Aaron Pickrell

About Aaron Pickrell

I help organizations take advantage of the latest technologies and turn ideas into working product prototypes in days.Most teams get stuck in abstraction. Decks pile up, opinions multiply, and momentum slows. What’s missing is something real that people can see, touch, test, and react to.My work is prototype-first. I combine business context, UX systems thinking, and deep technical execution to rapidly build meaningful, testable product experiences across web, mobile, tablet, and desktop. Instead of debating ideas, we build them, iterate fast, and converge on what works.I work best with founders, product leaders, and executive teams who need to move from idea to action quickly and want something real to rally around.If you need to turn a concept into a working product fast, let’s talk.

Experience

1. Product Acceleration Consultant

   AutoRentals.com

   Jul 2025 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US

   Led a focused consulting engagement to design and deliver an AI-driven, conversation-first car rental booking experience for AutoRentals.com, exploring how large-language-model interfaces can replace traditional form-based flows and materially reduce booking friction.Owned the end-to-end product strategy and execution for a demo-ready Proof of Concept, including:Defined the product vision, success metrics, and roadmap for a conversational car-rental assistant optimized for mobile and voice-first use casesDesigned and implemented a modular prompt architecture (200+ prompts) supporting intent detection, slot filling, personalization, and progressive disclosure across the booking journeyArchitected a full conversational booking flow covering discovery, vehicle comparison, trip context inference, add-ons, agreement review, and confirmationBuilt a responsive, chat-centric UI with dynamic vehicle cards, pricing matrices, agreement previews, and contextual recommendationsDeveloped memory and context orchestration to persist user preferences, trip details, and conversational state across sessionsSimulated backend integrations for inventory, pricing, and booking logic to enable realistic demos without production dependenciesDelivered supporting artifacts including a PRD, system architecture map, prompt framework documentation, and an executive demo deckThe engagement culminated in a fully interactive prototype and live demo used to align executives, product, and engineering teams around a future AI-native booking experience and inform next-phase investment decisions.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science

Skills

• Google Analytics
• User Experience
• E-Commerce
• Commerce on Cloud
• Html
• Css
• Ajax
• Search
• Information Architecture
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Web Content Management
• Xml
• Database Design
• Mountain Biking
• Cms
• Java
• Databases
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Building
• Web Development
• SEO
• Javascript
• Project Planning
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Integration
• User Interface
• Websphere
• Architecture
• Start-Ups
• Web Analytics
• Jquery
• Saas
• Web Applications
• Project Management
• Web Services
• Mobile Applications