Obed Eugene

Obed Eugene

Product Leader and 3x Startup Founder

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Obed Eugene
Obed Eugene
Obed Eugene
Product Manager | 3x Startup Founder

San Francisco, CA

Meta

  • Meta

  • Sr. Product Manager
  • Jan 2022 - Present

About me

I have over 15 years of experience building software products. I was a Senior Product Manager at Meta within the Messenger org and was leading new product initiatives for Community Chats. At Meta I have launched several products within Messenger and have launched the integration of Chats into FB Events. Prior to Meta, I Co-founded 3 Startup Companies focused on building AI and ML products to analyze data to give deep insights for customers. I led a team of Engineers and Product Designers to launch an AI platform that analyzed over 15 million Social Profiles for customers. In my previous company I raised venture funding and had customers from Sprint, Garmin, FullContact, Sendgrid and many other companies. Prior to that, I spent 4 years as a Software Engineer and Web developer building Web Applications

Highlights

In the News

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Professional Skills

Product Skills

  • Product Strategy
  • Product Design
  • Product Roadmap
  • Experimentaation
  • AI/ML

Technical Skills

  • Languages: Ruby, Python, JavaScript
  • Frameworks: Rails, Django, Angular
  • Databases: PgSQL, MySQL, MongoDB

Leadership Skills

  • Team Building
  • Team Management
  • Vision Building
  • Team Alignment

Portfolio

Socialcapital

Work Experience

Meta

  • Meta

  • Sr. Product Manager
  • January 2022 - Present
  • • Scaled a zero to one product from 40k MAU to 20 million+ Chats MAU with new product launches.
  • • Led a team of 23 including 13 Software Engineers, 1 Product Designer and 8 cross-functional partners.
  • • Launched Broadcast Chats which led to 12 million+ MAU and 1 million+ chats created in FB & Messenger.
  • • Drove Strategy to overcome regulatory challenges to launch Private Chats which led to 2 million+ MAU.
  • • Launched the integration of Chats in FB Events which led to an increase of MAU by 30% to 6 million MAU.
  • • Managed multiple A/B tests to drive product strategy and product decisions for our team.
Meta

  • Convolytics AI

  • Co-founder and CEO
  • January 2018 – October 2021
  • • Launched a Conversation analysis engine that analyzed 20,000+ Sales Calls to offer actionable insights.
  • • Hired and managed a team of 5 including 3 Software Engineers, 1 Designer and 1 Sales Representative.
  • • Drove Product strategy that used AI and Speech Transcription to help Sales Teams increase conversions.
  • • Managed a Sales Process which resulted in 350+ Customer Meetings and closed 28 paid customers.
  • • Raised Venture Funding at a valuation of $3.5 million and was accepted into the Uptech Accelerator.
Meta

  • SocialCapital AI

  • Co-founder and CEO
  • July 2015 – January 2018
  • • Launched an AI platform that analyzed 15+ million Social Profiles to identify Customer Personality Types.
  • • Acquired enterprise customers at Sprint, Capital One, Garmin, HP, FullContact and Sendgrid.
  • • Hired and managed a team of 5 including 4 Software Engineers and 1 Designer to build and scale product.
  • • Launched and Managed 6 different web applications using Ruby on Rails, jQuery, PgSQL and AWS.
  • • Raised Venture Funding at a valuation of $5 million and was accepted into the Techstars Accelerator.
Meta

  • IQ Apps

  • Software Engineer
  • February 2012 – June 2015
  • • Developed Full-stack web applications using Ruby on Rails, jQuery, PostgreSQL and MySQL.
  • • Integrated various API’s and third party libraries to enhance product development.
  • • Led feature and product development while following agile development best practices.
Meta

  • Concept Labs

  • Web Developer
  • JJanuary 2010 – February 201
  • • Built responsive websites and web applications using HTML/CSS/JS, and Adobe Photoshop.
  • • Built wireframes and prototypes which were then turned into functional digital products.
  • • Designed digital assets for use on websites and marketing material using Adobe Photoshop.

Technical Skills

  • • Languages: Ruby (version 1.8.7 - 2.1.0), Python (version 3), JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  • • Frameworks: Rails (version 3.2.18 – 5.0), Bootstrap (Version 2 and 3)
  • • Databases: PostgresSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
  • • Testing: RSpec (Version 2 and 3), Minitest::Spec
  • • Software: Git, Asana, Jira,, Sublime Text, Adobe CS5+, PhoneGap

Awards and Accomplishments

  • • TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon (2013), Sponsor 1st Place winner, Voutche
  • • Angelhack Hackathon (2015), 1st Place winner, SocialCapital
  • • Capital One Business Challenge (2015): 1st Place winner, SocialCapital
  • • Techstars Accelerator (2016), SocialCapital
  • • Uptech Accelerator (2018), Convolytics AI
  • • Hackcelerator Accelerator (2015), Convolytics AI

Education

Howard University

  • Howard University

  • Bachelors Degree
  • Aug 2005 - Jun 2009
  • • President, Business Management Club
  • • Member, Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity
  • • Resident Assistant, Howard University Office of Residence Life