Product leader who turns early, ambiguous bets into durable products.

Most recently a Product Manager at Meta, working on Instagram. Previously the 1st employee and Head of Product at Instawork.

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Work
Glasses-captured footage playing back on a phone
Meta · Instagram
Instagram × Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses
Increased glasses sales by improving the end-to-end integration with Instagram — import flows, glasses-specific creative tools, and UGC attribution.
Engadget coverage of the redesigned Reels editor
Meta · Instagram
Instagram's Timeline Video Editor
Improved usability and competitive positioning of Reels with an overhaul of Instagram's video editing platform.
An Instawork Pro plating food at a catering event
Instawork
Instawork Growth Playbook
Built and executed our initial growth playbook, which led to our Series A from Benchmark Capital.
Derek Nordquist with an early Instawork Pro
Instawork
Pivoting to an On-Demand Marketplace
Started and led a skunkworks on-demand staffing product that became the company's primary business.
The Groupon team at work in the office
Groupon
Local Marketplace Campaigns
Built a way for local businesses to launch longer term campaigns instead of just daily deals and grew the product to 70% of Groupon's volume.