Patrick Wu
I build AI products that ship — and the metrics to prove it.
500% ARR growth at STEEZY. 30%+ cost reduction through voice AI at Smith.ai. Multi-agent systems in production at scale.
Experience
Staff Product Manager
Smith.ai · Remote
Shipped the voice AI platform, multi-agent QA systems, and LLM infrastructure powering Smith.ai's AI product strategy.
- Architected Voice Assistant 2.0 with AI-to-human handoff orchestration, reducing operational costs by 30%+ while establishing new revenue streams
- Built multi-agent QA system evaluating thousands of calls in real-time; extended into AI Call Analysis flagging patterns behind preventable churn
- Evaluated and selected LLM vendors across OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock, and GCP — framework drove 40% improvement in engineering velocity
- Drove LLM migration from GPT-4 to GPT-5.2, improving conversation quality without increasing cost
Founder / Fractional CPO
A Product Company · Los Angeles, CA
Fractional CPO embedded with early-stage startups — owns roadmap, builds product infrastructure, and prepares teams for their first full-time PM hire.
- Architected product hiring infrastructure for hyper-growth Series A companies, reducing time-to-hire 50%+
- Embedded as operating CPO in 40+ person product/design/engineering orgs — hands on the roadmap, not advisory
- Worked with marketplace and creative-industry founders from zero product process to working PMF
Director of Product
STEEZY Studio · Los Angeles, CA
P&L owner who transformed a $1M startup into a $6M+ revenue platform while scaling the entire product org.
- Achieved 500% revenue growth from $1M to $6M+ ARR, directly enabling Series A funding
- Built and scaled product organization from 6 to 18 full-time employees; managed P&L and led 6 direct reports
- Drove 567% user growth from 9K to 60K MAU while improving conversion from 3% to 7.5%
- Secured strategic partnerships with Universal Music and Warner Music
Senior Product Manager
STEEZY Studio · Los Angeles, CA
The sole PM who redesigned STEEZY during COVID — setting off the 500% revenue run that followed.
- Pivoted STEEZY's business model as the sole product hire during COVID, capturing the surge in online fitness demand
- Built the product frameworks — prioritization, feedback loops, iteration cadence — that scaled to support 5x revenue growth
- Led cross-functional teams through rapid iteration cycles, establishing the PLG motion that drove subscriber growth
Product Manager
Inspire · Santa Monica, CA
Validated a $153M B2C clean energy market opportunity at a startup later acquired by Shell.
- Validated $153M market opportunity in B2C renewable energy subscriptions
- Architected IoT product experience for connected thermostats and smart home devices
- 50% improvement in email campaign performance through data-driven testing
Product Manager – Digital
Beachbody · El Segundo, CA
Led two product pods to 53% subscription growth on apps with $2.4M+ revenue and 1.8M+ downloads.
- Led two product pods (12+ devs/designers) managing apps generating $2.4M+ annual revenue with 1.8M+ downloads
- 53% subscription growth and 100%+ increase in LTV/MRR through onboarding optimization
- Improved App Store rating from 3.7 to 4.9 stars with 10x review volume
- Implemented GDPR (EU) and CASL (Canada) compliance for global market expansion
Product Manager
TextMarks · Los Angeles, CA
Launched the product line that secured TextMarks' first 10 enterprise clients.
- Launched new product line securing first 10 enterprise clients
- Led development team of 3 engineers through product validation and market launch
- Improved testing efficiency 3x via Gherkin framework implementation
Co-Founder & Product
Unbooked Appointments · Los Angeles, CA
Built two-sided marketplace from concept to $100K funding and 100+ SMB clients.
- Built and launched marketplace platform from ideation through $100K funding, achieving PMF
- Scaled user acquisition to 100 new users/week and 450 daily active users
- 90% retention improvement through user feedback and rapid iteration
- Led offshore dev team of 10 engineers and designers
Skills
Self-assessed with honest gaps — because knowing your limits is part of the job.
AI / ML
- MLOps infrastructure ownership (I partner with ML engineers)
- Model training (I work with trained models, not train them)
Leadership
- Managing PMs who manage PMs — I've led IC PMs, not PM managers
- C-suite reporting — Director/VP level, not yet Chief Product Officer
- Org sizes above 25 — largest team I've built was 18 people total
Product & Growth
- Pure enterprise sales-led motion — strongest in B2C, prosumer, and PLG
- Marketplace liquidity at 1M+ supply-side scale (have done early-stage)
- Hardware / physical product experience — I'm entirely digital/software
Technical
- Direct engineering (I partner with engineers, I do not write production code)
Compliance
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A decade of shipped AI products, real metrics, and leadership decisions — all queryable. Ask about specific products, how tradeoffs were made, or how he'd approach your problem. Every answer comes from actual work, not theory.
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Work Together
Fractional CPO / AI Strategy
Embedded product leadership for seed to Series B teams — not advisory, operator-level. Roadmap ownership, team builds, AI strategy, and PMF development without the full-time commitment.
Director of Product / VP PM
AI-native companies at Series A through C+. Deep experience with voice AI, multi-agent systems, and growth platforms. Los Angeles based, open to remote.