# Vishal Vasan **AI Product Manager & Founder** — San Francisco, CA > Product manager with computer science and statistics background shipping AI systems end to end. Built probabilistic models for national sports broadcasts; now builds agentic products both at work and as a founder. Career Archetype: **Junction Navigator** (HE-DG) — One of the first Junction Navigators on Saywise ## Links - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vishalvasan1 ## Experience ### AI Product Manager, Next League (2026-05 – present) New York City Metropolitan Area · VC-backed sports technology consultancy working with NFL, MLS, NWSL teams, NASCAR, PGA Tour, and others. Built AI strategy for Hometown Soccer Holdings mapping agentic and predictive systems across club operations and fan products. Shipped voice AI agents for Gotham FC handling ticketing and sponsorship sales conversations. ### Founder & CEO, Hops AI (2026-03 – present) Remote · Building an agentic operations layer for independent hospitality. Running a paid pilot with Traveler's Rest and an in-progress integration with Priory Hospitality Group. ### Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Emagen AI (2025-12 – present) Remote · Multi-agent platform deploying teams of AI agents across engineering, support, and back-office functions. Backed by MiraclePlus with $300K pre-seed raise. Own product vision, GTM, and discovery. ### Teaching Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business (2025-08 – 2025-12) Pittsburgh, PA · Head Teaching Assistant for Lean Entrepreneurship Grad Course ### Senior Product Manager, Sports Data Products, Fox Corporation (2023-02 – 2026-05) Los Angeles, CA · Led end-to-end development of Fox Foresight, a probabilistic MLB live game insights engine featured on national broadcasts including the 2024 and 2025 World Series reaching ~16M viewers each. Built and launched NBA and NCAAB win probability models powering automated highlight recaps and improving content retention. Redesigned and integrated win probability, expected points, and real-time NLP insights across NFL, CFB, and UFL play-by-play pages. Managed Cleatus AI sports LLM, owning roadmap, metrics, and evaluation processes. ### Host & Owner-Operator, Short-Term Rentals (2022-10 – present) Remote · Operate and automate a small STR portfolio with focus on pricing optimization, guest experience, and remote operations. ### Product Manager, VisionAI Platform, Sundial AI (2022-05 – 2023-02) Remote · Owned end-to-end roadmap for VisionAI, an AR and computer vision platform. Translated enterprise pain points into prioritized features across dashboard, mobile, and web3 tools. Wrote user stories, wireframes, and acceptance criteria; led UAT and enterprise demos that accelerated adoption and informed ML tuning priorities. ### Data Product Manager, Customer Data Platform, Amperity (2021-05 – 2022-05) Seattle, Washington, United States · Drove roadmap for three core analytical data assets in the CDP: Customer Attributes, Predicted CLV, and Email Engagement, enabling enterprise marketers to run targeted campaigns. Partnered with engineering and data science on Customer 360 DB enhancements, improving query performance and reducing time to insight. ### AI/ML Data Scientist, Boeing (2020-07 – 2021-05) Bellevue, Washington, United States · Hybrid data scientist and PM on the Supplier Network Model using Neo4j graph database to map Boeing's parts and supplier network for risk analysis and lead-time prediction. Presented findings to senior leadership. ### Data Science & Analytics Intern, Boeing (2019-05 – 2019-08) Renton, WA ### Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Purdue University (2018-08 – 2019-08) West Lafayette, IN · Debugged code and guided students' understanding of the Python programming language. ### Telematics/Data Analytics Intern, Toyota Material Handling USA (2018-05 – 2018-08) Columbus, IN · -Manipulated historical IoT/Telematics data to analyze trends relevant to the corporate, dealership, and customer levels with the use of various Machine Learning Models -Engaged closely with Microsoft to produce key visualizations and analytics to be embedded into the Toyota customer/dealer login portal ### Student Ambassador, Cengage (2018-02 – 2019-08) Facilitated opportunities to improve student success with company education/learning products ### Lead Marketing Ambassador, Google (2017-08 – 2017-12) West Lafayette, IN · Marketed and promoted use of the Google Allo platform across campus ### Xtern Bootcamp, TechPoint (Indiana) (2017-05 – 2017-06) Indianapolis, Indiana Area · Developed various applications by utilizing Javascript and the React framework. ### Field Services Intern, Walmart (2016-06 – 2016-08) Bentonville, AR · Worked as a Technician on the Home Office Client/Workstation Solutions (HOC/WSS) team and communicated with Home Office Associates to document and troubleshoot software issues with company devices. ### Software Engineering Intern, Walmart (2016-01 – 2016-05) Bentonville, AR · Completed voting app project for Walmart Technology Information Systems Division’s Hackathon using Java, Apache Cassandra, and REST API ### Student Intern, Ignite NWA (2015-08 – 2016-05) Bentonvile, AR · Highly-selective, 15-member Internship program designed to combine business and IT skills and develop professional communication, project management, and advanced software development capabilities with a focus on working, deliverable software solutions. Tasked with forming a free IT Solutions Provider company to provide services to local businesses. Collaborated in groups while working on projects using HTML, Java, and C++ to further understanding of these languages. ## Education ### Master of Business Administration - MBA, Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business (2024-08 – 2027-05) ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Computer Science, Purdue University (2016-08 – 2020-05) Concentration in Machine Intelligence ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Data Science, Purdue University ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Applied Statistics, Purdue University ### Certificate in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Purdue University ## Projects ### SymbIoTic Participated in West Lafayette Startup Weekend to develop Automated Platform to combat food wastage and food donations through implementation of IoT sensors and data analytics ### Freebie iOS App iOS app that allows users to be notified of free item giveaways linked to organizations around college campuses ### Walmart Hackathon Voting ## Skills Roadmapping, PRDs, A/B Testing, GTM, Stakeholder Management, LLM PM, Agentic Systems, Prompt Engineering, AI Evaluation, Probabilistic Modeling, NLP, Computer Vision, Python, SQL, Git, Tableau, Jira, Figma, Customer Discovery, Financial Modeling, Data Analytics, Executive Communications, Java, Microsoft Office, HTML, JavaScript, AngularJS, C++, Software Development, Apache, Servlets, CSS, Bootstrap, Research, Social Media, Programming, Leadership, Management, BMC Remedy, Customer Service, Technical Support, Entrepreneurship, Android SDK, Innovation, Windows, iOS Development, Firebase, React, Scrum, Agile & Waterfall Methodologies, R, SAS Programming, Public Speaking, Teamwork, Microsoft Power BI, SAP Lumira, Statistics, SAS, Data Mining, Representational State Transfer (REST), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Machine Learning, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, MBAi, AI-focused MBA, Carnegie Mellon University, CS, HCI, AI ## Credentials - **Crowe Learn2Lead Conference Attendee** — Crowe LLP (issued 2018-06) - **Crowe Horwath 2018 Case Competition 2nd Place Winner** — Crowe LLP (issued 2018-04) - **2018 Mortar Board Leadership Conference Attendee** — Mortar Board Purdue (issued 2018-01) - **Master the Mainframe Certified Completer** — IBM (issued 2016-01) - **AP Scholar Award** — CollegeBoard (issued 2015-09) - **Presidential Scholar** - **Neo4j: GraphDB Foundations with Cypher** — Udemy (issued 2020-08) - **Workplace Competencies** — University of Arkansas (issued 2015-11) - **Programming for Everybody (Python)** — Coursera Verified Certificates (issued 2015-06) --- Source: https://saywise.com/member5068 (last modified 2026-10-06T00:47:54.864Z)