- Joined
- Jul 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- ZafinDirector, Product & Technology
- Status
- Current
Overlapped before Cognition
Sources1linkedin.com
Details
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States
Company sitecognition.ai
UniversityQueen's University
Notes
- Joined Cognition (maker of Devin) in July 2026 as Applied AI Transformation Manager after ~18 months at Zafin and ~2 years at McKinsey.Jul 2026
- Cognition's job posting for his title describes the role verbatim: "Applied AI Transformation Managers are technically oriented strategic advisors and operators who ensure value alignment to our customer's most strategic projects and drive program delivery across several strategic accounts." It sits in the SalesAI Transformation department, SF/NYC on-site.2026
- Cognition, maker of Devin, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Windsurf in July 2025, days after Google DeepMind hired Windsurf's CEO and research leaders; he joined a year later.Jul 14, 2025Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf (context for his current employer's product line).
- Named among Zafin colleagues (with Branavan Selvasingham, Mayank Sharma, Radhakrishna Pillai, Nisha Shankar) in Suja Chandy's post on Zafin's first AI Build Day 2026 in India, so internal AI enablement at Zafin was part of his work just before Cognition.Mar 2026
- Wrote 'Product Management at Zafin' on Zafin's engineering blog (2025-05-02), arguing "A product manager's mission is deceptively simple: make sure real people get what they need from the product." and that selling to a tier-one bank means selling to a whole committee.May 2, 2025Product Management at Zafin - "A product manager's mission is deceptively simple: make sure real people get what they need from the product."
- Was a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company from 2023 to 2025 before moving into Zafin's product org.2023
- Public headline says "Applied AI @ Cognition | Ex-McKinsey".
- In that essay he quotes Zafin's internal motto: "The first iteration is exactly that — a first iteration." and describes Zafin PMs doubling as product owners who sit in stand-ups and parse architecture diagrams, a product-and-engineering hybrid that previews his technical customer-facing Cognition role.May 2, 2025Product Management at Zafin - "A product manager's mission is deceptively simple: make sure real people get what they need from the product."
- Acted as editor/publisher on Zafin's Medium engineering blog, publishing posts such as 'BIAN Adoption at Zafin (Part 2): Product Directory' by principal architects Arno Hensbergen and John Sew (2025-06-16).Jun 16, 2025
- Previous roles include Director, Product & Technology at Zafin; Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company.
- Education history includes Queen's University.
- Location is San Francisco, California, United States.
Experience
Applied AI Transformation Manager at Cognition
Jul 2026 - Present
Director, Product & Technology at Zafin
Jan 2025 - Jul 2026
Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company
Jan 2023 - Jan 2025
Education
Queen's University
Recent posts
May 2025
Product Management at Zafin - "A product manager's mission is deceptively simple: make sure real people get what they need from the product."
June 2025
BIAN Adoption at Zafin (Part 2): Product Directory - published by Daniel Levin on Engineering at Zafin; by Arno Hensbergen and John Sew, Principal Architects.
July 2025
Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf (context for his current employer's product line).
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