AI product strategy · WeChat @ Tencent America · Palo Alto
Making AI genuinely usable for ordinary people—and finding where it still isn't.
NOW2024–Present
On WeChat's overseas team I work on AI product strategy: how non-technical people actually adopt AI, and where today's products still fall short—the capabilities they haven't covered yet. I keep it grounded by building my own prototypes end to end—like Sunlit, which I took 0→1 solo by directing an AI coding agent—so my read on what's usable comes from building it, not just planning it.
Related work · Try Sunlit ↗Columbia GSAPP · New York City
Graduate school is where I started building with AI—not just designing with it.
2023–24Graduate study
A three-semester, STEM-designated M.S. in Computational Design Practices at Columbia GSAPP—research, code, and systems thinking. My capstone put it to work: Bernice, a critical AI virtual human I built end to end to ask what algorithmic feeds do to how we want to look.
Related work · Bernice ↗WeChat · Shenzhen
I moved from designing the interface to defining the product.
2018–22Design → Product
I joined as an Assistant Product Designer from December 2018 to October 2019, then moved internally into product management through March 2022. The transition expanded my scope from visual execution to research, product definition, rollout, and iteration—including Scan-to-Order.
Related work · Read Scan-to-Order ↗KADK · Copenhagen
A semester in Copenhagen moved design into the community.
2018Exchange semester
From February to June 2018, I spent a full exchange semester at the Royal Danish Academy’s School of Design. In the Design Ethics studio, ReDesign ReUse ReLove turned sustainability into a participatory workshop with local residents.
RISD · Providence
A visual foundation shaped by computation, material, and immersive media.
2015–18Undergraduate study
At Rhode Island School of Design, I earned a BFA in Graphic Design with concentrations in Computation, Technology and Culture and Nature, Culture and Sustainability, alongside cross-disciplinary electives at Brown. These selected projects show the experimental foundation I still draw from.
