Obed Eugene

Obed Eugene Connect

Product Manager | 3x Startup Founder

About me

I have over 15 years of experience building software products. I was a Senior Product Manager at Meta within the Messenger org and was leading new product initiatives for Community Chats. At Meta I have launched several products within Messenger and have launched the integration of Chats into FB Events. Prior to Meta, I Co-founded 3 Startup Companies focused on building AI and ML products to analyze data to give deep insights for customers. I led a team of Engineers and Product Designers to launch an AI platform that analyzed over 15 million Social Profiles for customers. In my previous company I raised venture funding and had customers from Sprint, Garmin, FullContact, Sendgrid and many other companies. Prior to that, I spent 4 years as a Software Engineer and Web developer building Web Applications.

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Work Experience

Fixel AI

Lead Product Manager | 2023 - Present

• • Scaled a zero to one product from 40k MAU to 20 million+ Chats MAU with new product launches.
• • Led a team of 23 including 13 Software Engineers, 1 Product Designer and 8 cross-functional partners.
• • Launched Broadcast Chats which led to 12 million+ MAU and 1 million+ chats created in FB & Messenger.
• • Drove Strategy to overcome regulatory challenges to launch Private Chats which led to 2 million+ MAU.
• • Launched the integration of Chats in FB Events which led to an increase of MAU by 30% to 6 million MAU.
• • Managed multiple A/B tests to drive product strategy and product decisions for our team.

Meta

Sr. Product Manager | 2022 - 2023

• • Leading Messenger Community Chats initiatives.
• • Scaled a zero to one product from 40k MAU to 20 million+ Chats MAU with new product launches.
• • Led a team of 23 including 13 Software Engineers, 1 Product Designer and 8 cross-functional partners.
• • Launched Broadcast Chats which led to 12 million+ MAU and 1 million+ chats created in FB & Messenger.
• • Drove Strategy to overcome regulatory challenges to launch Private Chats which led to 2 million+ MAU.
• • Launched the integration of Chats in FB Events which led to an increase of MAU by 30% to 6 million MAU.

Convolytics AI

Co-founder & CEO | 2018 - 2021

• • Launched a Conversation analysis engine that analyzed 20,000+ Sales Calls to offer actionable insights.
• • Hired and managed a team of 5 including 3 Software Engineers, 1 Designer and 1 Sales Representative.
• • Drove Product strategy that used AI and Speech Transcription to help Sales Teams increase conversions.
• • Managed a Sales Process which resulted in 350+ Customer Meetings and closed 28 paid customers.
• • Raised Venture Funding at a valuation of $3.5 million and was accepted into the Uptech Accelerator.

SocialCapital AI

Co-founder & CEO | 2015 - 2018

• • Launched an AI platform that analyzed 15+ million Social Profiles to identify Customer Personality Types.
• • Acquired enterprise customers at Sprint, Capital One, Garmin, HP, FullContact and Sendgrid.
• • Hired and managed a team of 5 including 4 Software Engineers and 1 Designer to build and scale product.
• • Launched and Managed 6 different web applications using Ruby on Rails, jQuery, PgSQL and AWS.
• • Raised Venture Funding at a valuation of $5 million and was accepted into the Techstars Accelerator.

IQ Apps

Software Engineer | 2012 - 2015

• • Developed Full-stack web applications using Ruby on Rails, jQuery, PostgreSQL and MySQL.
• • Integrated various API’s and third party libraries to enhance product development.
• • Led feature and product development while following agile development best practices.

Concept Labs

Web Developer | 2010 - 2011

• • Built responsive websites and web applications using HTML/CSS/JS, and Adobe Photoshop.
• • Built wireframes and prototypes which were then turned into functional digital products.
• • Designed digital assets for use on websites and marketing material using Adobe Photoshop.

Technical Skills

• • Languages: Ruby, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• • Frameworks: Rails, Bootstrap
• • Software: Git, Asana, Jira, Adobe CS, PhoneGap