Product Advisory · Platform Strategy · AI-Native

Kwad.
Product
thinker.

17 years building products, from embedded firmware to global creator ecosystems at Meta. I find where friction lives and remove it.

"Start with the person. Understand their friction. Build the simplest thing that adds value and costs less than it is worth."

Kwadwo Kissiedu

Devices shipped

100m+

Consumer devices powered by silicon and software I helped bring to market at Frontier Smart Technologies

Engineers coordinated

200+

Across 5+ teams during Horizon Worlds stability strategy at Meta Reality Labs

Enterprise growth

2 to 40

Trial sites scaled at Meta Workplace by improving partner onboarding and adoption workflows

Background

My father was a diplomat in Ghana, my mother a teacher. When they moved our family to the UK, they brought something most people underestimate. The belief that the next generation should have more, and the discipline to make it happen. They taught me resilience, hard work, peace under pressure, and to be ambitious without apology.

As a kid I was drawn to solving problems nobody else had bothered with. Kids thirsty after lunch with nowhere nearby to buy a drink. I fixed that. People wanting things that were hard to get hold of. I removed the friction. Not for the game of it. Because identifying what someone needed and making it easier to get felt like the most natural thing in the world.

I studied electronics, computing and business, and had plans to join the Royal Navy as an officer. Life had other ideas. I ended up in tech as an engineer, shipping firmware into Amazon Firesticks and Roku devices, building silicon that powered 100m+ devices and 40+ global audio brands. Then I started a salsa school in Norfolk on the side. Running it taught me more about product than any job had.

Seventeen years later I am a Senior PM with experience across Meta, Frontier Smart, and embedded engineering. Same instinct throughout: find the friction, remove it, make sure the value created outweighs the cost to build it.

Products I have shaped

Meta

Horizon Worlds

Stability strategy during major mobile content expansion. Cross-org alignment across 5+ teams and 200+ engineers.

Meta

Spark AR

Led platformisation of the creator ecosystem — powering Instagram filters and effects used by millions. Above-goal outcomes on creation, retention, and multi-surface publishing.

Meta

Workrooms

Simplified spatial meeting UX. Reduced VR meeting setup from multi-click to a 1-click process.

Meta

Workplace

Scaled enterprise trials from 2 to 40 sites. Reduced onboarding friction and improved tier-1 partner engagement.

Frontier Smart Technologies

Connected Audio

Led Alexa, AirPlay 2, Google Cast integrations. Partnered with Airable for Spotify, Deezer, Tidal, Qobuz across 40+ OEM brands.

Atmel / Amazon

Fire Remote and Firestick

Lead engineer. Full SDLC from board bring-up to post-production. Delivered Alexa voice remote software.

Atmel / Roku

Roku Devices

Embedded C software in resource-constrained environments. Full product lifecycle delivery.

LTH Electronics

Sensor Systems

Flagship sensor unit from concept to market. Post-sale technical support and customer training.

Brands I have worked with

Products I have helped build have shipped inside devices made by these brands, spanning global consumer electronics, audio, streaming platforms, and enterprise.

Amazon
Google
Apple
Philips
JBL
Marshall
Roberts Radio
Ruark
Pure
Revo
TechniSat
Majority
Hama
Roku
McDonald's
Shopify
Turtle Beach
Pizza Pilgrim
Spotify
Deezer
Tidal
Grundig
Blaupunkt
Loewe
Teufel
Sangean
JVC
Qobuz

Where I work best

01 — Platform

Platform and Ecosystem Thinking

Scaled creator and partner ecosystems across Meta Spark AR, Workplace, Horizon, and Frontier connected audio. If you are building something others build on top of, I have lived that problem at scale.

02 — Systems

Technical Product Depth

10 years as an embedded systems engineer before moving into product. Comfortable in the overlap between technical constraints and user outcomes, where the best decisions often live.

03 — Delivery

Cross-Org Execution

Driven alignment across large, matrixed organisations. Roadmap clarity, launch readiness, stakeholder coordination, especially valuable at Series A+ when complexity starts to slow things down.

04 — AI

AI-Native Working

I use AI as a daily tool. Vibe coding solutions to real product problems, integrating AI into workflows, and building AI-powered products. Not a talking point. A working practice.

Let's talk product

If you are building something and want to think through a product problem, get in touch.

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Product advisory, platform strategy, AI-native product thinking