Product and design leader who turns complex B2B workflows into products people trust.

10+ years taking B2B products from concept to launch as both product manager and design lead, in manufacturing and healthcare. Pittsburgh, PA · Open to onsite and remote.

Product managementProduct designProduct strategyUser researchTeam leadership
Manufacturing & industrial · 5+ years

I know how parts get sourced, made and bought.

I build for the people who source, make and buy parts: buyers, suppliers and factory teams.

  • Purchaser · Staff UX Designer & acting PM2025 – nowAI procurement for manufacturers: RFQs, AI quote leveling, POs and vendor management.
  • Thomas by Xometry2021 – 2025North America's industrial sourcing marketplace: supplier advertising, content and sales tools.
  • FactoryFour · Senior Product Manager2020 – 2021Owned product for a Manufacturing Execution System, through its acquisition by Xometry.
Healthcare & life sciences · 4 years

I build tools for clinicians making high-stakes calls.

At GenomOncology, I owned product and design for precision-oncology tools that turn genomic data into treatment decisions, leading feature development, roadmapping and product architecture.

  • Molecular Tumor BoardGenomOncologySupporting case review and treatment decisions.
  • GenomAnalytics & Precision Decision ToolGenomOncologyMaking genomic results usable for clinical teams.
  • Clinical Trials Explorer & Optimization ToolGenomOncologyMatching patients to trials and improving trial design.
Product management

Product manager and designer, in one

I've owned product decisions at every startup I've joined: Senior PM at FactoryFour, product and design lead at GenomOncology, and now the only PM at Purchaser. I set the roadmap, write the tickets, watch user sessions, and test and launch what ships.

Generative AI products

Shipped an agent that keeps vendor records accurate straight from email, and AI quote leveling that recommends the best quote and flows into sending the PO.

86% pick the recommendation · 76% faster quote-to-PO

Consolidating legacy tools

Retired 8 legacy tools into one platform and moved the entire content team onto it.

−67% operating time

Internal tools & insights

Rebuilt sales reporting from a team survey, and the full sales team adopted it.

1 hour → 4 minutes per report

Strategy & roadmaps

Set the long-term vision for Thomas, a $57M business unit, and used it to prioritize the platform roadmap.

36+ features shipped in one year

End-to-end product development

Took self-serve advertising from a 4-day sprint to a new revenue channel, with recommended budgets built alongside data analysts.

+25% new customers · $500K revenue

Ship, measure, iterate

Followed launch with data-led releases: a proposal tool for abandoned checkouts and campaign editing that unlocked upsells.

50 new sales in 2 months · +15% average spend
Leadership

How I lead

I set direction when there isn't one yet, grow the people around me, and keep design, product and engineering moving together.

$57Mbusiness unit I led UX for, at 88%+ gross margin
36+features shipped in a year across multiple dev teams
3early-stage startups, including one acquisition
10+years building B2B products
i.

Set the vision

Turn a long-term vision into a roadmap the business can act on.

Thomas UX vision · platform-wide prioritization
ii.

Grow designers

Coach designers through critique and clear feedback, across time zones.

Managed a designer in South America
iii.

Align leaders

Win executive buy-in with research and data, so decisions get made once.

Service blueprint workshops for the Thomas launch
iv.

Unblock engineering

Write specs engineers can build from, run QA, and answer questions mid-sprint.

Supported multiple dev teams at once
v.

Work through conflict

Make trade-offs visible so teams reach decisions, not stalemates.

Conflict resolution · cross-functional facilitation
vi.

Build community

President of the Women@Work ERG and board member of the Asian ERG.

Xometry employee resource groups
Anshu smiling by a mountain lake
Maligne Lake, Jasper
About

Hi, I'm Anshu. I came to design through neuroscience.

I studied Neuroscience and Global Health at Duke. I still design around how people pay attention, what they remember, and where they get overwhelmed.

For 10+ years I've built products at growth-stage startups, from precision oncology to manufacturing to AI procurement, as both PM and designer. I do my best work when the problem is unclear and the team needs one direction. I'm based in Pittsburgh, PA.

Roles I play
Product managerDesign leadResearcherBrand builderTeam lead
Methods

User research, usability testing, ideation workshops, prototyping, service blueprints

Tools

Figma, Claude Code, Notion, Linear, Jira, Confluence, Productboard, Salesforce

Education

B.S. Neuroscience & Global Health, minor in Chemistry, Duke University

Contact

Let's build something useful together.

I'm looking for my next product or design leadership role. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, open to onsite and remote.

avipparla@gmail.com
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