Projects | Aza Ali

About Me11+ Years in Product

I focus on driving topline growth through data and experimentation, launching 0 to 1 products users love, aligning engineering, design, and GTM around a shared roadmap, and turning ambiguous customer problems into clear product decisions in capital markets, consumer, and AI solutions.

Impact

0→1

Products

1.3B

Deal Volume

66%

User Adoption

1.1M

ARR Impact

SkillsPM

Roadmapping

Prioritization

User Research

A/B Testing

Stakeholders

Agile/Scrum

Data & SQL

Prototyping

Experience

Founder

BlendPixel

Jan 2025 - Present

Senior Product Manager

aKumoSolutions

Nov 2023 - Jan 2025

Senior Product Manager

PFM Inc.

Sep 2014 - Nov 2023

Current Interests

AI × Creative ToolsCollapsing the gap between intent and output

Platform InternalsHow things actually work under the hood

iOS 26 / Liquid GlassDesign as a feature

Behavior DesignUsing software for good habit formation

The Quality Bar ProblemBig-tech polish at indie scale

Education

B.A. Economics & Political Science

Middlebury College

Cum Laude

Domains

AI & Automation

Productivity

Logistics

Capital Markets

Healthcare SaaS

Stages

0→1

Growth

Turnaround

Enterprise

Key ProjectsHighlights

Retina

Screen recording for people who care about the details

Orbit

Zero-spend audience targeting for creators and small businesses. 400+ users in 8 weeks.

Listval

Gamified productivity app that makes personal growth addictive

Tools I Ship With

Product & Design

Analytics

Collaboration

Data

Certifications

Stripe Certified Professional Implementation Architect

Stripe

Wharton Business Analytics

University of Pennsylvania

Google Analytics Certification (GA4)

Google

Key ProjectsDeep Dive

A GPU-accelerated screen recorder and video editor. Features physics-based cursors, Smart Zooms with spring animations, AI-powered overlay graphics, and 10-bit HEVC export.

83Days

270Commits

5Releases

Highlights

GPU-accelerated PixiJS editor with 6-layer shadows
Physics-based cursor with spring dynamics
AI-powered overlay graphics via Claude Haiku
10-bit HEVC export with debanding filter

Zero-spend audience targeting for creators and small businesses. 400+ users in 8 weeks.

→Adaptive rate limiting with energy wave algorithm

Gamified productivity app that makes personal growth addictive

→Living Values system with Tamagotchi-style decay

0→1 platform for fleets too big for spreadsheets, too small for enterprise

→68% reduction in dispatch time (25 min → 8 min)

90-day turnaround: 31% → 90% adoption by fixing onboarding, not adding features

→Rescued at-risk client portfolio worth $1.5M ARR

Internal tool that gave analysts 4 hours back per deal

→Cut analyst time per deal by 75% (5 hrs → 1.25 hrs)