# YewYin Ng

> Product @ Next Insurance

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/yewyin

Product Management professional with experience leading teams in dynamic and high-growth environments. Leader in product vision and strategy. Proven track record of shipping impactful customer-centric software & hardware products.

Specialties: 
Product Management, Strategy, Product Roadmap, User Research, UI/UX, Customer Growth, Business Development, Vendor and Partnership Management, Client Management, Go-to-Market, Sales Enablement, Agile Product Development

Domain expertise: 
Generative AI, Conversational AI, Data platforms and systems, Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Telematics, SaaS, Enterprise B2B, B2C,  Smart Home, Insurtech, Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Embedded Software and Hardware, Mobile Applications

## Work Experience
### Product Manager @ Next Insurance
Jan 2023 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States
Reinventing the customer support experience for small businesses with advanced AI and large language model (LLM) solutions

### Senior Product Manager - Telematics @ Lemonade
Jan 2022 – Jan 2023
- Telematics data platform to power AI/ML models
- Sensor provisioning and data ingestion
- Driver onboarding experiences

(Lemonade acquired Metromile)

### Senior Product Manager - Telematics @ Metromile
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Led product and strategy for Metromile's telematics data platform to power accurate data science models and impactful user experiences

### Senior Product Manager @ Ayla Networks
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021
Product management, strategy, and partnerships for the IoT Smart Home segment. 

- Led multiple zero-to-one product launches across the device hardware, cloud, and mobile application platforms.
- Redesigned Ayla's technical documentation and API website, resulting in increased customer engagement and reduced manual customer support hours.

### Product Manager @ Ayla Networks
Jan 2017 – Jan 2019
- Product management of Ayla's IoT edge connectivity products, including Wi-Fi, Cellular, Linux, and Gateway connectivity agents and modules
- Revamped Ayla's developer journey experience - web portal, mobile application, hardware kit, and documentation
- Productization of Ayla's new low-power wide-area Cellular management platform
- Strategic smart home ecosystem partnerships such as Apple HomeKit and Amazon Alexa

### Associate Product Manager @ Ayla Networks
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017
- Redesigned Ayla development kits and mobile application platform. 
- Partnership management for key module, chipset, and smart home ecosystem partners.

### Product Lead @ SanDisk, a Western Digital Brand
Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 | Milpitas, CA
- Led cross-functional product development, working closely with Marketing, Sales, Finance, Engineering, Design, Operations, and Quality in order to bring key flagship products from concept to mass production. Drove alignment with stakeholders via clear product requirements and feature prioritization.

- Led a team of five members to successfully productize SanDisk’s first prototype 3D memory USB drive under an aggressive six-month schedule. Laid the foundation for mass adoption of 3D memory across all of Sandisk’s product portfolio.

- Worked with various stakeholders in an initiative to transform reclaimed flash memory components into consumer products. The initiative was showcased at the Global SanDisk Technology Conference and contributed to an additional $20 million in annual revenue.

- Headed system development for the USB GoCache product, a tiny plug-in device that increases consumer laptop performance by 400%.

### Senior Systems Design Engineer @ SanDisk, a Western Digital Brand
Jan 2009 – Jan 2013 | Milpitas, CA
- Awarded five United States patents for innovations in flash memory systems optimization.

- Launched many of the world’s fastest and most reliable solid-state drives and consumer storage devices by driving product design tradeoffs and optimizations.

- Led customer usage model analysis and competitive analysis to drive complex systems requirements.

### Firmware Engineer @ SanDisk
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007 | Milpitas, CA
- Developed real-time embedded firmware for consumer storage products

- Cut machine costs by 30% and test time by 10% across all product lines, through development of diagnostic APIs to enable flash memory testing at product level instead of testing at memory level

### Intern - Telematics @ Motorola Solutions
Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 | Deer Park, IL
- Designed and executed interoperability and field tests for the flagship Automotive Bluetooth Handsfree product

- Reduced BOM cost of the product by 10% through optimization of board layout and components


## Education
### B.S. in Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

### M.S. in Engineering Management and Leadership
Santa Clara University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/yewyinng

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Last updated: 2026-04-05