Aza Ali

Aza Ali

Product Manager | Analytics & Growth Strategy

San Francisco, CA

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
1.8B
Deal Volume
90%
User Adoption
1.5M
ARR Impact
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Email
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
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
Case Study

Instagram automation that feels human.

Built in a 27-day sprint, Orbit is a privacy-first Chrome extension with intelligent rate limiting, circuit breaker patterns, and support for 42 languages.

Smart Unfollow in Action

27
days
Nov 4 – Dec 1, 2025
65
commits
4-week sprint
5
releases
v1.0.0 → v1.2.0
42
languages
full i18n support

What it does

Automation

Intelligent auto-like with adaptive rate limiting, energy wave algorithm, and fatigue simulation for human-like behavior.

Targeting

Smart audience discovery via hashtags, feed posts, and likers. Account filters for followers, following ratio, and privacy.

Dashboard

Real-time processing visualization, queue management with virtualized tables, and comprehensive analytics.

Safety

Circuit breaker pattern for failure recovery, rate limit detection, and automatic cooldown periods.

Privacy

Runs entirely in your browser. No credentials stored on external servers. Your data stays local.

i18n

42 languages supported including RTL scripts, Devanagari, CJK, and African languages.

Releases

v0.1
Nov 4, 2025

Design token system, dashboard foundation, React Spectrum S2 integration

v1.0.0
Nov 17, 2025

Complete automation system with tab manager, offscreen document support

v1.0.1
Nov 19, 2025

Production release, debug mode disabled, app renamed to Automation

v1.0.2
Nov 19, 2025

Input trimming fix for username and hashtag fields

v1.1.1
Nov 24, 2025

i18n expansion to 42 languages

v1.2.0
Dec 1, 2025

Anonymous authentication, auth screen i18n, improved onboarding UX