Alan Seideman

I help Founders and Product Leaders achieve business goals by defining a market-centered vision, product strategy, goals and prioritization. - Directed and led multiple HealthTech innovation hackathons in Saudi Arabia as part of the kingdom’s $160 billion investment for Vision 2030. Worked directly with 100+ startups to help them define value prop, product strategy, business model, go to market and MVP. - Led product strategy for Herbal Medics Academy to define customer segments, LTV and to prioritize product strategy across LMS, Web, Mobile App, AI Assistant and e-commerce offerings - Consulting with the leading certifier in personal fitness ($100MM ARR), to grow TAM and LTV by expanding service offering to address new jobs to be done JTBD downstream from certification.

- Life and professional coaching app leveraging psychometric assessment and AI-powered insights. Extensive use of LLM APIs, Automations and Generative AI tools for text, audio and images. - Helped clients better understand their underlying motivations, strengths and communication style. Inspired by experience using with team members in previous role as Chief Product Officer. - Built conversational AI-agents with rolling-memory logic to optimize token usage. - Built social media, SEO blogging and personalized email-marketing AI agents

Transformed OCCMundial, Mexico’s leading 20-year-old jobs platform, into an product-driven organization post-SEEK acquisition, growing the Product Management team from 2 to 20+. Boosted release frequency by 800% (monthly to 2x per week) with Tribe & Squad methodology and increased job application rates by 50% with AI recommendations. Drove a 20% revenue uplift across 20+ micro-products, including gig-economy, e-commerce and marketplace lines, while revamping the mobile app and hirer center. Led a strategic overhaul of the education offering, studying Catho Brazil’s commission-based university model and recommending a shift from white-label job boards to upskilling through partnerships. Collaborated with global teams (Australia, Malaysia, Brazil) to integrate search, AI-driven recommendations and UX improvements, leading to candidate growth, applications per candidate and jobs posted. Led a cultural shift to servant leadership, defining OKRs and aligning compensation with strategic goals.

Led the transformation from video-only to mixed media content with a mobile-first approach. Managed core comedy site (founded by Will Ferrell/Adam McKay) of 25M+ monthly users, driving increased time on site across web and revamped iOS/Android app. Expanded from video-only to a mixed-media hub (GIFs, articles, memes), increasing time on site by 20% along with enhanced recommendations. Led mobile apps team: Recruited top mobile engineers and designer, shipping the main app redesign and 4 niche apps. Partnered with Hollywood and NYC creative teams to improve content creator experience and video playback performance. Partnered with sales and marketing teams to create custom branded experiences, improved sharing metrics and in-video advertising.

Product Manager for startups including: Festuc: Social Networking App (Barcelona, Spain) Fixr: Home Improvement Marketplace (Barcelona, Spain) EMN8: Online Food Ordering Platform (San Diego, CA) BigSho: Founded a Gamified Mobile Video Startup (San Diego, CA)

Lead all on-site product marketing for internet, phone and TV service products Lead 1st social media project by defining products, process, and team

- Co-founded Loopnote, a social networking app - Co-founded Brightkite, a location based social networking app. Later sold to Limbo. - Joined TechStars Boulder Accelerator Program (Summer 2007)

Led publisher-monetization model & analysis for Areaguides acquisition. Re-platformed Areaguides with faceted search, maps, and lead marketplaces-traffic +30 % while maintaining CPL. Managed $4 MM SEM and DSP budget across 300 K+ long-tail keywords, bidding logic and leading 5-person performance marketing team - driving 30 % YoY traffic lift. Co-developed an API-driven bid optimizer that cut paid-traffic costs 18 % while maintaining conversion. Scaled processes as the company grew from 20 to 150 employees; partnered with engineering on taxonomy/ontology powering telco white-label YP platforms.

Onboarded nonprofit clients to membership-portal SaaS, then moved into sales and product strategy. Closed Mass General Hospital deal, delivering custom genetics-study app; success sparked company rebrand and pivot to health-science vertical. Bridged founders, engineers, and researchers to launch MVP in six months.

First marketing & product hire; grew org from 6 → 200 employees and helped raise $20 M. Shipped quVox, quEden, quTribe—the earliest carrier-based mobile content channels worldwide. Ran $1 M yearly trade-show program; sourced 65 % of carrier partnerships across 3 continents. Built brand & website, partnered with Frog Design, and closed content deals with Dove and Transworld. Learned hard lessons in burn, focus, and resilience when the dot-com bubble burst.

Created the college's first ever Independent Major in Geophysics. A major combining my Earth Science and Physics and Math course work.