# Emeka Ugwu > Founder of Flourish AI | Personalized Health & Nutrition care Location: San Jose, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/emekaugwu Accomplished deep tech engineer and product leader now building Flourish AI - to transform nutrition care for chronic conditions with AI and science. Obsessed with the future of computing and consumer products centered around Artificial Intelligence and Health with a human-centric approach. ## Work Experience ### Founder @ Flourish AI Jan 2024 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area Building a personalized, culturally competent AI-powered nutrition and health companion to help manage chronic conditions ### Open Innovation - Technology Strategy and Partnerships @ Samsung Research America (SRA) Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States Leading efforts on identifying and cultivating emerging cutting edge AI and health technologies to enhance Samsung products and services. ### Product Manager, Project Starline @ Google Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Mountain View, California, United States I led a critical project to define the product and business opportunities for a future generation of the Starline product. https://blog.google/technology/research/project-starline-prototype/ ### Product Design Engineering Technical Lead & Manager @ Google Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area Augmented Reality product development - Leading a team developing novel AR computing devices with a user-centric focus Expertise - Product definition, Systems integration, RF/EE/Sensors/Opto-mech design, New Technology Introduction, IP generation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj0bFX9HXeE&ab_channel=Google ### Product strategy MBA consultant @ Zeni Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Zeni AI is an innovative venture backed fintech startup leveraging AI for bookkeeping and professional accounting services, managing in excess of $1B on a monthly basis. I consulted with Zeni, as part of a high impact MBA team to develop a comprehensive market expansion strategy for the company. My contributions included: 1. Market Research & Customer Insights: Performed desk research and conducted in-depth customer interviews to understand pain points, preferences, and ideal customer profile. Analyzed market trends and competitor landscape to identify potential opportunities and threats. 2. Product Strategy & Unit Economics: Assessed Zeni's current product offerings and recommended actionable enhancements based on market insights and unit economics optimizations. 3. Go-to-Market Plan: Developed a tailored go-to-market strategy and presented findings and recommendations to Zeni's leadership team, influencing their strategic decision-making. This project provided me with invaluable experience in: 1. Product Management: Analyzing user needs, defining product vision, and recommending strategic roadmaps. 2. Market Research & Competitive Analysis: Gathering and interpreting data to inform product decisions. 3. Strategic Thinking & Communication: Collaborating effectively, forming compelling arguments, and influencing stakeholders. ### Product Design Engineer @ Amazon Lab126 Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 | Sunnyvale, California Product Development for multiple Amazon Echo/Alexa products. - Architecture development, design, prototyping, manufacturing support and validation of multiple high volume products with tight development timelines - Designs shipped in Echo Auto, Echo buds, Echo Flex, Echo dot 3rd gen with clock Product Design Engineering technical lead for Amazon Echo product - Leading Product Design Engineering team from concept and architecture development through full product development cycle to implement new technologies, meeting unique device feature set under compressed schedule ### Iphone/Watch/Interconnect Product Design @ Apple Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Cupertino, California - Liquid Ingress Protection of iPhone 7 - Inductive charging technologies for iPhone and watch - AirPods charging contacts ### Mechanical Design Engineering Intern @ National Oilwell Varco Jan 2015 – Jan 2015 | Houston, Texas Area New product development in process and flow technologies for the Completions and Productions Solutions division ### Blast Effects engineering @ BakerRisk Engineering Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 Large scale testing and development of explosion characterization methodology. Engineering analyses, modeling and risk assessment of vapor cloud explosion scenario and other explosive events. Provided engineering support on major incident investigation for various clients. ### Engineering Tutor @ The University of Texas at Austin Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 Provided tutoring services to students in a number of lower and upper division engineering, math and science classes ## Education ### Master of Business Administration - MBA University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ### Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ugwueg --- Source: https://flows.cv/emekaugwu JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/emekaugwu/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13