United States Focus: Commercial Office Development, Life Sciences, and Education Design Achievements: - Pioneered a world major tech client's First net zero emissions campus, which saved $10M+ in electricity costs. - Launched total $3M+ worth of Tesla Megapack battery product end-to-end (from concept to early construction). - Led design, engineering, and cross-functional team of 9; Developed city-approved MVP design proposal. - Ensured optimization of building and launch process, materials selection, product, design requirements (PRDs), and team communication, which saved $1M+ in contingency fees. ### Product Designer (Consultant) @ Cartier Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Jewelry Virtual Try-On Design Achievements: Redesigned 6 Cartier’s AR Try-on feature with multiple categories of products for the China Wechat Mini-program, resulting in 18% increase on click-on rate. Responsibilities: • Led a freelance team in enhancing Cartier's online shopping with Virtual Try-on features; conducted daily team meetings and periodic client reviews for project assessment. • Designed 2 user journey maps to shape product strategy, drawing insights from research and client input for both launch and post-launch phases. • Iterated on wireframes 10 times, using A/B testing to refine designs, and developed interactive hi-fi prototypes for stakeholder presentations. • Communicated research findings, design concepts, and outcomes to clients, fostering team retrospectives for ongoing improvement and knowledge transfer. ### Design Staff (Intern, Architecture) @ Perkins Eastman Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States I joined the BLT Studio as a full-time design staff for three weeks during the winter break internship. ### Designer (Intern, Architecture) @ OPEN Architecture Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Beijing City, China I joined OPEN Architects as a full-time design staff for 2.5 months during the summer break internship. Detailed Work Summary and project portfolio Upon Request ### Translator @ ArchDaily Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 See my partial translation with links below, translation credit is listed at the end of each article. 翻译credit 部分在文章最后 ### Product Design Researcher (Architecture) | Product Manager @ ATAH Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Los Angeles, California, United States Achievements: - Designed and Launched Workplace project of 8000 square footage Mahle Behr (German Auto) to improve organization and productivity and increased team communication spaces by 300% Responsibilities: - Led research and sourcing of data and performed analytics, on Mahle Behr's (German Auto) workplace such as materials, furniture, and fixtures, while managing a $0.5M project. - Collaborated with architects, designers, engineers, and district government on multiple, fast-paced projects, ensuring successful outcomes. - Orchestrated meetings with international teams, leveraged bilingual skills, and incorporated feedback from stakeholders. - Conducted 10+ B2B customer interviews and studied market trends to understand customer needs, prioritized user stories and requirements managed product roadmap and implemented design features - Proactively engaged in marketing and PR for the firm, and managed the launch of the firm page in Archdaily North America. Detailed Work Summary and project portfolio Upon Request ### Design Research Assistant @ Taubman College of Architecture + Urban Planning, University of Michigan Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Ann Arbor Achievements: - Conducted full lifecycle product development of (InPACT) Interior Classroom Product - Conceptualized, Designed, Developed, Tested, and launched a model classroom by transforming the standard classroom into an interior design that facilitated, physical activity and learning breaks for K-12 students; resulting in improved learning and health conditions among students and teachers - Co-authored results in publication: Vance, U., Hasson, R. Stockdill, D. Ransier, B., Curry, M., Locke, C., Maj, C., Ai, M., Tran, Y. (2017) A Field Guide to Physical Activity in Schools. Responsibilities: - Defined Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with a focus on elevating adolescents’ heart rates to 120 bpm for 3 minutes. - Conducted interviews with teachers and students (users), to understand user needs and pain points, and defined requirements for student health improvement. - Performed in-depth market research to formulate a product roadmap and prioritize features - Wrote user stories, creating scenarios for teachers and students to engage, and defined the process for the In-class physical activity breaks - Collaborated with product design to Develop UI interfaces with classroom configuration guidelines and corresponding training videos. - Fostered communication with cross-functional teams, including the School of Kinesiology, elementary school leaders, teachers, and project investors (stakeholders). Detailed Work Summary and project portfolio Upon Request ### Designer (Intern, Architecture) @ The Gettys Group Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Greater Chicago Area I joined The Gettys Group as intern for one week during Spring Break externship. ### Designer (Intern, Architecture) @ China Northeast Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd 中国建筑东北设计研究院 Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Shenyang, Liaoning, China ## Education ### Master of Architecture - MArch (STEM) in Minors in Real Estate (Wharton) + Urban Resilience University of Pennsylvania Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Architecture University of Michigan Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 ### Cross regestration in minor, Real Estate Design and Development The Wharton School Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 ### Architecture University of Miami Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-ai --- Source: https://flows.cv/amandaai JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/amandaai/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-07