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PM at Mozilla, based in Berlin.

I’m a Product Manager at Mozilla working on Firefox Enterprise.

My background

I started building on the web as a teenager, and being self-taught meant learning to solve problems in unfamiliar domains.

Before Mozilla, I was at QuestDB, an open-source time-series database, from seed through a $15M Series A. I was Head of Content on paper, but in practice, I worked on ops, UI/UX, growth, legal, and marketing. Early-stage startups are good at collapsing job descriptions.

Outside of work, I love discovering more of Europe, good coffee spots, and using music gear as long as it doesn’t have a screen.

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Experience

Mozilla: Staff Product Manager, Firefox Enterprise

Aug 2022 - Present Berlin, Germany

I work on the enterprise side of Firefox: deployment tooling, policy management, admin workflows, and the support products that large organizations need to run Firefox at scale. Firefox Enterprise is an open-source browser with a commercial support layer, and most of my work is about making that model work for IT and security teams at organizations that need more control and risk reduction.

Before Firefox Enterprise, I was a Technical Writer on MDN Web Docs, Mozilla’s documentation platform for web developers.

QuestDB: Head of Content

Dec 2020 - Aug 2022 Berlin, Germany

Head of Content on paper; in practice, worked across ops, UI/UX, growth, legal, and marketing from seed through Series A.

eMnify: Technical Writer

Sep 2018 - Dec 2020 Berlin, Germany

Owned REST API documentation using the OpenAPI specification. Built demo applications on AWS, produced user guides and tutorials with Asciidoctor, and delivered webinars and product training.

enfore: Technical Writer

Feb 2016 - Jul 2018 Berlin, Germany

Maintained the language specification for N4JS, a TypeScript-like language. Owned internal architecture documentation and user-facing guides, using a docs-as-code workflow deployed to S3 with custom Docker tooling.

Lionbridge: Google Android Auto UX Tester

Oct 2015 - Feb 2016 Berlin, Germany

Evaluated Android Auto using Nielsen usability heuristics, recorded test sessions, and filed detailed, reproducible usability issues.

Web Developer

Jan 2009 - Nov 2015 Berlin, Germany

Built and deployed sites for small businesses: e-commerce, SEO, infrastructure, and the stack of problems that come with being the only technical person in the room.