ASSISTments is a nonprofit K–12 math practice and formative assessment platform with ESSA Tier 1 evidence and proven impact on student learning.

Lead Product, Design, and Content P&L; built an AI-first strategy focused on instructional decision-making grounded in pedagogy and validated through classroom research.

Shipped AI powered Reports Insights (teacher-facing product feature; in A/B) and established an experimentation-led operating model. In parallel, accelerated internal workflows by embedding AI tools for teams (design review cycles cut from days→hours; teacher research from weeks→days) and reorganized engineering into pods for velocity and ownership clarity.

Elevated engagement depth at scale: WAT/MAT improved from ~32–33% (23–25) to 49% in 25–26, with an 81% December peak—evidence that monthly-active teachers now use ASSISTments multiple weeks per month.

Reached more classrooms with stronger activation: 1,770 cumulative teachers by Dec 2025 (86% of a 2,060 annual goal) and 97,225 students (+30% YoY; 94% of a 103,000 goal). Results were driven primarily by bottom-of-funnel product changes—delivering early initiative work and targeted optimizations crafted from data and teacher feedback—with Marketing support amplifying adoption.

Underpinned by rigorous evidence: ESSA Tier 1 and “positive effects without reservation,” enabling 2x learning acceleration for students with lower prior achievement, 75% more learning, and ~$9K annual savings per school (Columbia Teachers College).

Igniters is all about helping the next generation of early-stage companies build awesome products , .

• Selected as Product Fellow for Mighty Capital’s Igniters, advising and investing in pre-seed/seed startups at the intersection of prosumer adoption and product management.

• Deal flow and selection: Evaluate several dozen startups each quarter via the Igniters process; a select subset advances to structured review, founder deep-dives, and formal diligence, culminating in monthly investments. In addition to the program pipeline, personally hear 30+ founder pitches per month from my network and community before bringing the strongest to Igniters.

• Cumulative impact: Broad and sustained evaluation across the early-stage ecosystem, with multiple formal reviews and diligences completed; sponsored Sapience.ai through the investment process.

• Investment process leadership: Participate in weekly IC; deliver product-led diligence across team, traction, market, business model, financials, and cap table; author feedback and recommendations at each stage-gate and present in review/second-call forums.

• Investment lens: Prioritize individually adoptable, organizationally extensible products with strong user love (activation/retention, community/NPS), founder–market fit with workflow insight, and clear bottoms-up to enterprise expansion potential.

• Founder support: Host office hours for pipeline founders, providing hands-on guidance on PMF assessment, PLG funnels, activation/retention, pricing/packaging, cohort analysis, user research/JTBD, product analytics, and readiness for sales-assisted enterprise motion.

• Ecosystem engagement: Judge at Founders Village Tech Weekend 2025; active at AI Startup Pitch Night with Qlay/Startup Intros/TheAgentic and AI Innovators Forum (Dec).

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Mighty Capital is an early-growth Silicon Valley venture capital (VC) firm. We deliver exceptional returns by investing in great products that are also great businesses, like Airbnb, MissionBio and Amplitude. In 5 years, we have achieved 6 Exits and 3 Funds

• Selected as Product Fellow for Mighty Capital’s Igniters, advising and investing in pre-seed/seed startups at the intersection of prosumer adoption and product management.

• Deal flow and selection: Evaluate several dozen startups each quarter via the Igniters process; a select subset advances to structured review, founder deep-dives, and formal diligence, culminating in monthly investments. In addition to the program pipeline, personally hear 30+ founder pitches per month from my network and community before bringing the strongest to Igniters.

• Cumulative impact: Broad and sustained evaluation across the early-stage ecosystem, with multiple formal reviews and diligences completed; sponsored Sapience.ai through the investment process.

• Investment process leadership: Participate in weekly IC; deliver product-led diligence across team, traction, market, business model, financials, and cap table; author feedback and recommendations at each stage-gate and present in review/second-call forums.

• Investment lens: Prioritize individually adoptable, organizationally extensible products with strong user love (activation/retention, community/NPS), founder–market fit with workflow insight, and clear bottoms-up to enterprise expansion potential.

• Founder support: Host office hours for pipeline founders, providing hands-on guidance on PMF assessment, PLG funnels, activation/retention, pricing/packaging, cohort analysis, user research/JTBD, product analytics, and readiness for sales-assisted enterprise motion.

• Ecosystem engagement: Judge at Founders Village Tech Weekend 2025; active at AI Startup Pitch Night with Qlay/Startup Intros/TheAgentic and AI Innovators Forum (Dec).