Lawrence Hua
AI Product Manager · Startup Founder · Engineer
Experience
AI Product Manager
Sep 2025 – PresentGRUBBRR
- Leading company-wide AI initiative for self-service kiosk platform serving 100+ merchants
- Shipped smart upsell recommendation system achieving 15% revenue lift
- Reduced merchant onboarding time by 60% through workflow automation
- Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, data science, and operations teams
Founder & CEO
2023 – PresentExpired Solutions
- Building AI perishables management platform with $200M+ projected value for grocery retailers
- Processed 3M+ produce images across 130+ SKUs with 700k+ training dataset
- McGinnis Venture Competition Finalist at Carnegie Mellon; pitched to Giant Eagle CEO
- Conducted 4 months of field research in produce department before writing code
Tech Lead (Contract)
Oct 2024 – Feb 2025StylePilot.ai
- Led 5 engineers across 3 time zones building AI personal styling platform
- Achieved 85% AWS cost reduction ($280→$42/mo) and 2.6× faster processing
- Shipped 6 TestFlight releases in 30 days with multi-model architecture (Gemini, CLIP, GPT-4o)
Founder & Full-Stack Developer
Mar 2021 – PresentTutora
- Built AI tutoring platform serving 90 students with 40% test score improvement
- Integrated OpenAI adaptive learning with Zoom and Google Workspace automation
- Saved 15 hours/week through automated scheduling, grading, and progress tracking
Consultant
2024A.T. Kearney × Bath & Body Works
- Built LLM-powered documentation search tool for store managers
- Delivered client-approved solution through cross-functional consulting team
Education
Carnegie Mellon University
2023 – 2024M.S. Information Systems Management — Heinz College
Gerhalt Scholar · McGinnis Venture Competition Finalist
University of Florida
2017 – 2021B.S. Computer Science
Cum Laude · 3.65 GPA
Skills
AI/ML Product StrategyComputer VisionLLM IntegrationFull-Stack DevelopmentReact / React NativePython / FastAPIAWS / AzureCross-functional LeadershipAgile / ScrumData-Driven Decision Making