ANDREW STYER
I turn complex, messy systems into platforms that scale.. Ex-Google product leader with a builder’s mindset; player-coach who shapes strategy and ships products. I thrive in ambiguous, partnership-driven marketplaces where activation and retention drive outcomes.
I’ve made a career solving problems that require a deep understanding of both humans & technology. From simulating emergencies for UNICEF to re-imagining BMW's digital platforms, I've brought clarity & definition to ambiguous & complicated problems. If you have a problem you want solved that doesn’t fit neatly into a department or title — that’s for me.
I spent much of 2019-2024 driving around the American Southwest in a Land Rover and expedition trailer. When I’m not doing that, I’m assisting on my family’s farm in PA and building Narrativ—a local‑first iOS app for organizing fragmented medical records, with AI‑assisted data extraction across multiple patient portals and records sources. Bias to action, rigorous testing, privacy‑by‑design
I’m also currently open to consulting roles related to product management, product strategy, and experience design — specializing in using new AI tools to help address your unique problem.
Some recent engagements include:
Building a robust multi-agent platform to handle content editing and production workflows for a branded content agency.
Serving as a fractional player-coach for SMBs and growth-stage companies, building operating models and consolidating legacy platforms.
Led a four‑platform consolidation at a national services provider—owning roadmap/prioritization, design‑system governance, and cross‑org change across five hybrid squads; partnered with VP/CTO on forward plan and migration path.
Served as fractional Head of Product at XXXXXXXX, turned internal tools into a scalable B2B platform rolled out across ~1,200 locations with a 0.04% error rate—designing for reliability at scale and clean handoffs across functions.
At Google, I built an enterprise compliance orchestration platform automating a regulator‑mandated EU–US data‑transfer process with zero downtime—safeguarding continuity across 500 in‑scope products in a 4,800+ portfolio. Reduced manual effort 25% and lifted CSAT 50% for ~2,500 internal users; aligned ~25 director‑level stakeholders across Legal, Engineering, and Product.
Before that, I was recruited by Google's Head of Privacy to be Product lead for an Alphabet-wide, need-to-know initiative evaluating third‑party and first‑party data access across 10+ flagship products (1B+ users), and was partnered with a C‑level special officer to help roll out privacy‑by‑design strategy at scale.
Previously I worked as the Director of Product at KBS, where I oversaw enterprise-scale digital initiatives. Directed a platform transformation consolidating 60+ sites and backend processes while maintaining 24/7 ops; the platform rose from #19 to #1 in J.D. Power CX and supported #1 US sales. Achieved 77% workflow efficiency and double‑digit conversion lifts; built and led a 14‑person product org delivering $20M+ programs.
Prior to KBS, I worked as the Director for Digital Innovation with Group SJR, a 50-person branded content agency, serving as the lead for digital projects.
I spent 2011 and 2012 working as Project Lead and Product Designer on the UNICEF Emergency Response Simulation, a project I developed from initial proof-of-concept through multiple releases as part of a partnership between UNICEF Innovations and frog design.
I designed and built immersive games and game controllers at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, where I also worked on exertion interfaces like this movement prototyping system. Before that, I studied Historiography and Public Art at Oberlin College.
I've worked in museums and in forensic computing. I worked as a bartender and helped open a high-end kosher bistro. I've trained in survival techniques and stunt work, and I've built all kinds of things - from furniture, bikes, and fences to websites, apps, and home automation systems.
If you want to get in touch, you can reach me at andrew at andrewstyer dot net.