Adrienne Tom

Co-Founder | Small Business and Productivity Coach for Career Pros

Career Impressions: Executive Resume Writing

Do you want a resume that gets you noticed for top jobs? ⚜ As a 10X certified career professional, 2X master-level resume writer, and 32X award-winner, I write resumes and LinkedIn profiles that help C-suite executives, VPs, and directors land top jobs at billion-dollar companies, start-ups, and everything in between.

⚜ Your story deserves to be told. Everyone has value to offer employers. But conveying this story in a modern, succinct executive resume isn’t easy. I can do this for you.

⚜ You matter to me. I engage directly with all clients and complete all of the work myself. Your work will never be handed off to another writer.

⚜ I offer more than just ‘a resume’. I'm often told that my process is as valuable as the final documents. People feel more empowered and confident after our work together.

⚜ 𝗠𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. I hear amazing success stories from my clients. For 15+ years, I have written hundreds of executive resumes and LinkedIn profiles that generated increased recognition and escalated earning power for my clients:

“Adrienne, I just wanted to reach out and say again how awesome you are. Following your revamp of my LinkedIn and resume, I am getting chased down by recruiters left, right, and center, all of them waving HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE offers for increasingly high-level roles. This despite having just accepted a new role 6 months ago! I have been setting high opening bars for salary discussions and nobody has batted an eye.

I feel valued at my true worth and am being seen as an asset by these experts who specialize in high-level placements. Your work had a huge part of that.”

--- Client 2023

If you want to move forward in your career and get noticed for top jobs = let’s talk. My services:
✔ Executive Resume Writing
✔ Cover Letters
✔ LinkedIn Profiles
✔ Executive Bios
✔ Board of Directors Resumes

Canadian Executive Resume Writer and US Executive Resume Writer for CxO, CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CTO, CRO, SVP, VP, and Director titles.

Executive Resume Writer | Board Director Resume Writer >> Canadian and US Resumes

⚜ Looking to get your LinkedIn profile to bubble to the top of search results? Want to build a robust executive online presence? 

⚜ I develop LinkedIn profile content, from top to bottom, for forward-thinking executives, directors, and managers across North America to help them get found and hired faster.

LinkedIn services include:

✔️ Complete LinkedIn profile audit

✔️ Creation of customized, SEO-rich LinkedIn content to increase your profile's visibility on the #1 site for recruiters and hiring managers (over 95% of hiring personnel use LinkedIn)

✔️ Content creation for the Headline, About, Education, and 3 Work Experiences

✔️ Content suggestions for your Volunteer, Accomplishments, Skills, Awards, and Interests sections. 

✔️ Recommendations for all other sections, photo tips, and more

✔️ LinkedIn user guides and engagement strategies (you must also get active on the site to get found!)

▶️ In 2020, I was named a LinkedIn Top Voice for elevating essential career and job search topics and driving important business conversations on the platform.

LinkedIn Profile Writer >> Executive LinkedIn Content and Strategies to Get You Found!

🥇Starting as Calgary’s FIRST Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), I grew this organization to meet the swelling demands of local Albertans before expanding services nationwide and then internationally to become a leading executive resume writing firm.

🍁 Resumes were created for professionals and executives across Canada in all industries, including - but not limited to - engineering, finance, sales, project management, accounting, operations, IT, business analysis, and oil and gas.

👨‍💼👩‍💼Clients included new graduates, early professionals, mid-career professionals, managers, directors, and executives.  In 2010, with a new focus and branding, I shifted to work exclusively with senior-level clients around the world.

Executive Resume Writer in Canada | Calgary Resume Writer | Canadian Executive Resume Writer  | US Executive Resume Writer

✔ Executive Resume Writing
✔ Professional Resume Writing
✔ Job Search Support
✔ Cover Letter Creation
✔ LinkedIn Profile Creation

Canadian Executive Resume Writer | Calgary Professional Resume Writer

Thrive Global

Created and published content on executive resume writing, job search strategies, and resume trends on this new platform founded by Arianna Huffington.

Contributing Writer on Executive Resumes and Job Search Strategies

Job Search Journey

𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬🎉 – the world’s very first! 

T𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 -- 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒌.

👉 ATS-friendly resume templates to scripts for networking, interviewing, salary negotiations -- it's all there!

💡 The coolest part? Resources have been created by a community of trusted award- and accolade-winning job search experts with past careers in HR, recruiting, journalism, and communications, among others. Many have been hiring managers and job seekers.

❤️ A common goal of helping job seekers to land more quickly.

Resources to help every step of the job search journey. 

Take the guesswork out of your job search to land a meaningful job faster – at Job Search Journey.

After leading the launch of this resource site, I am pleased to have sold it and passed the torch to another amazing team of professionals who will take it to the next level.

Co-Founder |  Job Search Resources: Resume Templates, Networking Scripts, Interview Guides and more!

CareerPreneur Partners

💡After recognizing the need for an 'on-demand’ support system and high-touch help for small business owners and independent career professionals, I helped start CareerPreneur Partners.

🤝 CareerPreneur Partners: Business & Productivity Coaching provided one-on-one, custom coaching to careerpreneurs, helping them navigate small business challenges to be more productive.

📈Defining careerpreneurs as "people who proactively manage their career like an entrepreneur to make things happen" ...these are savvy individuals, often working for themselves as solopreneurs, mompreneurs, freelancers, and independent career pros that could use a support system on a variety of business hot topics.

⭐️ Going from fledgling to flourishing in my independent career practice, I am often called upon to mentor and guide other careerpreneurs through establishing their own successful ventures. It was an honour to partner with business owners during my time in this role to help them flourish. After several successful years, I stepped away from this initiative to focus on my other ventures.

Forbes Coaches Council

▶️  Appointed to this invitation-only community for leading business and career coaches.

▶️ Developed and distributed thought leadership articles and tips for publication on Forbes.com.

▶️  Identified, researched, and produced executive leadership and job search posts for astute business leaders (managers, directors, VPs, and C-suite professionals). Topics included: executive resume writing, LinkedIn development, interview preparation, job search tactics, and career strategies.

Council Member  | Content Contributor on Executive Resumes and Executive Job Search 

LinkedIn

▶️  Recruited to join the exclusive content creator team, (one of only 2 Canadians), developing articles and posts to support the Job Seeker Premium Site on LinkedIn.

▶️  Identified hot topics and generated comprehensive job search articles on the subjects of LinkedIn, interview preparation, resume writing, and job search strategies.

Job Search Content Creator >> Resume Writing and Interview Tips

University of Calgary - Career Services

▶️ Aided post secondary students with a variety of job search techniques, including resume creation, interview preparation, job search advice and networking.

▶️ Reviewed hundreds of student resumes of all disciplines, hosted workshops and provided one-on-one career advising.

▶️ Communicated with recruiters, executives, and employers throughout North America. Shared and analyzed industry trends and compiled educational job search materials for students and employers alike. 

▶️ Spearheaded the organization of five annual Career Fairs. Transformed the events into the top- attended and highest revenue generating events for Career Services. 

▶️ Oversaw application preparation and processing for hundreds of Co-operative and Internship students in a variety of disciplines.

▶️ Managed high-level communications with leading employers, executives, and recruiters of all industries. Provided and gathered job search insights and best practices.

Career Advisor | Career Fair Coordinator | Co-operative Education & Internship Administrator

▶️ Supported several hundred engineering students of nine separate disciplines through the program’s application process; addressed queries from students, employers, campus members, and professors. 

▶️ Reviewed and approved student resumes and assisted in the organization of site visits, information sessions and annual events.

Engineering Internship Program Administrator

Let me tell your career story. For 15+ years, I've moved forward the careers of global C-suite executives, VPs, and directors through my captivating executive resume writing.

⚜ TIME for a CAREER MOVE? LOOKING TO LEVEL UP?

You've located the right resource. My expertise is writing compelling executive resumes for Fortune 500
executives, global business professionals, and forward-thinking senior-level leaders across all industries, helping them land top jobs at billion-dollar companies, start-ups, and everything in between.

⚜ WANT to LAND an EXECUTIVE JOB FASTER?

I do more than write resumes. I unearth the value of every top professional that I partner with and shape their career story, positioning them as the candidate of choice (read more about this in my current role below).

As Canada's first Certified Executive Resume Master (CERM), 32-time award winner, and 10-time certified professional, my executive resumes have differentiated top business leaders from the competition to secure them greater recognition, higher compensation, and faster job placement!

MY EXPERTISE:

☑ 10X certified career professional

☑ 32X award-winning Canadian / US executive resume writer and LinkedIn writer

☑ Published in 7 resume and cover letter books

☑ Hired by LinkedIn / LinkedIn Top Voice in Job Search & Careers 

☑ Featured in the Globe and Mail, NBC News, Monster, Calgary Herald, and Forbes

☑ Produced hundreds of resumes for C-Suite (CEO, CFO, COO, CIO, CTO, etc.), SVP, VP, and Director roles

☑ Appointed to Forbes™ Coaches Council

☑ Named one of the Top 15 Career / Job Search Experts to Follow on LinkedIn

☑ Recently awarded The Nationally Certified Online Profile Expert Certification 

⚜ WHAT OTHERS SAY (don't just take my word for it; read more recommendations in this profile):

"Adrienne provides so much more than merely a resume writing/interview coaching service; she provides you with a complete communication strategy that will help you market your brand to prospective employers." - Sales Executive

"The documents Adrienne produced on my behalf could not have told my professional story more accurately and perfectly." - Finance Leader

⚜ Learn more about my executive resume writing services at: 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.𝐜𝐚 ⚜

Executive Resume Writer: 
🌐 www.CareerImpressions.ca 
📧  adrienne @ careerimpressions. ca

Every year, my most-read blog is the annual Executive Resume Trends report.
If you’re a job seeker wondering how resumes are shifting for 2026, this is the deep dive you need.

I invited leading resume writers, recruiters, and career strategists to share what’s actually happening in the market: what’s working, what’s fading, and what separates memorable resumes from forgettable ones. Their insights were candid and incredibly aligned.

A clear theme emerged.

Technology may support the writing process, but authenticity and clarity still win interviews. Hiring teams are asking for resumes that feel personal, specific, and results-focused.

Here’s a preview of what experts shared:

• Story-first resumes that blend narrative with data continue to outperform
• Skill stacking and hybrid fluency are becoming essential across industries
• Sustainable resume strategy now matters more than ever in longer searches
• One-page limits, ATS obsession, and AI-generated boilerplate are holding people back

If you want your resume to stand out in 2026, this expert-backed discussion will help you get there.

Before you update another bullet or chase another template, take ten minutes to read what industry leaders are advising for the year ahead. It could save you hours of guesswork and help you build a document that truly reflects your value.

The full breakdown is here in Executive Resume Trends for 2026: What Works and What to Retire https://lnkd.in/gv7VbcjX

Thank you again to every expert who contributed their insight. Your perspectives shape this report each year and help job seekers navigate the evolving landscape with confidence.

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32X Award-Winning Executive Resume Writer → I Help C-Suite Execs, VPs, Directors, and Leaders in Canada and the U.S. Land Opportunities Faster ٭ LinkedIn Branding ٭ Career Storytelling ٭ Board Resumes

Open article: Executive Resume Trends for 2026: What Works and What to Retire - Career Impressions by careerimpressions.ca

Executive Resume Trends for 2026: What Works and What to Retire - Career Impressions

I want to let you in on a little secret—actually, seven. 🤫 
I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of resume advice on the internet. “Do this…” “Don’t do that.” It can get confusing. Here’s the thing...

I’ve been writing resumes for nearly 20 years. Yes, that long. Over the years, a few fundamentals, best practices, and resume trends have held steady, making the difference between a good resume and a GREAT resume.
 
I’m sure you only want a great resume when the time comes to hand it over for a dream job.

You want the resume – and yourself – to be noticed, right?!
 
Here are my seven secrets to resume success.
 
What else would you add to the list?
 
#resume #resumewriting

7 Resume Secrets

Your resume may be all about you, but it isn’t meant for you. It is written for the person deciding whether to move you forward. Before adding any detail, pause and ask yourself 4 quick questions.👇 

1. Does every detail align with the job?

It is easy to list every course, certification, and project you have completed. The real test is whether the detail supports the role you want today.

Example: If you have several finance-focused courses but are pursuing a role outside of finance, those courses may not help the reader understand your fit.


2. Are all examples relevant to the role -- and are they results-rich?

You likely have many proud moments throughout your career. But if an example does not move the needle for the job you are targeting, it is better to remove it or replace it with something more aligned. Relevance keeps the reader focused on what matters most.

Additionally, tasks alone do not elevate a resume. Resume readers want measurable proof of your abilities, so focus on the results that show what you can do.


3. Are you spotlighting related work history or providing a career chronology?

A resume is not meant to be a full archive of your professional past. Older roles do not always need as much detail, or any mention at all. Positions outside your target industry also do not require heavy explanation.

Some exceptions exist, but the goal is the same: be strategic and selective.


3. Are language and keywords appropriate?

Industry language should support, not confuse. If you spent years in healthcare and are now targeting high-tech, soften the healthcare-heavy terms and shift toward keywords that reflect the new space. You want the reader to see you fitting into their world.


At the end of the day, write your resume for the reader. If a detail will not matter to the decision-maker, it risks distracting them and weakening your message.

Strong resumes are focused, relevant, and aligned to a clear target.

A senior leader told me recently, "I’m posting on LinkedIn every week, but nothing’s happening. No recruiters, no engagement, no leads."

If that sounds familiar, it’s usually one of two things:

1. Your content isn’t connecting with your audience.
You’re sharing updates, but they don't reflect your perspective, leadership, or results. People don’t just want to read what you do.  People here on the site want to know what and how you think. What makes you unique??

2. Your network isn’t working for you.
You need to foster connection and engagement. The algorithm rewards genuine conversation, not silent scrolling or passive likes. Don't just share. Comment and  engage! 

If visibility isn’t growing, it’s almost always one or both.
If I were to help you dig deeper, here’s what I’d ask:

* Who are you writing for: peers, recruiters, or potential employers?
* Are you commenting meaningfully on others’ posts each week?
* Do your posts show your industry knowledge?
* When someone visits your profile, do they see clear leadership positioning?
* Are you using your “About” section to tell your story or list your job history?
* Do you follow and engage with companies you’d actually like to work for?
* Have you reached out directly to new contacts after connecting

A few small tweaks in focus and tone (and profile content) can turn engagement into opportunity. I’ve seen executives go from invisible to in-demand by showing up with purpose and a personalized point of view (and ensuring their leadership story is clear on the profile). 

If someone said, “LinkedIn doesn’t work for me,” what would you tell them to do differently next week?

If you are trying to create great content for your resume -- tell a story. Address: Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why. 
Let’s walk through a simple example.

Imagine a past role where you were asked to improve employee engagement.
Most people would list a basic line like:
“Improved employee engagement.”

That statement is accurate, but it does not communicate the scope, context, or results. When you expand the details, your value becomes far clearer.

WHO was involved?
A team of 4 cross-functional internal staff.

WHAT was involved?
You directed the team to create and implement a national employee incentive and training program.

WHEN did this occur?
In 2021, while working as Operational Manager for Big Corp in Seattle, Washington.

WHERE did this happen?
Within a national organization supporting 32,000 employees.

HOW did it end?
The new program was built and launched in 5 months. Engagement increased 65% as a result.

WHY does this matter?
Because the details help a hiring leader quickly understand the scale of the work and the impact delivered. Focus on what your target reader needs to know...not everything must be shared. 

Once you gather these pieces, combine them into a single, high-impact resume statement. An example:

✔️ Increased employee engagement 65% by directing a team of 4 to create and launch a new national training and incentive program, which rolled out to 32,000 staff in just 5 months.

How to Tell a Story in Your Resume

A decade ago, if you’d told a board or executive recruiter you were considering a six-month C-suite contract, they might have raised an eyebrow. Executives were expected to stay the course: steady hands, deep roots, and long tenures.

But the landscape has changed.

Today, fractional and interim leadership is no longer a stopgap. It has become a strategy for both companies and executives.

Organizations can’t afford to sit still while searching for a permanent leader. Many CEO and C-suite searches still stretch multiple months. Investors do not wait that long. Markets do not pause.

Enter the fractional executive, a leader who steps in quickly, stabilizes operations, and delivers measurable results while the board conducts a longer search.

And here is what might surprise you most:
For many executives, this is not a temporary pivot. It is a career by design, one that offers variety, flexibility, and impact across multiple industries.

Fractional leaders thrive on speed and precision. They do not just “fill gaps.” They solve problems.

They bring an outsider’s lens, fresh thinking, and a results-driven approach that many organizations need right now.

Demand is rising, too. It is not hard to see why. In a climate defined by rapid change, experience-on-demand is invaluable.

Fractional work gives executives the chance to:
• Expand influence across multiple sectors
• Demonstrate agility in fast-moving environments
• Maintain momentum between roles
• Keep networks active and skills sharp

But it also brings new challenges: compressed timelines, evolving authority, and highly variable compensation models.

That is why positioning, branding, and clarity are everything.

If you have ever wondered whether fractional or interim leadership could be a strategic move rather than a stopgap, this is the time to explore it.

Read the full feature here:

Open article: Fractional and Interim Executives: Why These Leadership Roles Are the Future of Executive Careers - Career Impressions by careerimpressions.ca

Fractional and Interim Executives: Why These Leadership Roles Are the Future of Executive Careers - Career Impressions

“How public should my job search be?”
A common question I get from executives is whether to quietly explore opportunities, or go public and announce they’re open to new roles.

From my experience, I see two sides: executives who stay too quiet can miss warm leads and recruiter visibility. And those who go public in the wrong way risk awkwardness or mixed perceptions. 

Yet, the reality is that visibility fuels opportunity... if managed with intention.

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, but there should be strategy involved.

I’d love to hear your take: if you were exploring a new executive role, how open would you be about it publicly on LinkedIn?

1️⃣ Very open — I’d announce it and post about my goals
2️⃣ Somewhat open — I’d quietly signal and share
3️⃣ Private — I’d only tell trusted contacts
4️⃣ Depends — on my company, market, or timing (tell us more in the comments!).

I’ll share next week what tends to work best for executives at the Director-to-C-suite level and why visibility strategy is often a bigger factor than the resume itself.

If you were exploring a new executive role, how open would you be about it on LinkedIn?

The author can see how you vote. Learn more

Are your resume bullets pulling their weight?
Take a closer look. Are your statements:


==> Sharing basic details that anyone could claim?

==> Describing job duties instead of measurable results?

==> Missing quantifiable details that prove impact?

If you said yes to any of these, it’s time to elevate your content. Weak bullets report. Strong bullets reveal value.

Read each line of your resume and ask yourself:

“So what?”

==> Is this detail meaningful to the reader?

==> Does it show results or outcomes?

==> Is it specific enough to stand out?

==> Why is this worth including?

If you can add even a small, relevant detail that clarifies your impact, do it. Those subtle expansions—metrics, scope, or context—can transform a basic statement into one that commands attention.

The goal: value-enhanced bullets that sell your results, not just summarize your responsibilities. And if content isn't strong or related: remove it or improve it.

Check the comments for a free resource to help you refine your resume bullets and make every line count.

#resume

AI Product Builder @ NanoKernel | Generative AI, AI Agents, AIoT, Responsible AI, AI Product Management | Ex-Apple, Accenture, Cognizant, Verizon, AT&T | I help companies build standout Next-Gen AI Solutions

Email:  harsha.srivatsa at connectwithharsha.info | Website: https://www.connectwithharsha.me

I help visionary companies build standout AI Products. 
 
I am a transformative Product and IT Executive, blending innovation with leadership across every role I've embraced. My journey from the technical trenches to the strategic echelons of Product Leadership, Solutions Architecture, and Enterprise Data Strategy has been fueled by an insatiable drive for growth, an unwavering focus on customer success, and a passion for adapting and thriving in diverse organizational landscapes.

From Fortune 50 giants to agile startups, my path has been marked by over 8 groundbreaking product launches and more than 20 transformative project deliveries. At the heart of these achievements lies a deep-seated belief in the power of innovative thinking, strategic execution, and the magic of collaboration across domains and disciplines. My mantra? Value creation, operational excellence, and nurturing talent are the cornerstones of my transformative leadership.

My commitment to thought leadership has led me to author a book on Big Data, secure several patents, and contribute to the knowledge pool with articles and papers featured in renowned journals, blogs, and media channels. Dive into my insights on LinkedIn and Medium at https://harsha-srivatsa.medium.com/

Education is an ongoing journey for me, enriched by formal degrees in Engineering, Math, Computer Science, and Management, alongside continuous learning from prestigious institutions like MIT, Stanford, Kellogg, and IDEOU. This foundation empowers me to lead at the intersection of technology and business, navigating the complexities of AI, IoT, Cloud Platforms, and beyond with ease and insight.

My commitment extends beyond the professional realm. As a High School Educator with Microsoft's TEALS Program, a Master Gardener certified by University of California, a mentor for immigrants through Upwardly Global, and a volunteer with the Coast Guard Auxiliary, I believe in giving back, sharing knowledge, and supporting communities.

I am seeking a Senior IC AI Product Manager role at established AI-focused companies. 

I am a believer in the transformative power of technology, education, and community service. Let’s connect, collaborate, and create impact together.

Harsha Srivatsa

🚀 I’m excited to announce my new book:
 The AI Product Builder’s Troubleshooting & Diagnostic Guide

AI is entering a new era—one where reliability, governance, and production excellence matter far more than demos or prototypes. After  working and talking  with AI teams, founders, and enterprise leaders, I noticed a consistent pattern:
AI doesn’t fail because the model is weak.
AI fails because the product around it isn’t ready.

This book captures the diagnostic frameworks, templates, scorecards, heatmaps, playbooks, and troubleshooting patterns I’ve seen transform AI initiatives from unstable pilots into production-grade systems.

Inside, you’ll find:
🔍 The Seven Bridges Framework for the pilot → production gap
 🧩 The AI Value Stack for maturity diagnostics
 📊 Templates for PRDs, Model Cards, HITL workflows, and EvalOps
 🚦 Release Gate flows for safety, quality, reliability, and FinOps
 🔥 Troubleshooting guides for RAG decay, drift, model volatility, and cost spikes
 📈 Heatmaps, scorecards, and governance cycles for ongoing improvement

If you’re an AI PM, AI engineer, AI Solutions architect, or a Product Leader building AI that must work reliably in the real world—this guide is for you.

👉 If you would like a free e-copy of this book, please fill out this form and I will send it you. 
https://lnkd.in/gTNYrbCd

#AIProductManagement #AIProductBuilder #AIProductDevelopment  #AIDiagnostics #AIReliability #AIGovernance

AI Product Lead @ NanoKernel | Generative AI, AI Agents, AIoT, Responsible AI, AI Product Management | Ex-Apple, Accenture, Cognizant, Verizon, AT&T | I help companies build standout Next-Gen AI Solutions

Thanksgiving 2025…

For me, it’s not about the food, the shopping, or the holiday itself. It’s about the occasion—and the sentiment of pausing to say thank you.
This Thanksgiving, I’m giving thanks for the people who have touched my life, the places that have shaped me, and the possibilities that make life purposeful.

Thank you to two amazing people I met recently—Polly M Allen and Nico Posner —who filled my heart and soul with joy.

Thank you to the beautiful Bay Area that my wife and I have called home for 2+ decades.

Thank you to SFO, my City of Possibilities, where I discovered—and continue to build—my passion for creating AI products.

Thanks for being part of my life journey and for reminding me, in big and small ways, how rich my life becomes when I experience gratitude and share it.

#ThanksgivingGratitude #PeoplePlacesPossibilities #AIPM

Senior AI Product Leader | Generative AI, AI Agents, AIoT, Responsible AI, AI Product Strategy | Ex-Apple, Accenture, Cognizant | I help companies build, debug and launch standout AI products

I had the fabulous opportunity to meet the "Oprah of LinkedIn" - personal branding guru Goldie Chan


Awesome session on personal branding at the Sidebar Spark Summit. 

"Show up without showing off" is an awesome takeaway from the talk by Goldie.

Today I got a small but encouraging milestone achievement! 

People are reading and a small number citing this paper on AIoT Agents published on ResearchGate.

This paper is a contemporary study and literature survey on AIoT agents and formed the pre-cursor for getting to know the state of the union on AIoT agents and a bedrock for my forthcoming book on AIoT Agent Building. 

https://lnkd.in/gNQpV3GS

We now have a menu of LLM platforms and frontier models. 

OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, Perplexity, xAI, Mistral AI, DeepSeek
and others keep shipping new model releases, each with fresh claims about features and performance.

But a practical question remains: which model should I use for which task, purpose, and outcome? How do we look beyond leaderboards and hype, and relate these models to day-to-day, pragmatic work?

I found comparing frontier LLM platforms like ChatGPT 5.1, Claude 4.5, Grok, Perplexity, and Gemini quite difficult because they are complex products, not just models on a chart. I needed a structured way to map their distinct strengths, risks, and task fit so I could confidently route work to the right tool.

So I adapted Andrej Karpathy’s “LLM Council” idea — a multi-model debate plus chairman synthesis — to systematically evaluate each LLM platform.

The result is a practical view, for each platform, of:
* Strengths
* Watch-outs
* Tasks well suited
* Tasks better routed elsewhere

The adapted LLM Council process:
-> Multiple frontier models independently assess a target platform to avoid early anchoring.
-> They anonymously critique and rank each other’s answers to surface errors and nuances.
-> A “Chairman” model, overseen by a human, synthesizes the debate into a consensus verdict.

The Council’s one-sentence report snapshots:
> ChatGPT 5.1 – A top-tier generalist with adaptive reasoning that excels at explaining concepts, agentic workflows, and acting as a conversational copilot.
> Anthropic Claude 4.5 – The “deep thinker” for complex coding, heavy document analysis, and long-horizon reasoning, especially when paired with Artifacts.
> Perplexity – A web-native “answer engine” built for deep research and fact-finding, rather than long-form creative writing or storytelling.
> Grok – Best for real-time social trend analysis and sentiment tracking, with a spicy tone and direct access to X data.
> Google Gemini – A multimodal powerhouse that integrates with Workspace and uses massive context windows to analyze video, large codebases, and Drive files.

Comment “Council” if you’d like the full breakdown and report.

The attached slide deck captures and summarizes the key findings.

Doing this exercise gave me a much clearer mental model of which LLM platform to use for what, and how to route tasks to the best-fit model for the outcomes I care about.

#AI #GenerativeAI #AIProductManagement #FrontierLLMs #AIEvaluation #AISafety #LLMCouncil #ProductManagement

Evaluating LLM Platforms with the LLM Councils

🚀 Book Release Announcement - Nov 21 2025! 

I’m excited to share that my book AI Product Builder’s Troubleshooting & Diagnostic Guide is now complete and in final refinement. It will be released on Nov 21, 2025 and sent directly to everyone who signed up. 🙏

If you’d like to receive the e-copy, you can still join the list here:  👉 https://lnkd.in/gz2mVPe6

Earlier announcement: https://lnkd.in/ga5Qd9vy

💡 What makes this book different
To make this a practical, usable manual for real-world AI teams, I tried several first-of-its-kind approaches:
• Each chapter is exactly one page — sharp, concise, and built for busy AI builders

• TL;DR + Bottom Line — know the “why” and “what to do” instantly

• A unified visual synthesis of the entire book

• Multimodal chapter experiences:
  🎥 ~8-min video explainers
  🎧 Dialog-style audio versions
  📘 Detailed text + visuals
 
Designed to support every learning style.

🛠 Why I wrote this
AI Product Builders don’t need more “how to build a RAG app” tutorials.
We need guidance on:
 ✔ debugging failures
 ✔ diagnosing drift
 ✔ preventing cost explosions
 ✔ hardening AI for real production
 ✔ governing responsibly at scale

A mentor summarized it perfectly:
“This isn’t just a book — it’s an intervention… You’ve addressed the ‘Pilot Purgatory’ problem every VP of AI feels right now.”


📘 What this book aspires to be
A living operational manual that unifies Product + Engineering + AI implementation realities.

A playbook to help teams:
 • cross the pilot-to-production gap
 • debug with clarity
 • apply diagnostic hardening
 • evaluate, govern, and scale with discipline

After launch, I’ll also release templates, guides, Miro boards, and walkthrough videos to make the playbook even more actionable.

This work is dedicated to every AI Product Builder striving to build their “Aha!” product — responsibly, reliably, and at scale.

#AIProductManagement #AIProductBuilders #AILifecycle

Just got totally immersed into completed the new live course on AI Product Leadership from Reforge. 

Jiaona Zhang (JZ) and Britt Jamison did an awesome 4 week ramped up experience, with the latest and greatest on AI and its implications on Product Leadership and how to leverage and navigate the inevitable integration of AI into product work. 

In addition to weekly sessions and offline course material, there were valuable office hours with Britt Jamison which gave me the opportunity to discuss AI related topics with an OpenAI executive. Thank you Brit for being patient with me, as I almost always put my hand first in the sessions and giving detailed insightful answers. 

In addition there were product leader sessions with Anthony from Airtable (Competitive Intelligence), Jen from Go Nimbly (GTM) and Emercan from Glean. The session with Emercan / Glean was particularly interesting since I saw live demo of multi-agent applications in action. 

An interesting discussion during office hours was about the outcome based success metrics for AI agents.  Going beyond the techno-functional thinking of evaluations, precision, recall etc but to thinking about the actual impact - "Did the AI Agent’s actions produce valuable, measurable results aligned with business or user goals?”

Outcome based evaluation of AI agents - "“Did the agent make the system better, the user happier, and the business healthier — all within safe bounds?” becomes the key question. 

While the course discussed OKR's being apt for AI agents, I felt that Narrative -Committments-Tasks (NCT's) from Ravi Mehta is also very apt and appropriate in this context. 

We discussed this during Office Hours. 

Coming out of that we felt that a hybrid OKR-NCT model is perhaps even more suited for measuring AI agent outcomes. 

This OKR–NCT fusion becomes a hierarchical feedback system:
* OKRs → define what success means for the system
* NCTs → define how each agent interprets, commits, and acts toward it

AI Agents don’t just execute commands — they reason, adapt, and collaborate.  Their success must therefore be measured both in terms of outcomes achieved and how intelligently and ethically those outcomes were reached.

That’s where the Hybrid OKR–NCT Model comes in — a fusion of macro-outcome measurement and micro-behavioral accountability.

The OKR–NCT hybrid establishes a continuous performance loop:
* OKRs define what impact to deliver
* NCTs ensure how that impact is responsibly and intelligently achieved
* Telemetry links them together into measurable, adaptive feedback

AI Agent Success = Measurable Outcomes × Responsible Execution
* OKRs bring structure to what matters.
 * NCTs bring consciousness to how it’s done.
 
Together, they can lead up and roll up into the North Star metric for the org / company towards the well understood barometer of success. 

What are your thoughts on this?

I am thrilled to announce a collaboration with my friend Sevanne Calle on upleveling ourselves in Physical AI! 

To start off, we have created a newsletter titled "Physical AI Dispatch" 

Issue #1 is now live: “Why Physical AI Matters Now.”
In this first issue, we break down:
* What I mean by Physical AI (beyond the buzzwords)
* How it will reshape work, industries, and everyday environments
* Why now is the time for AI Product builders, AI leaders, and AI practitioners to upskill and get ready

If you’re curious about the intersection of AI + Robotics + AIoT + Edge Infrastructure, or you’re an AI builder, product leader, engineer, or operator who wants to ride the Physical AI wave,  I’d love for you to follow along.

🔔 Subscribe to Physical AI Dispatch to get future issues, deep dives, and practical frameworks straight in your inbox.
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We’re entering a moment where AI is no longer staying in the digital world.
It’s stepping into the real world — into devices that sense the environment, robots that move with purpose, machines that can help us in hospitals, farms, factories, and even in our homes. This shift can change industries, careers, and lives.

But right now, most people only understand “software AI”: LLMs, chatbots, copilots.

Physical AI is the next wave — and most people are not prepared for it.

Over the past months, I’ve become convinced that Physical AI — AI embedded in robots, machines, vehicles, and devices that can sense, decide, and act in the real world — will define the next decade of innovation. From logistics and manufacturing to healthcare, energy, agriculture, and smart cities, we’re already seeing early signs: autonomous robots, intelligent fleets, warehouse automation, hospital logistics, and more.

I want to prepare myself now for that shift — to think deeply about:
* How we design Physical AI systems that are helpful rather than harmful
* How we blend AI, robotics, AIoT, and edge infrastructure responsibly
* How Product, Engineering, Operations, and Policy need to work together to make Physical AI safe, reliable, and truly human-centered

👉 So please join us in the journey of this exciting new world of possibilities and potential from Physical AI. 

#PhysicalAI #Robotics #AIoT #AIProduct #FutureOfAI

Sharing a personal spirit lifting milestone from ResearchGate. 

Glad to know that people are reading my published paper. Inspired by my mentor Aman Chadha and by his stellar publishing record and portfolio. 

This path to publishing preprints and getting reads / citations is to get into the groove of original ideation, thinking about problems - solutions, and putting high quality written work. This effort with ResearchGate is a start; I aim to work and uplevel myself to be worthy of acceptance into "prestigious" journals - arXiv, IEEE, ACM etc. It is hard but I am motivated to do whatever it takes to get to that level.

I have been using the new Slide Deck generation feature in Google NotebookLM and its pretty awesome - provided you give it some clear and good instructions. 

Here is a sample slide deck generated for Chapter 2 - The Pilot-to-Production Bridge in my book The  AI Product Builders Troubleshooting Guide.

The AI Product Builder's Guide - Chapter 2 Slide Deck

🚀 It’s here! I’m excited to officially release my new book:
 “AI Product Builder’s Troubleshooting & Diagnostic Guide”

Today, I’m releasing Version 1 - the first edition of what I hope becomes a living, evolving manual for AI Product Builders everywhere.

🔗 Download / Access the book:
Formatted PDF (recommended for visuals):
https://lnkd.in/gQAqvWNY

Living Google Doc (always up-to-date):
https://lnkd.in/gguqQTEH

📝 Suggest updates / fixes / improvements:
 👉 Feedback Sheet: https://lnkd.in/g7x622X8

💡 Why I wrote this
AI Products don’t fail at the model stage—they fail at the system stage. Drift, bad data, fragile pipelines, unclear governance, cost explosions, missing guardrails — these are all diagnosable and fixable patterns.

This book is the operational guide I wish my AI team(s) had:
On How to debug, diagnose, harden, evaluate, govern, and scale AI systems that must survive real-world conditions.

🚀 What makes this book unique: 
I designed this book with several first-of-its-kind features:
✨ Each chapter is exactly one page
 Clear. Sharp. Built for busy AI Builders.

✨ TL;DR + Bottom Line on every page
 No fluff. Immediate clarity.

✨ A unified visual synthesis in each chapter. 
Each chapter content synthesized into one artifact.

✨ Integrated multimodal learning
 For every chapter, you can choose to:
 🎥 Watch an ~8-min explainer video
 🎧 Listen to a dialog-style audio version
 📘 Read the text + visuals

✨ Living manual — continuously updated
 The Google Doc will remain the source of truth.
 I will track updates in a public change log and release refreshed versions frequently.

🛠 How you can use the book
Use it as your:
 • Production hardening checklist
 • Pilot-to-Production playbook
 • Evaluation & guardrail reference
 • Incident response guide
 • Governance + FinOps alignment tool
 • Workshop toolkit for AI maturity

My goal: help teams escape “Pilot Purgatory” and build reliable, safe, cost-aware, trustworthy AI systems.

A mentor who read this book earlier, captured it well:
“This book isn’t just guidance — it’s an intervention. It tackles the exact pain point every VP of AI is wrestling with right now.”

🌱 Your feedback matters
This is Version 1 — the beginning.
 Please use the feedback sheet to propose:
 • Fixes
 • Improvements
 • Clarifications
 • New chapter ideas
 • Real-world cases
I’ll review every submission and integrate improvements continuously.

🙏 Final note
I’d be grateful if you could:
 💬 Share this post
 📤 Forward the book
 🏷️ Mention it to teams who need it
 📚 Use it in your org’s AI processes

Thank you for your support — this book is dedicated to every AI Product Builder striving to build their “Aha!” product responsibly and at scale.

#AIProductManagement #AIProductBuilders #AILifecycle

An update to my earlier post announcing the upcoming release of my book titled "AI Product Builder's Troubleshooting Guide" 
https://lnkd.in/ga5Qd9vy

Today I want to introduce a key concept in the book - Seven Bridges. 
I am so much fascinated by the term. 
Seven Bridges of Konigsberg is a classical mathematics / computer science problem. 
Seven Bridges Road is a beautiful song by The Eagles. 

In AI Product Building, The Seven Bridges diagram maps the chasm and the critical transition gaps between pilot success and production scale. It connotes the difference whether an AI project is destined to Pilot purgatory or whether it makes it a successful Production GTM. It is a diagnostic model identifying the precise failure points where AI projects fracture during scale-up. Each bridge—Data Readiness, Model Robustness, Infrastructure Scalability, Operational Maturity, Governance Readiness, Organizational Alignment, and Business Value—represents a critical handoff where assumptions break, ownership blurs, and risk compounds. Looking at an AI Project from the Seven Bridges lens can help cross the chasm to a successful AI project. 

For this book, my content creation approach has been: 
- Generate a text document with concepts, principles, visual artifacts, practices etc. 
- For each chapter, I have created a companion video explainer to amplify and explain the contents in 8 mins or less
- And an audio overview with two hosts discussing and debating the insights and nuances. 

In short, a multimodal approach to convey what I want to share. 

As an example, here is the content for Chapter 1: 
Text: https://lnkd.in/g6hdBiWn
Video Explainer: https://lnkd.in/gaEhUa2u
Audio overview: https://lnkd.in/gYXEt-j5 

I hope you like to content creation approach and formats. Let me know in comments. 

#AIProductManagement #AIProductBuilder #AIProductDevelopment

Thrilled to share that my new research paper is now available on ResearchGate: “Agentic Swarm Intelligence Applied to AIoT Agent Coordination: A Domain-Agnostic Framework for Multi-Agent Coordination, Task Allocation, and Human-AIoT Workflow Delineation.”

This work brings together Swarm Intelligence, multi-agent systems, and AIoT to answer a key question: 
How do we coordinate AIoT agents while keeping humans safely and meaningfully in the loop? 

The paper introduces the AIoT Swarm Coordination Map (ASCM), an extended RACI-A responsibility model, and a Human–AIoT Workflow Canvas that practitioners can apply across manufacturing, energy, smart cities, logistics, and more.

If you’re interested in and exploring Multi-agent systems, AIoT, edge intelligence, or Human-AI teaming, I’d really value your read, critique, and suggestions for future directions.


#AIoT #AgenticAI #SwarmIntelligence #MultiAgentSystems #EdgeComputing #HumanInTheLoop #AIArchitecture #EdgeAI

Going From Vibe Synthetic Multimodal Data Creator to a Vibe  Synthetic Reality Creator! 

Today I got access to https://lnkd.in/gQvPJ5Kz World Labs
World Labs (the startup founded by Dr Fe-Fei Li https://lnkd.in/gMiebVzw Fei-Fei Li
Marble 3D World creation platform. And I am blown away by the possibilities. 

If I can think / imagine a scenario, I can now create  Synthetic Reality Worlds. The possibilities for AI Products with Visual Intelligence, Robotics training, and simulation-first design feel enormous.

With Marble + Veo3, it’s becoming possible to go beyond  synthetic multimodal images and videos… and instead construct entire 3D, physics-aware simulation reality worlds. 

This has so much potential for AIoT systems, robotics, and digital twins.

This is a game changer. This has so much value for my work. 

Imagine designing scenarios that are hard, dangerous, or impossible to capture in the real world:
 🔥 fire and explosion events
 🪖 battlefield and high-risk environments
 🤖 humanoid robot training scenes
 🏥 hospital digital twins
 🌆 smart-city anomaly simulations

Instead of creating the data, we create the reality with the data! 

My first experiment was to use WorldLabs Marble to generate a 3D panorama of a battlefield scenario as it would appear for an autonomous drone as it surveys the battlefield scene for sitrep and damage assessment. I then used to panorama snapshots to create a realistic battlefield scenario video. 

Early results are promising. See the generated video attached and the panorma screenshots in the comments. 

If you’re building in digital twins, simulation, robotics, or AIoT, keep an eye on this space.

Synthetic Reality is coming fast.

#AI #SyntheticData #Simulation #AIProductManagement #AIoT #Robotics #DigitalTwin #AgenticAI #Marble #Veo3

What happens when AI’s hunger for power, water, and land collides with the limits of our planet – and the patience of our communities?

We’re already seeing the early signs: grid constraints, water stress, local moratoriums on new data centers, and growing scrutiny from regulators and citizens. 
At the same time, we’re racing to build an AI++ world – where AI is deeply intertwined with IoT, edge, robotics, and cyber-physical systems.

To make that future possible, we don’t just need more  power or more AI infrastructure.

We need to have a clear vision for the Future of Data Centers, And We need Resource-Responsible AI so that we invest and build in that AI infrastructure rationally. 

I’ve pulled together my research, thoughts, and field notes into a publication: 
📘 “The Future of AI Data Centers – Creating Resource-Responsible AI for an AI++ World”

Links to the booklet and slide deck in the comments. 

In this publication I explore:
* How AI data centers differ fundamentally from traditional cloud infrastructure
* Why power, water, and cooling are becoming design constraints – not afterthoughts
* A set of principles and scorecards for building Resource-Responsible AI across the model lifecycle
* Patterns for AI-native architectures spanning edge, micro data centers, and hyperscale
* The role of regulation, risk, and “social license to operate”
* Future scenarios and a practical roadmap for teams who want to act, not just admire the problem

If this topic resonates with you – whether you’re in AI/ML, cloud, data centers, sustainability, or policy – drop a comment or DM  🙌

#AIDatacenters #ResourceResponsibleAI #SustainableAI #AIInfrastructure #AIoT #EdgeComputing #AIArchitecture #AIProductLeadership

Evals is now past the buzz word stage. Many AI leaders and organizations realize the value and importance of Evals and what does it means for AI agent applications. 

AI practioners and thought leaders like Hamel Husain, Shreya Shankar, Aman Khan have taught this to thousands of students like myself. 

I have learnt a lot additionally on Evals from Claire Longo and Paweł Huryn from a practical and pragmatic perspective. 

When I was talking to a fellow cohort student from Hamel and Shreya's course, the discussion came down to the crunch "How do make Evals working with our AI application development given our Product and Engineering setup?"

It was a Rubber meets Road moment. And the person I was talking with had read my article on Evaluation Driven development [https://lnkd.in/g7zX5J2h]
and came up with the brilliant idea of why have DevOps like thing for Evals? 
A quick search for EvalOps revealed that there is such a thing - but details are sparse. 
Anyways we spent a few hours and put together some topic focus points and worked together to shape up this article [https://lnkd.in/g6Gaa_aJ] which I published just a little while ago. 

So you ask what is EvalOps + Evaluation Driven Development for AI Agents -? What is special about it and why is it needed etc etc? 

View the attached video explainer for more insights. 
Or can you read the LinkedIn article. Or Both. 

The point is that we feel that there is a convincing case to be made for EvalOps + EDD.  I would love to get your thoughts when you had the chance to see our viewpoint. 

#AI #AIAgents #EvalOps #EDD #ProductManagement #MachineLearning #AIProduct

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