David Jeffrey Li

Product Manager at Tallis Networks · user research, evaluation

Tallis Networks

Chicago, IL · CT (UTC-6)

2+ years experience

Yale University

English

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Overview

Currently at Tallis Networks, where I work on AI features. Grew AI products revenue from $4 million to $18 million ARR. Most at home with user research and LLM products.

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Roles in AI features
Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Second opinions on user research decisions
Working sessions on ML

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user researchMLLLM productsevaluation

Open to workLooking for a role

closes in 3 months

Next role: Product Manager in mobility, Chicago or hybrid

Target roles: Product Manager
Level: Mid
Industries: Logistics, B2B SaaS
Work mode: On-site
Available: Immediately
Work authorization: Authorized to work in the IL
What I'm looking for: Hands-on work on ML with room to mentor.
Not interested in: Contract-only roles

2 years in AI features. Strongest at user research and ML. Can start in about six weeks.

Chicago, ILevaluationllm productsml

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Experience

Product Manager
Apr 2025 - Present
Tallis Networks · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Chicago, IL
- Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 21 days to 2.
- Launched the AI products product in 4 markets.
- Grew AI products revenue from $8 million to $26 million ARR.

Projects

Open-source LLM products toolkit

2025

A small library for AI features that 238 developers star on GitHub.

AI features benchmark

2023

Reproducible benchmarks comparing ML and LLM products on real workloads.

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Education

Yale University
BA, Computer Science
2020 - 2024

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