Kari Wu
Product Management | Product Strategy
Design Thinking | MBA | MS |
Entrepreneurial Spirit | Global Experience
ABOUT ME
Entrepreneurial innovator leading product, business, and content development in the technology and media industry. Experience leading a project team of sixteen and a product team of six. Believer in the power of data analytics and user interviews. Two-time award winner from the Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Global citizen who has worked with diverse teams across continents.
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Early-stage product experience: Product Manager, Adobe Premiere Rush; Co-founder/Product Lead of FilmIt and Screen Door Laboratories, Inc.
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Published book, Startup Fever: How Failure Can Prepare You for Success
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MBA, Boston University
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CSPO/CSM
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Tools: Jira, Office suites, Notion
Business
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Led teams to develop software applications running on web-browsers, mobile platforms, desktop, and AR/VR headsets.
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MS in Media Ventures (STEM), Boston University
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Tools: Unity, Google Visual Blocks, Fork, GitHub
Technology
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Designed FilmIt, a mobile app that uses AR for filming guidance
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Designed OpinionSent, a mobile app that collects and distributes news comments
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Human-Centered Design Certificate, IDEO
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Tools: Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD
Design
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Consultant: led and coached a group of staff in creating videos for Facebook accounts
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TV News Reporter: worked closely with cameramen and video editors
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Grew up in a broadcast radio family
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Tools: Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro
Content
COMPANIES I HAVE WORKED FOR
San Francisco
Where I work and live
Taipei
Where I grow up
Los Angeles
Where I started my startup
London
Where I traveled during 3 different phases of my life
Boston
Where I did my graduate studies
The Next Venture
Where I look towards the future