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Product Manager, Services Privacy Engineering at Apple
At Apple I specialize in privacy-preserving solutions for various Apple services. I contributed to standardizing telemetry and data processing across Apple's platforms and supported the launch of products like Fitness+, Podcasts Subscriptions, Apple Vision Pro, and the App Store’s OpenAI partnership. My professional experience includes experience at companies such as PwC Advisory, Yelp, Venmo, and Wise. Outside of work, I serve as a Board Member of the On My Mind Foundation supporting mental health in university students.
Online travel agencies don't have a consistent, privacy-preserving way to get rich traveler data to inform personalization, nor a way to make direct-to-carrier bookings that travelers trust. In addition, restrictive global distribution system (GDS) technology is outdated and expensive, keeping agencies from facilitating complex bookings affordably. Finally carriers don't have a great way to distribute flights to AI-powered travel agents.
I'm actively building privacy-preserving solutions at Apple for a plethora of services businesses. On the side, I'm tinkering with agentic technologies in the travel space, specifically around flight booking.