AI Product Manager Lead · Arlington, VA
By day, I ship real-time Voice AI and agentic products where quality is measured in milliseconds and trust. By night, I'm building a video game where the line between watching a story and playing it disappears. Nine years from hands-on code to product leadership — and I still build with both hands.
The story so far
I started as a lead developer at Booz Allen Hamilton — JavaScript, HTML, and CSS in complex, high-stakes public-sector environments, owning delivery end to end from stakeholder requirements through release. That's where I learned the thing I still believe most: great products are built, not just planned.
At Accenture I moved from writing the code to owning what gets built — translating customer needs into roadmaps, defining MVPs that accelerated delivery, mentoring globally distributed teams, and championing platform strategy with clients, vendors, and senior portfolio leadership.
Today I lead shipped, production agentic AI end to end — real-time Voice AI and autonomous agents orchestrated across systems into one seamless, zero-setup flow. I define the quality bar (accuracy, hallucination, deflection), tell the story on stage at ServiceNow Knowledge 2026, and still prototype hands-on with Claude Code.
The line between watching a story and playing it should disappear. The design pillar behind Bodfish — and most of what I make
In flight
A game, a garden, and a hidden bar — each one mine from product vision through design, code, and craft.
Designer · Developer · Composer
A narrative game adapted from a short story written by my father. No cutscenes — every scene is a purpose-built mechanic, so the player never stops playing the film. I'm designing the branches, writing the code, and composing the score.
Explore Bodfish →Product · Design · Development
A gardening app that helps people care for their gardens their way — tailored care recommendations, a garden journal, and a "watch it grow" reel that turns your photos into a timelapse of every plant.
Explore Dewdrop →Product · Engineering
A field guide to the DC area's speakeasies, built on my own AI extraction pipeline — structured data pulled from the open web, verified by hand, and mapped for a great night out.
Explore Discover DMV →Beyond the work
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026 — "Rise of the AI-Powered Service Desk," on the flagship conference stage.
Composer — including the original score for Bodfish, written scene by scene alongside the mechanics.
Producer of professional AI demo films — the ones at Knowledge 2026 drove 100+ client conversations.
Chasing warm light on weekends — it's where the site's palette comes from.
A few wigglegrams from the camera roll — shot on a RETO3D film camera, looping forever on purpose.
Off hours: game nights, global cuisines, coffee brewed a little too seriously, and cats.
Contact
I'm exploring product roles where craft, story, and frontier AI meet. If that sounds like your team, I'd love to hear from you.
zanonatyler [at] gmail