Kristin M.

About Kristin M.

As a product builder with over 20 years of proven success bringing product to market, I’m passionate about leading teams to design and develop products that solve problems and delight the end user. I have led product management, user research, learning science and design teams to ship amazing products informed by customer research and data effectiveness metrics. I excel in high-paced environments as a leader who motivates people through change, brings clarity, thinks creatively, and provides context.Responsibilities•Direct and develop up to 150 people and organizational leaders across a variety of product development functions•Advise executive stakeholders in strategic decision-making by demonstrating credibility and clear communication•Manage products from conception to market in a start-up environment across different levels of investment and team makeup•Use customer driven insights via qualitative usability research and quantitative data analytics to drive investment and roadmap prioritization decisions that add value to the end user•Develop innovative approaches to complex design problems •Facilitate large-scale design thinking workshops to help leaders and individual contributors at all levels ideate and brainstorm in pursuit of understanding the market problem space, organizing, and executing multi-day agendas and learning activities for 10 – 60 participants•Review wireframes, prototypes, testing results, and development challenges to provide guidance and key checkpoints throughout the development processAccomplishments•Directed the user experience design to launch a v1.0 go-to-market learning platform in less than a year, which yielded $10M in revenue its first two years•Overhauled user experience, creative design, and product management team operations to become more efficient, driven on feedback, and rooted in a consistent product lifecycle practice•Lead roadmap management and strategy across a 1.5B business and a portfolio of products with 80M capex investment•Successfully introduced user-centered design practices across a large portfolio of products that improved customer satisfaction YOY, mobile readiness, and modern design•Drove product and experience design strategy for an iOS and Android app in less than 6 months with 250K downloads the first month•Redesigned a K-5 Student Learning Management System to promote more independent learning and navigation for early readers•Created product and experience strategy for a new career management platform consumer product

Experience

1. VP Product

   Learning Commons

   Jan 2026 — Present

   Learning Commons is the name of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s long-standing work and investment in education, which aims to scale proven teaching and learning practices to benefit every learner. Learning Commons builds on CZI\'s work over the past decade to advance learning science and help translate that research into classroom practice.We\'re hiring! https://learningcommons.org/careers/

Education

• Northern Arizona University

  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Communications, Interaction Design

Skills

• User-Centered Design
• Video Editing
• Information Design
• Web Design
• Dreamweaver
• Graphics
• Html
• Typography
• Web Development
• Mobile Interface Design
• Mobile Applications
• User Experience
• Usability Testing
• After Effects
• Wireframes
• Layout
• User Experience Design
• Agile Methodologies
• Usability
• Final Cut Pro
• Presentation Skills
• Art Direction
• User Interface Design
• Visual Design
• Advertising
• Presenter
• Css
• Interaction Design
• Information Architecture
• Product Management
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Team Leadership
• Wireframing
• User Interface
• Print
• Graphic Design
• Branding & Identity
• Illustration
• Animation