Product @ LinkedIn | Author of “Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” | “PM Learning Series” Host | Sharing insights about building products and leading innovative teams

👋 Hello! I’m Shyvee—a forward-thinking product lead who combines creativity, human psychology, and AI to build thriving communities and drive impactful product growth.

Previously a Product Lead at LinkedIn and instructor with LinkedIn Learning, I now focus on driving product growth and adoption while activating professional communities on Microsoft Teams, empowering people to connect, collaborate, and future-proof their careers. With a unique passion for community-building and hands-on AI learning, I’ve created a global, multi-disciplinary community that supports individuals while fueling product adoption and growth along the way. Learn more: https://AICommunityLearningProgram.substack.com/about

Throughout my career, I’ve engaged over 100K followers, reaching 40M+ views. My PM Learning Series has featured esteemed guests, including cofounders and CPOs from leading Silicon Valley startups. As President of the Kellogg Alumni Club in San Francisco, I’m a frequent speaker and have influenced digital strategies at organizations like VMware, Disney, Cisco, YMCA, Toyota, HSBC, Telstra, and other Fortune 1000 companies.

My superpowers lie in strategic thinking, innovative problem-solving, and data-driven storytelling, all grounded in a deep understanding of user psychology and enhanced by AI. I leverage AI for rapid prototyping, automating go-to-market workflows, and building high-impact solutions that resonate with users and drive real business outcomes.

I’m also the coauthor of the Amazon bestseller Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI, a practical guide for integrating AI into product strategy, featuring over 150 examples and 30 case studies. Learn more: https://a.co/d/btmnJfu

Shyvee Shi

Rakuten Kobo Inc.

Director of Product - Devices

Conscious Product Development

Developed a full-stack approach to developing more conscious products: Individual and group coaching for PMs, writing (blog and newsletter), and tools (practical guides that scale).

・Helped over 30 product coaching clients improve their performance in their product roles, get promotions, and land new roles in 6 months
・Over 1500 resource downloads, 1.5K newsletter subscribers and newsletter sponsors in less than 1 year
・Developed the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Wilton Cross, an online platform for substance use disorder diagnosis and treatment and brought it to market with an international design and engineering team in 3 months as product lead on an independent contract
・Created a group coaching program for PMs called "0 to 1", targeted at supporting PM #1 at their respective startups, a notoriously difficult role that I myself have held 
・Built a No-Code Mobile App called Align and got it into the Google Play store (www.createalignment.ca)
・Created a Conscious Product Development closed Slack community that I moderate

Founder & Director of Product

Google

Joined Google's AR/VR team under Google's Devices and Services Department through the 2020 acquisition of North (just prior to Fitbit being absorbed into the same branch of Google).

Senior Product Manager - AR/VR

North

Acquired by Google in June 2020. 

Developed the world's first prescription smart glasses that look like regular glasses, with an invisible, holographic display. Named one of Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2019.

・Brought Focals v1.0 from concept to market
・Led the cross-functional development of a first-of-its-kind sizing system to enable 1. Customer to use the product (for it to fit from a display, comfort, and aesthetic fit) 2. North to sell the product.
・Led the development of the Focals Showroom App, which enabled us to sell the product to customers remotely vs. having them come in to a retail store to get fitted. Became the first company in the world to sell prescription smart glasses online. Took the app from concept to market in under 6 months.
・ Invented a solution to demo the product to customers(an inherent challenge since a unique size is required for every individual in order to see the display)
・ Led hardware development for Focals v2.0 prior to Google acquisition (frames, input device, audio, connectivity, demo, sizing)

Key Teams I Worked With: Engineering (Software, Machine Learning, Firmware, Mechanical), UX, User Research, Marketing, Sales, Care, Supply Chain, Retail, Business Development, Data Science, Research and Development, Legal, FInance, Opticians, 3 Founders & External Partners

Product Lead - Sizing, Fit, Go-to-Market, Hardware

Heddoko

Developed a motion-capture suit that manual laborers can wear under their work clothes that quantifies their movement in 3D, sends the data to an app, assesses trends, and identify risks to reduce employee-related injuries. 

・Co-inventor and FT employee #4
・ Led product development, from product discovery to developing the roadmap, to launching in a B2B2C market
・ Honed my storytelling skills developing investor and partner pitches and landed contracts with global corporations. 
・ Graduated from Techstars' accelerator program (Boston 2016 cohort) and District 3 Innovation Center (2016)

Fun fact: I was also the voice and model in our demo video on YouTube 😂

Key Teams I Worked With: Engineering (Software, Hardware, Firmware), UX, Marketing, Sales, Finance & External Partners

Product Manager and Biomechanics Lead

CrossFit Media

Head Canadian Writer for the coverage of the Reebok CrossFit Games competition circuit (Crossfit Open, Regionals, and Games). 

・Covered both top athletes and inspiring up and coming athletes in the community. 
・Published over 50 articles on the CrossFit Games website.

Head Writer, Canada -  The CrossFit Games

HANDEL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED

Developed factual television projects and documentaries for broadcasters including Discovery Channel Canada, Science Channel US, National Geographic, and the BBC. 

・Aired shows I developed include “Sea Monsters: The Definitive Guide” and “The Bermuda Triangle: The Definitive Guide” (Discovery Channel, National Geographic).

Researcher and Developer

Worked with the current affairs team on CBC Daybreak (radio) and CBC News (television). 

・Pitched stories, wrote scripts, booked guests, and conducted on-air interviews.

Researcher

SSN Canada

Provided colour commentary and reporting for webcasts of men's and women's soccer and hockey games at McGill University, including the 2011 CIS Women's Soccer National Championships. 

・Researched athletes and teams, set up audio and video equipment, provided commentary during games and conducting live on-camera interviews.

Colour Commentator

Bauer Hockey

Worked closely with Bauer Hockey's stick development department and innovation team while completing my Master's Degree at McGill University. My research focused on analyzing grip force magnitude and patterns during slap and wrist shots and contributed to a better understanding of the impact of this on stick and player performance.

・My work, "Force measures at the hand-stick interface during ice hockey slap and wrist shots" was presented at the Canadian Society of Biomechanics Conference (2012) and has been referenced in several sports engineering books, including, "The Engineering Approach to Winter Sports" (2016).

Biomechanics Researcher

I love to create "somethings" from "nothings" for the right reasons - to add meaningful value to people’s lives. 

My purpose is to help teams build more conscious products and careers in more ethical, holistic, intuitive, ethical, inclusive, sustainable, and accessible ways through 1:1 coaching, writing and building practical tools.

I’m a Senior Product Leader and ex-Google PM with 10 years of experience developing products in multiple industries and specialize in taking early-stage moonshot startups from 0-1 in the digital health and wearables spaces. I’ve got experience working on software and hardware - from smart glasses to inertial measurement units, and mobile apps to purchasing flows; read: dealing with a ton of unknowns!

Some highlights I’m proud of:

➡️ I founded my own company as a solopreneur, Conscious Product Development, and have helped over 40 product managers 1:1 to land roles, get promoted, and navigate through challenging transitions with a personalized system I created 

➡️ I've been employee #1, #4, #200, and #100,000 as a PM and as a result, have experience working on many different sizes of teams 

➡️ I worked at Google and was part of the North team that was acquired in 2020 that brought Focals, the first smart prescription eyewear that look like regular glasses, to life

➡️ I invented a motion capture suit to reduce the risk of movement related injuries in the workplace

➡️ I developed a piezoresistive force-sensing system to help Bauer hockey measure grip force as players are taking slap and wrist shots so they can alter the mechanical and material properties of sticks 

➡️ I’m an athlete, have won 3 national championships in ice hockey, and bring an athlete’s mindset and my love for building and working with exceptional teams into everything that I do

My Story:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conscious-product-management/id1606540684?i=1000583935383

Writing:
https://bit.ly/3EMPoxN

Recent Thoughts:
https://twitter.com/LisaZane15

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