Christopher K-Lee Marks

About Christopher K-Lee Marks

I build AI products in high-stakes domains that help people learn, create, connect, and grow — with less friction and more meaning.I have 8+ years in product and have shipped $500K+ in revenue, including a portfolio I built from scratch with 94% YoY growth. I’ve taken ideas from napkin to paying users across EdTech, creative tools, and relationship tech.What I’ve built:→ LoveNotes — an AI-powered SMS product for couples. I designed the prompt architecture, conversational state machine, safety guardrails, and evaluation process. The result: 80–90% engagement and sustained weekly use, got into revenue within 3 months.→ Podcast Farm — a $360K digital learning business spanning courses, memberships, and creator tools. Every client engagement was a fresh product launch: discovery, scoping, delivery, and the creation of repeatable playbooks.→ Music & creative products with Ableton and Gravitas — globally distributed work, including music licensed for Netflix productions.→ Learning systems at Remington College — student onboarding, curriculum design, and systems-of-record workflows that reduced friction for instructors and improved student outcomes.How I work:I turn strategy into concrete artifacts teams can build from: PRDs, prompt specs, conversation flows, test sets, and rollout plans. I’m equally comfortable running user interviews, prototyping in Figma, scripting automations, or pressure-testing edge cases with engineers. I partner closely with engineering because I’ve built alongside them.I also own the customer relationship. With 15 years in education, a coaching certification, and current teaching experience, I know how to translate complex systems for non-technical users, run workshops and office hours, and build trust with skeptical stakeholders. I care deeply about adoption — not just shipping features, but changing real behavior.What I care about:Products that reduce friction, deepen connection, and help people become who they want to be. I build tech for humans — not humans for tech.Looking for:Product roles in EdTech, creative tools, health/wellness, or relationship tech. Early-stage to growth. Teams that care about adoption, durability, and real impact — not just activation metrics.

Experience

1. Founder & Product Manager

   Podcast Farm

   Jan 2018 — Present

   Led product strategy, roadmap, and execution for a portfolio of digital learning products that generated $250K+ revenue in under 18 months- Launched podcast launch accelerator that hit $110K revenue in Year 1 (50+ paid customers, 92% completion rate)- Built and scaled video content production system generating $100K+ revenue in first 9 months; system produces assets annually with 20% fewer production errors and 35% faster delivery cycle- Led cross-functional team of 12 (content, design, tech, marketing) to ship media assets per year; introduced workflow automation and quality gates that reduced error rate 20% and cut review cycles from 7 days to 2 days- Conducted 150+ user interviews and built 6 core personas; used insight-to-action framework to prioritize roadmap, resulting in 42% increase in user activation rate and 28% lift in 90-day retention- Designed onboarding sequence and guidance that reduced median time-to-first-value from 21 days to 4 days, boosted activation rate 42%, and increased referral-driven acquisition by 3.2x- Created library of reusable templates, automation workflows, and distribution systems that eliminated 90% of manual bottlenecks, raised team throughput 180%, and enabled 3x headcount efficiency- Developed hybrid (cohort + self-service) and fully self-service learning products that achieved 85%+ consistent outcome quality, reduced 1:1 coaching hours by 70%, and unlocked scalable growth beyond founder-led delivery

Education

• TLCI School

  High School Diploma

  2005 — 2007

• California College of the Arts

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Graphic Design

• Prescott College

  B.A, Sustainable Community Development & Multimedia