annie chrien

product builder in silicon valley

head of product @ findem

december 2019 - present

talent acquisition powered by ai; first product and design hire

head of product @ level.ai

december 2016 - august 2019

bringing hot food to offices with the ai-driven level hot pantry; have managed product managers, qa, testers, and engineers

head of product, product designer @ clover

december 2010 - december 2016

designed the software and open-source platform for merchant point of sale; second employee at the company; built from 0 to 500,000 devices in market; managed teams of designers, engineers, product managers, researchers, and content managers

interaction designer @ yahoo!

june 2007 - december 2010

built interaction flows, wireframes, specs, and proof-of-concept prototyping for yahoo! groups features; led design on a peer-to-peer ad-based product

emerging tv technologies intern @ the emmys

summer 2006

researched landscape data for advertising client presentations and publication content; developed desktop applications for client viewing

ms in digital media @ georgia tech

2005-2007

studied interactive television, interactive design, computational media, online communities, interactive narratives, and human-computer interaction; worked on etv prototypes, ar toolkits, and assisted in teaching grad-level courses

bs in computer science, minor in digital art @ wake forest

2001-2005

graduated magna cum laude; member of phi beta kappa, upsilon pi epsilon, golden key, mortar board; president of the catholic community