Hi, I’m Bryan. I’m a product manager.

Before moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, I lived in New York and Singapore.

Growing up in Singapore, I studied marine engineering, but very quickly realized that I didn’t want to 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 and drive in a blizzard – I was also the top psychology undergraduate of my class.

Following that, I earned 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, wrote a scraper in Python to find an affordable Greenwich Village apartment that was five minutes away from NYU, 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 toward 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).