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AI product advisor
Turn technical expertise into demand.
I work with technical founders to package complex expertise into a credible offer and a clear path to conversation.
Toronto, Canadain LinkedIn
Work that makes the case.
Not a project archive. The few examples that best explain how this professional thinks, builds, and delivers.
Product lead
Atlas decision workspace
Turned fragmented research and model output into one clear decision workflow.
+31% weekly adoption in the first quarterAI productsProduct strategySystems design
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Founding product engineer
Signal quality platform
Designed the product language and operating model for a complex data platform.
Cut time-to-insight from days to hours0→1Data productsTeam leadership
Read the case study A track record, not a timeline dump.
Principal Product Engineer
Northstar LabsLeading applied AI products from problem framing to adoption.
Senior Product Engineer
FieldworkBuilt collaboration systems used by distributed product teams.
The skills behind the outcomes.
AI product strategyProduct systemsRapid prototyping
Narrative clarityCross-functional alignmentTeam coaching
“Malik James brings unusual clarity to difficult product decisions—and leaves the team stronger than they found it.”
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