Summary
Brandon Smith is a Principal Product Manager based in Oakland with nine years of experience designing learning and growth experiences that help frontline workers advance their careers. He blends product management, user research, design thinking, data analytics, and rapid experimentation to turn human-centered insights into measurable product outcomes. At Pathstream he now oversees the learning platform, and previously at Zeplin and Kiva he led cross-functional growth initiatives, onboarding funnels, and a 0-to-1 product aligned to company vision. A trained photographer whose work has appeared in outlets like the United Nations and the World Bank, he brings a storyteller’s eye for user context and visual detail to product decisions. Curious and methodical, he routinely pairs qualitative fieldwork with A/B testing to surface non-obvious user needs and validate bold ideas.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Growth Series, Growth Series at Reforge
Psychology, Journalism, Psychology, Journalism at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
UI Design, UI Design at Designlab