Jose Ramon Castro

Overview

Director of Product at Kaiser Permanente, focused on AI features. Ran 68 customer interviews before writing the first spec. Before that: Airbnb and Uber.

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Experience

1. Director of Product

   Jun 2023 - Present
   Kaiser Permanente · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Killed 4 features nobody used and shipped the 3 that customers asked for.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 15 days to 4.
2. Senior Product Manager

   Jan 2020 - Jun 2023
   Airbnb · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Killed 8 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.
   • Cut time-to-first-value for new AI products customers from 10 days to 3.
3. Associate Product Manager

   May 2016 - Jan 2020
   Uber · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Grew AI products revenue from $4 million to $19 million ARR.
   • Ran 91 customer interviews before writing the first spec.
4. Principal Product Manager

   Dec 2014 - May 2016
   Atlassian · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Led or co-led 16 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
   • Previously an operator for 11 years before investing.
5. Product Manager

   Sep 2012 - Dec 2014
   Wayfair · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · New York, NY
   • Ran 51 customer interviews before writing the first spec.

Projects

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Education

1. Stanford GSB

   MBA, Business Administration
   2008 - 2010
2. Virginia Tech

   BS, Computer Science
   2001 - 2005