Ship Faster. Build Smarter. Scale Confidently.
I build the validation programs, release systems, and AI-driven workflows that help product teams ship better software, faster. Twenty years doing it at companies like Autodesk, Fender, and Output.
20 years building product and quality systems for technology and SaaS companies
Experience From
Autodesk • Output • Fender • Native Instruments • Google
Outcomes You Can Achieve
Transform your product development with systems that deliver measurable results
Faster Insights
User validation and beta programs that surface feedback early, so teams know they're building the right thing before launch.
Predictable Releases
Repeatable release systems that reduce chaos, cut regressions, and increase confidence in every deployment.
Adoption at Scale
Platform enablement and cross-functional programs adopted across entire organizations: 30+ teams, 450K+ users, and executive-level visibility.
What People Say
LinkedIn recommendations from engineers and leaders at Output
Nick's contributions are instrumental to how we operate today.
Ben Inada
Staff Software Engineer, Output
A thoughtful leader who genuinely cares about the growth and development of his team.
Andrew Boscardin
Senior Director of Engineering, Output
Built repeatable processes, championed test automation, bridged the gap between beta testers and developers.
Nick Rapattoni
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Output
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more human- and customer-centered leader.
Andrew Coven
Manager, Output
How I Deliver Results
Six proven service areas that transform product teams
Product & User Validation
Build enterprise-scale validation platforms and beta programs that surface feedback early and turn user insights into product direction. At Autodesk, I drive adoption of an enterprise validation platform across 450K+ users and 30+ product teams. At Output, I established beta programs from scratch that shaped MVP scope and achieved executive adoption, turning user insights into shared inputs for product decisions.
Book a Call →Strategic Product Leadership
Embedded leadership for growth-stage companies. I translate user research into roadmaps, shape 0-to-1 products, advocate for data-driven launch decisions, and build organizational transformation systems that scale quality and velocity together.
Book a Call →Engineering Leadership & OKRs
Scale teams with VP-level reporting frameworks, OKR systems, and structured performance coaching. I build organizations from scratch, establish career frameworks, and translate analytics insights into prioritized backlogs that align engineering, product, and business goals.
Book a Call →Release Systems & Continuous Delivery
Transform release chaos into confidence with shift-left practices and continuous delivery pipelines. I design release scorecards, go/no-go frameworks, and risk dashboards that achieved 87% regression reduction and 99% crash-free rates through proactive prevention.
Book a Call →Build a Quality Culture
Quality isn't just QA's job - it's everyone's. I help organizations establish company-wide quality standards, integrated workflows, and cross-functional collaboration models where engineering, product, and design share responsibility for customer outcomes.
Book a Call →AI-Augmented Workflows & Automation
Design and build custom AI workflows and MCP integrations that automate and streamline high-friction tasks, from research synthesis and documentation to reporting, test creation, and cross-tool orchestration. Leverage the latest in AI and agentic tooling to help teams dramatically accelerate output and raise quality, layered on proven automation and test-strategy fundamentals.
Book a Call →How I Drive Impact
What I bring to product and engineering teams
"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."
- James Clear, Atomic Habits
About Me
I've spent 20 years as a product validation and platform enablement leader at companies like Autodesk, Output, Fender, Native Instruments, and Google. With a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Miami, I bring a technical foundation to strategic product decisions, from shaping 0-to-1 product launches to building enterprise-scale validation programs.
Currently at Autodesk, I drive enablement and adoption of an enterprise customer-validation platform across a 450,000+ user community and 30+ product teams. I've built automated leadership reporting from scratch, delivered platform integrations that had stalled for months (completed in a week), led migrations teams had wanted for years, and presented platform impact and multi-year strategic roadmaps to senior leadership. This is platform enablement at enterprise scale, turning an underutilized tool into a structured program with exec-level visibility.
My work focuses on cross-functional program building, Agile transformations, and OKR frameworks that translate user insights into prioritized roadmaps. At Output, I reported directly to the VP of Engineering, built enterprise beta and validation programs from the ground up that shaped product direction, and achieved a 94% reduction in bugs through structured prevention systems.
I've successfully advocated to drop undercooked features pre-launch based on data, championed continuous delivery adoption, and built repeatable processes that teams actually follow. I help organizations build systems where quality and velocity work together, not against each other.
My approach is holistic: I think about the customer, the developer, and the team. Because quality isn't just about catching bugs - it's about building the right thing, the right way, at the right time.
I leverage AI-driven workflows, MCP integrations, and agentic tooling across everything I do to accelerate output and raise quality. This isn't theoretical - it's how I work every day, from test creation and documentation to research synthesis and strategic reporting.
Let's Build Something Great Together
Book a free 30-minute consultation to discuss your quality challenges and explore how we can transform your product development process.
No pressure. No sales pitch. Just a conversation about building better systems.