Hi, I’m Bryan. I lead the Product team at Dataro.

I live in San Francisco, after a long stint in New York, and growing up Singapore.

As a teenager, I studied marine engineering, but abandoned that career path as soon as I realized that I’d be at sea for months while surrounded by all manner of underwater horrors. I then attended college at SUNY Buffalo, where I learned how to wear shorts in the winter, drive in a blizzard, and definitely learned how to cook home fries without setting off the fire alarm, summoning the entire Amherst, NY fire department to our apartment complex. I also obtained a degree on the side, and was the top psychology undergraduate of my class. 

I then went on to earn a social psychology PhD from New York University. In my short-lived career as an academic psychologist, I was interested in how people pursued their goals. During that time, I also took science journalism classes, masqueraded as a data scientist, and took part in a bunch of hackathons.

All of those experiences led me to work in product, combining what I loved about academia (e.g., figuring out why people do what they do) with other elements that give me joy at work (e.g., working with a team towards a common goal).

Over the last seven years, I’ve been a key product manager at both early-stage and established companies in both B2B and B2C contexts. I’ve guided cross-functional teams to successfully launch products to millions of users: At GoFundMe, I led the launch of native video, which enabled organizers to tell their stories across the platform using video. Most importantly, I’ve done so while creating relationships that have made working together fun and meaningful.

Outside of my professional life, I run a lot, both on the road and around trails in the Bay Area. I also play the guitar and live with a very cute cat who I am currently training to work remotely in my place (this bio was written using CatGPT).