I am a two-time fashion tech entrepreneur, strategic adviser, and marketing & product development consultant turned strategy and product development advisor, and software engineer, at the intersection of AI, Cognitive Science, and Retail. Founder and Chief Product Officer of Click2Fit. I pioneered the concept of mass-customizing clothing by body type 22 years ago, and have been at the forefront of personalizing products and user experiences ever since.
I am nothing if not persistent. When leading experts told me that Click2Fit’s technology wasn’t feasible, I tapped into my long-forgotten CS classes and designed the software’s architecture and convinced them otherwise. And when I kept running up against the Catch-22 of being unable to build AI software without the funding to hire a tech team, I started learning everything I needed to know in order to develop the algorithms and build it myself – from artificial intelligence, cognitive neuroscience and physics, to designing the architecture and developing the software. Fast forward, and Click2Fit is about to start beta testing its expert recommendation software, and I became a full-fledged software engineer along the way.
I have been featured on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” and in numerous publications, and a featured speaker on retail tech and artificial intelligence for audiences ranging from WiMLDS and Futurist Forum, to Condé Nast and Columbia Business School’s Retail & Luxury Goods Conference. Columbia Business School, WiMLDS, and Futurist Forum, to Condé Nast.